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How To
5 Better Ways to Express Your Intimacy

photo via flickr A recent survey by Pew Internet and the American Life Project found that one in three teens had shared a password (email, Facebook, etc.) with a friend or boyfriend or girlfriend. Apparently sharing your password is the new way to express intimacy, to prove to your partner that you have nothing to […]

What's Up Doc?
Dear Dr. Joe: Can I Use the Backdoor with Hemorrhoids?

Every few weeks, Dr. Joe DeOrio, a urologist in Chicago, tackles questions about male sexuality here on EMandLO.com. To ask Dr. Joe your own question, click here. Dear Dr. Joe, Is it safe for me to enjoy receiving anal play if I have hemorrhoids? — Backdoor Bob Dear B.B., I guess the pertinent words here […]

Pop Culture
It’s You, Perfected! The Power of Photoshop

There are many reasons not to read women’s magazines. One of the biggies? All the retouched photos. The genetic mutants we call models and celebrities can beat the shit out your average Jane’s self image, but Photoshop can chop it up with chainsaw. This before and after cover of Red Book from a few years ago thanks to Jezebel.com […]

Confessions
Comment of the Week: Trust Issues Are As Complicated As String Theory

In response to the “Your Call” about whether the stepfather whose stepdaughter told him in confidence that she was sexually active had an obligation to his wife to let her know, regular EMandLO.com commenter and Wise Guy Figleaf offered up some advice that confirms he’s one of the most thoughtful, reasonable and helpful people around […]

How To
The Ten Worst Things You Can Say in Bed

photo via flickr If we had to distill our entire body of sex advice into one word, it would probably be this: communicate. Before sex, during sex, after sex — speak up, people! It’s the only way to get what you need and want, and to make sure that your partner is getting what they […]

Wise Guys
Wise Guys: What Would You Do As a Woman for One Day?

photo via Flickr dvice from three of EMandLO.com’s guy friends. This week they answer the following: “What would you do if you had one day to be and think like a woman?” To ask the guys your own question, click here. Straight Married Guy (Ben): The very first thing I’d do is make out with my wife —  so hot […]

News
Naked News: Cynthia Nixon Says Gay Is a Choice – If You’re Bi

photo via flickr   Cynthia Nixon clarifies her controversial quote, explaining that she is gay “by choice” only because she is bisexual by nature. Heart patients get the go-ahead for sex… so long as it’s with their spouse. Study shows love makes people act out (no shit), judging other people of their own sex — […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation: I Slept with My Best Friend on My Wedding Night!

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 reader asks Lauri: I just got married for the second […]

Research
High Heels Are the Devil

photo via Flickr High heels are an essential part of our fashion-glam culture. Finding a pair of flats at last night’s Sag Awards was like trying to find a vegan quinoa recipe in a Paula Deen cookbook. More common was the doughnut burger of the shoe world: the 29-inch stiletto like Emma Stone wore. What women will suffer […]

Websites
Blog Snog: The Flirtiest iPad Game for a First Date

image of Fingle College Candy: 10 signs you’ve been friend-zoned. The Frisky: 13 things to do after sex other than sleeping or cuddling. TresSugar: 16 actors who’ve cross-dressed in movies.  YourTango: The phrase men hate to hear.  Eden Fantasys’ Sexis: I love therefore I’m nuts: great philosophers who failed at love. HuffPost/Women: Heidi & Seal […]

Toys
Want to Go to Palm Springs?

One of our favorite toy creators, Jimmyjane, along with Ace Hotels, is giving you until EOD PST this Tuesday, January 31st to enter to win a two-night stay this year at the Palm Springs Ace Hotel that includes $500 for travel, a complete set of Jimmyjane’s award-winning FORM vibrators ($620 value) and a ton of sexified in-room amenities: a blindfold and cuffs, an erotic […]

What's Up Doc?
Dear Dr. Kate: Can the Cervix Get Hurt During Intercourse?

Dr. Kate is an OB/GYN at one of the largest teaching hospitals in New York City and she answers your medical questions every few weeks on EMandLO.com. To ask her your own question, click here. Dear Dr. Kate, What does it feel like when a man’s penis hits the cervix during intercourse? I think it’s […]

Memes
Top 10 Dirtier Books

photo via Flickr A few weeks back we jumped on the Twitter hashtag #lessambitiousbooks bandwagon, with a list of our Top 10 Less Ambitious Sex Books (The Joy of Dry Humping, Slight Hangup About Flying, etc.). This time around we figured we’d create our own damn hashtag — #dirtierbooks — so that nobody could accuse […]

Personal Essays
5 Less Obvious Places to Touch Each Other

photo via flickr EMandLO.com contributor Jewely Hoxie, who is studying Human Sexuality at the University of California Santa Cruz — you can read her blog here — has a confession to make: There are some perks to being a Human Sexuality major — and I’m not just talking about its potential as a pick-up line. […]

Confessions
Comment of the Week: Don’t Judge My Single Bed Notch

photo via Flickr In response to the post “Question of the Week: What’s Your Number?” reader Dannie says the following: Honestly, I feel more pressure to lie about my number because I’ve only slept with one person, and plan to. When I say this, I typically have to defend my choice: no, I don’t feel […]