photo by dcbprime All this month Dr. Kate, an OB/GYN at one of the largest teaching hospitals in New York City, is dedicating January on EMandLO.com to the topic female sexual dysfunction, since that’s what she seems to get the most inquiries about. Here’s her introduction, which will be followed by her post on desire […]
According to divorce experts, ’tis the season for hitting Splitsville: every January, 50 percent more divorces are started than any other month. Which makes this past Monday — i.e. the first working day after the holidays — officially Divorce Day: the busiest day of the year for divorce lawyers like this Somerville divorce law firm. […]
photo by burningkarma Rahim Kanani, a Research Associate for the Justice and Human Rights domain of practice at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard University, recently conducted an in-depth interview in the West Wing with Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Obama and Chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls. […]
photo by balinto Advice from three of our guy friends. This week they answer the following: “If a guy’s partner told him that he could have a one-night stand with a stranger, no questions asked, and it was guaranteed that his partner wouldn’t freak out about it later — would most guys take their partner […]
photo by kevin dooley 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: My boyfriend of seven years and I broke up over the summer. I initiated it, but it was a […]
The 21st century’s answer to the skywriting marriage proposal is turning out to be the movie theater trailer proposal, with production values and costs ever increasing. In 2008, there was the simple surprise by the nerdy boyfriend, followed by the more complicated yet similarly unwatchable airplane disaster trailer that same year, and the open love […]
photo by andrewcparnell We hope you have a great New Year’s Eve, a very mild New Year’s Day hangover, and a nice long weekend off! We’ll be back with our regularly scheduled program on Monday. Thanks for a great year on EMandLO.com! In the meantime, here are some NYE/end-of-year-themed posts to ring in the new […]
Photo by Jessica Miglio – © MMIX New Line Productions, Inc. CollegeCandy: 5 must-haves for a good boyfriend. YourTango: 11 natural ways to boost your sex drive. EdenFantasys’ Sexis: The sex questions people ask ChaCha. TheFrisky: 5 confusing things about the way men fight. TomFoolery: Why you have a horrible profile picture. TresSugar: Missing the […]
photo by Jeremy McBride A new study shows that delaying sex until marriage will lead to a more satisfying and stable relationship, according to researchers at — get this — Brigham Young University. That’s the right, the university whose honor code bans porn, gay sex, sex outside of marriage, cussing, sleeveless shirts, alcohol, cigarettes, coffee, […]
photo by chelseagirl We have long repeated the adage that confidence — whether real or faked — leads to success on the pick-up scene and in the dating world. But a new study by a psychology professor at Queens College in New York suggests the exact opposite: insecure people try harder in the dating world, […]
photo by Janine 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 here. To ask her your own question, click here. Dear Dr. Vanessa, I know that women can use emergency contraception to protect themselves from pregnancy after […]
The teen pregnancy rate has gone down and everyone and their mother (read: MTV’s 16 and Pregnant, abstinence-only education, comprehensive sex ed, the recession, Bristol Palin, and of course her mother) are attempting to take credit. Biden says that same-sex marriage is as inevitable as the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Lawyer fights spam, […]
Advice from three of our guy friends. This week a straight woman asks, “What’s the ideal New Year’s Eve for a single straight guy/straight married guy/gay committed or single guy?” Straight Single Guy (Max): New Years, much like birthdays, should be fool-proof fun. Good friends, tasty beverages, and maybe something cuddly to look forward to. […]
photo by Katie_Tegtmeyer 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: My boyfriend and I have been together for going on four years now; things are very serious, and we’ve been […]
Okay, make that, the ten best movie sex scenes and/or kissing scenes of 2010. Things were a little prudish out there this year — you had to get your vicarious thrills where you could…and besides, we like to work with an all-inclusive definition of sex around these parts. Kissing counts too! (For the eagle-eyed regular […]
This holiday season, spare a thought for the hardworking TSA agents who, though they get to wear blue latex gloves when they do it — unlike most prostitutes, one assumes — don’t get paid nearly enough to touch your junk. Also, we’re guessing that doctors and prostitutes aren’t regularly accused of attempting to “cop a […]
