Confessions
Comment of the Week: Learn to Love Nice Guys

photo by geishaboy500 Johnny on players versus nice guys, in response to the post “Dear Em & Lo: How Can I Connect with Someone Before Sex“: Based on your description of your sexual history, you’ve been dealing with players. Also, though you may look back on your experience as a promiscuous woman (I’m not going […]

How To
8 Suggestions for Making a Sex Tape

photo by sskennel Thinking of playing a little very candid camera with your other half? Engaging in your own sexual shoot, whether as the star or the director or both, can automatically make things more dramatic and theatrical, even if you end up keeping most of your clothes on or refuse to make any cliched “orgasm faces.” But, […]

News
Naked News: Health Care, Gay Census Results, and Prison Sex

image by bloody_marty_mix House passes health reform bill (aw yeah), albeit along with an executive order restating and expanding on restrictions on public funding of abortions (aw crap). If you’re feeling as confused as we are as to what health reform actually means for your own coverage, check out this Q&A. An auction for Sex.com […]

Your Call
Your Call: How Do You Deal with Jealousy?

Dear Em & Lo, Jealously is the most perplexing emotion that I have ever felt! My boyfriend and I have been dating seriously for six months. He is the one who brought up the idea of moving in together and marriage and kids. All ideas that caught me off guard, but it tells me that […]

Wise Guys
Wise Guys: What's the Big Deal with Virgins?

photo by Rafael Acorsi Advice from three of our guy friends. This week they answer the following: “Virgins — turn off or turn on? A challenge, or too much of a responsibility?” Gay Single Guy (Daniel): My best friend told me once that with the first virgin you deflower, you become a cherub; the second, […]

Websites
A Kinder, Gentler Chat Roulette

Sometimes you just don’t want to be surprised by a set of purple throbbing genitals popping up on your computer screen, which unfortunately makes checking out the latest Internet craze, Chat Roulette, first-hand a bit difficult. So here are two video compilations, each from the perspective of a single user with a cute gimmick, that […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation: I Was Forced to Marry a Stranger

photo by adactio Other people’s dreams are never interesting…except when they’re about sex. Each week, our dream analyst Lauri Loewenberg tells one lucky reader what their dirty dream means. This week, a reader asks Lauri: Last night I had a vivid dream about being a bride in a wedding. Unfortunately I was very unhappy about […]

Websites
Blog Snog: Green Kink, Nude Art and Sexual Anorexia

image via freeparking From Eden Fantasys: A fetish wear artisan recycles discarded inner tubes for eco-friendly kink. From YourTango: Does sexual anorexia exist? From The Frisky: Marina Abramovic’s live nude performances at MoMA. From Tomfoolery: 25 really bad excuses to call him. From College Candy: A terrible, terrible booty call. From Lemondrop: An open letter to […]

Pop Culture
The GQ Interview with Rielle Hunter

photo from GQ.com Have you read the no-holds-barred GQ interview with Rielle Hunter, John Edwards’ mistress during his presidential campaign and father of her only child? It’s required reading. Not necessarily for the intimate behind-the-scene details you learn about Edwards’ relationships, both with Hunter and his wife Elizabeth, but for the voyeuristic door it opens […]

Dear Em & Lo
Dear Em & Lo – How Can I Connect with Someone Before Sex?

photo from Summit Entertainment Hello Ladies! I am a single thirty-year-old woman who hasn’t had sex in a year. The problem isn’t that I couldn’t be having sex, I’ve got prospects, the issue is my desire to avoid the same patterns my relationships have followed thus far. I am genuinely sexually adventurous but I have […]

News
Herpes – the Good News, the Bad News, and the Really Bad News

photo by Nathan Csonka A new study out from the CDC shows that herpes is twice as common in women than men, and three times as common in blacks than whites. A massive 48% of new herpes cases are among black women. We called on Dr. Vanessa Cullins, an obstetrician/gynecologist and vice president for medical […]

What's Up Doc?
Dear Dr. Kate: Painful Sex After a C-Section

photo by Ingorrr Dr. Kate is an OB/GYN at one of the largest teaching hospitals in New York City and she answers your medical questions here once a week. To ask her your own question, click here. Dear Dr. Kate, I had a baby a few months ago — it was via cesarean — and […]

Confessions
Comment of the Week: Introduce Sex Toys Early and Often

photo by love janine I make sure to introduce toys early on into a relationship. Basically, if a potential partner isn’t okay with toys then I’m not going to be okay with him. I don’t need toys to have an orgasm, but they can be awfully nice to have around. The orgasms are more intense, […]

Personal Essays
Confession: Synagogue Sex Ed

photo by Lawrie Cate A college-student contributor friend of ours, who wishes to remain anonymous, has a confession to make: Before my freshman year of high school, I didn’t know much more about sex than the basic mechanics. Insert tab A into slot B and, voila, you have a baby and/or an STD. This was […]

Research
Naked News: Gender-Bending Chickens and Homophobic Hicks

photo from The Roslin Institute In sci-fi news, NPR has a fascinating article on gender-bending chickens. In holy contraception news, a high school in Rome installs a condom vending machine and the Catholic Church freaks. In major buzz-kill news, an ass-backward school district in Mississippi cancels the entire prom to prevent a few same-sex couples […]