Mention vibrators, and most people immediately think of women’s sexual pleasure. And no wonder: Vibrators easily provide direct clitoral stimulation intense enough to produce orgasm reliably and enjoyably during either masturbation or partner sex. Vibrators…

We live in a sexual culture focused on intercourse. To many Americans “sex,” means intercourse—with the man able to raise and maintain a firm erection and the woman’s vagina naturally well-lubricated enough for comfortable accommodation…

Have you ever played the child’s game, Trust Me? Two people play. One stands a few feet behind the other. The person in front falls backward, trusting that the one in back will catch that…

Stress causes many sex problems. Mindfulness relieves them by reducing stress. Great sex and meditation have a good deal in common. Both involve taking breaks from daily routines and responsibilities. Both include deep diaphragmatic breathing….

Older lovers sustain erotic heat by evolving from intercourse to “outercourse”  • Older lovers say regular sex at least twice a month increases their happiness. • But few women are orgasmic from intercourse alone. •…

Myth: Men don’t care if women have orgasms. Truth: Men care a great deal Many surveys show that during partner lovemaking, men have orgasms around 95 percent of the time, but for women the figure…

[read part 1 here] Sex therapists recommend scheduling sex in advance Recently, researchers at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, found that desire differences are long-term couples’ top source of chronic sexual distress. Part 1 of…

Diane, 46, and Alan, 51, had been married 16 years andhad two sons when they first consulted sex therapist Louanne Weston, Ph.D., of Fair Oaks, California. They loved each other, and insisted they had a…

Conventionally, a heterosexual virgin is a person who has not had penis-vagina intercourse (PVI). Our cultural focus on losing virginity implies an either-or situation—virgin or not. Actually, sexual initiation usually involves a gradual escalation of…