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Dear Em & Lo
Your Call: Where Should a Husband/Stepfather’s Loyalties Lie?

photo via Flickr We get a lot of advice questions coming in at EMandLO.com, but sadly, we just can’t answer them all. Which is why, once a week, we turn to you to decide how best to advise a reader. And frankly, this one is a doozie. Make your call by leaving your response in the comments section below. Dear […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation: A Dark Shadowy Man Caresses Me

Scorpions album cover 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 am asleep in my […]

News
Naked News: Sex and the City, High School Cougars & Gaydar

photo via Flickr High school team can’t call themselves the Cougars because of its association with sexually-active, single, middle-aged women. Speaking of cougars and high school: Sex and the City pre-quel pilot on the CW is a go. Speaking of SATC, Cynthia Nixon calls being gay a choice for her, people freak. Facial symmetry may play a role […]

Toys
Wise Guys: How to Introduce Your Man to Toys

Lover’s Prisoner Kit available at EdenFantasys.com Advice from three of EMandLO.com’s guy friends. This week they answer the following: “What would you tell a guy who was intimidated by the idea of his partner bringing sex toys into the bedroom?” To ask the guys your own question, click here. Straight Single Guy (Tom Miller): Men […]

Toys
The Classy Way to Give a Dirty Gift

What’s a recession-friendly Valentine’s Day gift that will always be received gladly? Unilateral oral sex is a pretty good bet. Or perhaps a half-hour massage with no pressure to reciprocate. Or maybe dressing up as a cowboy and doing your best BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN impression. But how do you make such generous sexual offers feel like […]

Websites
Blog Snog: An Interview with the “Booty Parlor” Founder

College Candy: An interview with Booty Parlor founder, Dana B. Myers. The Frisky: The 7 most baffling things about women’s clothes. TresSugar: 18 ways Michael Fassbender puts the sex in sexy. YourTango: When it comes to dating, are we shallower than we admit? Eden Fantasys’ Sexis: For the love of god, let my vagina sleep. […]

News
Republican Candidates Are to the Right of Mississippi on Birth Control & Abortion

photo via Flickr The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released data yesterday showing that the US still has the highest teen pregnancy rates in the developed world. And the new global abortion study from the U.S.-based Guttmacher Institute and the World Health Organization (that’s published in the Jan. 19 issue of The Lancet) found that abortion […]

Wise Guys
Comments of the Week: And Another Thing About Facials…

photo by rightee In respons to this week’s Wise Guys installment by Angelo, Johnny and Chris about the appeal of the facial, fellow Wise Guys Figleaf and Mark wanted a piece of the action. Apparently, this is THE week to talk about money shots: Figleaf  January 17th, 2012 at 6:45 pm I’m not even stepping into the […]

Polls
Question of the Week: What’s Your Number?

The movie What’s Your Number? (just released on DVD) is based on the totally annoying premise that a woman (played by the usually much funnier and better-than-this Anna Faris) freaks out when she reads a magazine article and discovers that her sexual body count (20) is twice the average. So she decides that rather than […]

News
Naked News: Girl Scouts Stand By Transgender Members

  The Girl Scouts are standing by their transgender-inclusive policy despite a threatened boycott of Girl Scout cookies. Which sounds as good an excuse as any we’ve heard to over-indulge in Thin Mints this winter. Woman with two vaginas says the condition is not, actually, that rare — and also that it makes a great […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation: My Guy Friend Kisses Me Like My Boyfriend Does

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 had this dream that I was […]

Wise Guys
Wise Guys: What’s the Appeal of the Money Shot?

Advice from three of EMandLO.com’s guy friends. This week they answer the following: “What’s the appeal of the “money shot?“ To ask the guys your own question, click here. Gay Single Guy (Angelo Nikolopoulos of The White Swallow): For men, the orgasm is the raison d’être of sexual activity, so the money shot—or facial, if you prefer—seems to be the requisite […]

Pop Culture
The Ides of March: Awesome Except for That Unnecessary Retro Plot Twist

Before we get going, you need to know that this post contains monstrously huge plot spoilers for THE IDES OF MARCH. We’re not joking — scroll down at your peril. * * * The trouble is, it’s kind of hard to talk about THE IDES OF MARCH (out today on DVD, it was nominated but totally […]

Websites
Blog Snog: Why Men Are Obsessed with Breasts

photo via flickr College Candy: Why are men obsessed with breasts? (This guy thinks it’s jealousy: because male nudity, sans boobs, is inherently a joke.) The Frisky: 15 skills every woman should master. TresSugar: 5 ways to attract love in 30 days! (We’re suckers for anything that sounds like an infomercial.) YourTango: How to make (and keep) […]

Movies
The Slow But (Hopefully) Steady Erosion of Gender Stereotypes

Stop the presses! A detergent commercial with just a normal dad doing laundry. For our book club, we’re reading the 2003 novel “We Need to Talk About Kevin” by Lionel Shriver.* I, Lo, knowing nothing about the book or its author, began reading and was amazed that a male author could create a female narrator that […]

What's Up Doc?
Dear Dr. Kate, Is It Okay to Use Orgasms as a Sleep Aid?

photo via Flickr 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, I sleep so much better after an orgasm! Sometimes when I’m having trouble sleeping […]