Oral sex is ubiquitous in pornography—especially fellatio. Porn actors—both men and women—can’t get enough of giving head, and receiving it. As a result, pornography has introduced many people to oral sex, shown them the basics…

Child sex education resources are seriously flawed. How to correct them. It’s not easy for parents to discuss sex with their children. When my wife and I had kids, I’d been a sex educator for…

Many women suffer sexual pain. It can occur at any age, but beyond pain associated with early sexual experiences, sex-related genital pain often occurs after age 40. The landmark 1999 survey, Sex in America, estimated…

In March 1998 when Viagra was first approved, Maryland anesthesiologist Ken Haslam, M.D. (Cal B.S. 1956) was 64, single, and dating. “I was meeting lots of women. It was exciting. And for me, new relationships…

Beyond a personal choice, self-sexing is the basis of joyous partner lovemaking Great sex involves much more than just joining genitals. A mountain of research has consistently shown that the foundation of satisfying lovemaking is…

One lover dumps the other. Soon after, according to conventional wisdom, both are likely to jump into bed with new lovers, often strangers. “Dumpers,” many people assume, may have “rebound” sex to get over the…

The popularity of unconventional sex raises questions about what’s “deviant.” Here’s a headline that’s impossible to resist: “Huge New Survey Documents How and How Often Americans Have Sex.” Who wouldn’t read that? There’s a bit…

Since the 1980s, the proportion of celibate young adults has almost tripled. In 2012 when the Tinder app debuted, it made young adult hook-ups so easy that journalists from the New York Times to Vanity…

In many men, sexual myths contribute to normal middle-age erection balkiness and to more serious erectile dysfunction (ED). Here are the most erection-deflating myths—and the truth about these issues: Myth: Erection is something men “achieve.”…

In most states, adolescents can legally have sex at 16. It used to be younger. In 1970 at age twenty, I fell in love with a seventeen-year-old girl. Decades later, we’re still together, with two…