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Wise Guys
Wise Guys: Do Men Really Care About Their Partner’s Flexibility?

photo via Flickr Advice from three of EMandLO.com’s guy friends. This week they answer the following: “Do men really care about how flexible their partners are in bed?” To ask the guys your own question, click here. Single Straight Guy (Scott Phrenetik): Sure, flexibility is great… but I don’t need you to be able to lock your legs behind […]

News
Phrase of the Week: Sex Nerd

photo via flickr We pride ourselves on knowing all the sex lingo — and where there isn’t lingo for something we’ve observed in the world of sex and dating, then we make it up ourselves. For example, three terms we coined in our book Rec Sex: An A-Z Guide to Casual Sex are benched (the […]

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Blog Snog: Why Marriage Counseling Is Not the Kiss of Death

In Treatment still via IMDB TresSugar: Five ways that feminism is good for men. College Candy: 17 things that irritate girls about guys. The Frisky: Celebrities kiss and tell about who sucks in bed… and who doesn’t. YourTango: Why marriage counseling is not the kiss of death. How About We: How to be single in […]

News
Obama Makes Us Proud, North Carolina, Not So Much

It’s all gay news all the time this week — there’s some good news, some bad news, and some plain old ugly news. As Marc Maron tweeted, NC = Nation’s Closet. Holy shit holy shit holy shit Obama endorses same sex marriage!!! And Romney reminds us that he’s still against it. Fuck fuck fuck North […]

What's Up Doc?
Dear Dr. Vanessa: Can Any Woman Female Ejaculate?

photo via Flickr Every few weeks, Dr. Vanessa Cullins, a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist and vice president for medical affairs at Planned Parenthood® Federation of America, will be answering your questions on EMandLO.com. To ask her your own question, click here. Dear Dr. Vanessa,   No matter how hard I try, I cannot female ejaculate. Is there […]

Polls
Question of the Week: What If You Were the Opposite Sex for a Day?

What would you do if you were the opposite sex for a day? What if you were the opposite sex for a month? For a year? Leave your response in the comments section below (feel free to share your age, sex, relationship status, etc., if it’s relevant to your answer).

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Rock the Slut Vote

It’s not the slickest website, but we love the idea of RockTheSlutVote.com — embracing the insult that’s meant to dismiss, discredit and silence “uppity” women in order to increase voter turn-out for political candidates who respect women’s rights. Yes, the art-work is cheesy (stock illustrations of impossibly thin, pretty, sexy fashionistas all apparently wearing miracle bras for […]

Research
Pickup Artist Training Will Make You Feel Bad About Yourself

Here’s the dirty little secret of pickup artist training: it actually works (for both men and women), but it may well make you feel like shit about yourself. Maybe you don’t care. Maybe you just want the digits. But just in case you want to get laid and feel like a better person, you might […]

Confessions
Em&Lo Receive the 2012 Robert D. Moores Institute Integrity Award!

photo via Flickr Okay, this isn’t really a thing (unlike our totally legit #3 placement on the Best 100 Dating Blogs that was in no way a marketing gimmick), but we’ll take it! After reading our passionate anti-cheating stance in response to the advice question “What’s So Wrong with Cheating on My Husband?“, Robert D. […]

Dear Em & Lo
Dear Em & Lo: On Average, How Often Do BJs Occur in Relationships?

photo by Public Domain Photos Dear Em & Lo, What is the average number of BJ’s a guy in a relationship receives? (FYI: I’m a straight guy.) — Joe Blow Dear Joe, The actual average, even the more accurate median number (if they were somehow knowable, which they’re not) would be totally misleading, because the […]

Wise Guys
Wise Guys: Can Straight Men and Women Be Friends?

Advice from three of EM & LO‘s guy friends. This week a straight woman asks, “What’s your take on the When Harry Met Sally truism that men and women who are single and who find each other attractive can’t simply be friends?” Straight Single Guy (Tyler Barnett): I could go on and on about the many […]

Websites
GetSTDtested.com Has Excellent Taste in Blogs

Last week, GetSTDtested.com released their list of the Top 100 Sex&Love&Dating Blogs, and our little ol’ humble home siteEMandLO.com not only made the top 10, we were ranked third! (Excuse us while we do The Running Man.) Only OkCupid’sOkTrends(#1) and EmpowHER.com (#2) beat us out. Now, we know this was just a clever marketing technique by GetSTDtested.com to drum up some […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation: The Recurring Gay Dream When You’re Straight

photo via Flickr 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. Got a dream you want Lauri to analyze? Click here to submit it) This week, a straight female reader asks Lauri: I’ve had a lot of […]

Pop Culture
Top 10 Pickup Lines for 2012

Most of the contributions to the recent Twitter hashtag #2012PickUpLines were pretty uninspiring. (Exhibit A: “I’d like to buy a new router for you and your friend. And ‘Route Her’ and yourself into my bedroom tonight.” Er, okay, Beavis.) But we were inspired by Rainn Wilson (@rainnwilson) of THE OFFICE, who tweeted, “Can I piggy-back […]

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Blog Snog: How Kids Today Ask Dates to the Prom

photo via TresSugar College Candy: 11 things he should have been upfront about The Frisky: Top 10 lies women tell men YourTango: How do you share your sexual fantasies? How About We: British vs. American dating slang HuffPo Women: 13 totally bizarre dating books TresSugar: How the kids these days are asking dates to the prom.

News
Naked News: Whose Bright Idea Was a Hooters in Park Slope Anyway?

Having a bad day? Don’t worry, this week the news is light and airy: panda inseminations, professional mermaids, Hooters Heismans and creepy cuddle phones, yippee! Apparently, your dating success depends on how you use pronouns. Funny, we thought it ha to do with appearance, hygiene, education and sense of humor. In no duh news: Park Slope says […]