Who wouldn’t want better sex quickly? Quite often, surprisingly small sexual and lifestyle changes can produce instant benefits. Here are nine suggestions: Use lubricant. Most people use saliva. Vegetable oils and commercial lubes are also…

Americans are marrying and having children later in life. Today, many couples get pregnant and have children when one or both are over 40. They face sexual issues that, in previous generations, only younger people…

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…

When a man has heterosex, a woman does, too. How could reported frequencies be so different? Ever since the late 1940s when Alfred Kinsey conducted the first scientific survey of American sexuality, three odd findings…

A new approach involves brief group therapy that nurtures sex worth wanting Part 1 summarized the many myths about desire differences and the sex-therapy approach to resolving them—using either self-help or professional therapy. The sex-therapy…

Watts is an Atlanta-based psychologist, a longtime sex educator certified by the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists—and a mother. She’s smart, articulate, and witty, with a delightful sense of humor. I’ve been…

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. •…

If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard sex educators say that a happy sexual relationship is all about “communication,” I’d be rich. Yes, of course, good communication is essential. But as tongues…

Contrary to popular belief, sex before athletics doesn’t hurt performance. Athletic folklore abounds with tales of coaches forbidding sex the night before big games. The prohibition is largely based on the belief that sex is…

Anal sex recipients should start solo, use lube, and carefully coach inserters If you feel revolted by anal sex, don’t do it. No one should ever feel pressured to be sexual in ways they’d rather…