photo via flickr We’re always a little skeptical when sex research is sponsored by a commercial product — as opposed to, say, an academic institution. That said, the commercially-driven surveys tend to have a lot of money and resources behind them, and every now and then, interesting stuff comes out of them. Take the new […]
Are women’s and men’s fantasy lives vastly different, or are they basically the same except for a few variations on theme and frequency? We suppose it depends on who you ask and what they believe. Because people’s prior beliefs about how women and men approach sex can really affect the way they interpret research on […]
We’re dedicating this entire week to the love, care and workout of your pelvic floor muscles — the body parts of both men and women that, if healthy and strong, can really turn your sexual experience up to 11 with better blood flow, increased libido, more sensation and more intense orgasms. You know, the […]
Okay, so maybe love is a strong word for the North Korean dictator’s marriage. But who knows what goes on behind closed doors? In Scotland, doors might be opening for gay couples who wish to marry. Which is pretty much the last country we would have expected it from (except maybe North Korea… and Iran… […]
photo via flickr Yes, it’s a serious question. An ancient technique called karezza — based on the Italian word “carezza,” for caress — is coming back in vogue with therapists as a means for addressing more modern sex problems. While some can be solved with some great adult content from sites like pornv xxx trying […]
photo via flickr Squid have sex for three hours, STDs can cause a rise in foot fetishes, Domino’s Pizza wants you associate date rape with extra cheese, and Charlie Sheen likes to tweet during sex. Welcome to an edition of Naked News guaranteed to make you feel like your sex life is vanilla — and […]
photo via flickr When is an item a significant object worth collecting or displaying on the mantlepiece — or saving to sell on eBay at a later date — and when is it clutter? And if it’s clutter, is it threatening your relationship? The subject of household clutter has been on our minds lately. Em […]
photo by Giovanni Dall’Orto via WikiCommons This week, a gay Episcopalian, who fell in love with a one-night-stand turned fiance, can learn how to survive a hurricane barreling through her upcoming wedding nuptials. The CDC actually has a Wedding Day Survival Guide. Congratulations to Barney Frank on his recent nuptials (which made him the first gay-married member […]
Is it possible that bad parenting could lead to bad sex? Could spoiled and selfish kids grow up to be spoiled and selfish bed partners? A recent article and book review in The New Yorker, “Why are American kids so spoiled?” got us thinking along these lines. The basic question that journalist Elizabeth Kolbert wants to answer […]
photo via flickr We have a love-hate relationship with sex research — on the one hand, we think it’s incredibly important to study how and why we do (or don’t do) what we do when the lights go out. But on the other hand — well, a lot of this research can be a little […]
This week a court in Germany ruled that circumcising boys for religious reasons is “bodily harm.” The ruling came as a result of a court case about medical complications following the circumcision of a four-year-old boy. The doctor was acquitted, but apparently the court felt like stirring up a shit-storm anyway. The ruling isn’t binding […]
photo by Emily Grace Photography What’s behind Bieber Fever? Neuroscience offers an explanation: a ‘safe’ infatuation. Zynga, the company that makes FarmVille and all those other Villes, now has a game called simply The Ville, in which users can have virtual sex. RIP, Nora Ephron. Buzzfeed collects five of her most memorable scenes. Read the rest of this […]
image via Zazzle.com Did you know that when someone “likes” your Facebook status — or, even better, actually comments on it — that warm fuzzy feeling you get is akin to the feeling you get from good food or good sex? Of course you knew that! Why else do you waste so many hours on […]
photo via flickr This week Conan apologizes for a trans joke but unfortunately no one apologizes for genital whitening products, Olympic gender testing, or rape as a plot device to “strengthen” female characters. And we think that everyone who ever judged open relationships as “slutty” should apologize — it turns out that “monogamous” cheaters are […]
Change.org is like AA: it works if you work it. That was made quite clear this week when Holly Kearl of StopStreetHarassment.org posted a petition on Sunday and got results in less than 24 hours. MarketFair Mall in Princeton, NJ, was in the middle of some construction and had the bright idea to put up the above sign, which normalizes […]
In case you missed it — in case you were wondering why all your friends were using the word “vagina” in their Facebook status updates over the weekend — late last week two representatives (both women) were banned from speaking in the Michigan House during a debate over a bill that bans all abortions after […]
