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Dear Em & Lo
Your Call: He’s Kinky, She’s Vanilla, Is the Relationship Doomed?

Share your advice for this reader in the comments section below… Dear Em & Lo, I recently started dating a wonderful man. He’s smart, and interesting, and handsome and the sex has been delightful. But not outstanding. But we’ve been working a fairly brisk learning curve and we can’t seem to get enough of each […]

Wise Guys
What Do Men Think of Women Who Have Their Own Condom Supply?

Advice from three of our guy friends. This week they answer the following: “What do men think of a woman who has her own supply of condoms? What do they think of women who expect men alone to always buy the condoms?“ Gay Married Guy (Jon Ross): I think a woman who has her own […]

Websites
20 Reasons Why We Cheat

photo via Layout Sparks The website CheatConfession is exactly what it sounds like — and, as you might expect from an online confessional, some of the anonymous posts are true and heartbreaking, and some are clearly fake (and therefore either hilarious or terrifying). People post if they’ve cheated, have been cheated on, or are just […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation – Can't Stop Dreaming About My Married Soulmate

photo by amy guth Other people’s dreams are never interesting…except when they’re about love and sex. Each week, our dream analyst Lauri Loewenberg tells one lucky reader what their dirty dream means. This week, a reader asks Lauri: I was involved with someone for years off and on. We had a spiritual connection and were […]

Websites
Blog Snog: Why Don't More Women Propose?

photo by jronaldlee Lemondrop: Why don’t more women propose?! Seriously. CollegeCandy: You think guys have it easy when it comes to the dating game? Think again! YourTango: How you can stop a dude from disappearing after you sleep with him. EdenFantasys’ Sexis: The top 10 strangest things people sent the Blogess this month. Consider yourself […]

News
Frontline's "The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan"

click to watch the Frontline episode We just got around to watching Frontline’s late April report called “The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan” — it’s a horrific and mind-blowing look into the world of “bacha bazi,” or “boy play”: …Afghan journalist Najibullah Quraishi (Behind Taliban Lines) returns to his native land to expose an ancient practice […]

How To
The Top 10 Signs You’re Reading Bad Erotica

  Years ago, we broke our sex-writing cherries at Nerve.com, the online magazine about sex that featured impressive original fiction by the likes of Jay McInerney and Rick Moody. As young, naïve, and underpaid Internet employees, one of our duties included trudging through the slush pile—that four-foot-high stack of unsolicited submissions by amateur writers who […]

Confessions
Comment of the Week: How to Gain Body Confidence

PhotosByAlyssa.com A few tips, from personal experience: Losing weight can be very difficult, based on your body type, lifestyle, level of dedication to weight loss, and so forth. Building muscle only takes effort (you could look at the industry’s best pre-workouts here) and commitment and maybe supplements. Basically, diets can be a struggle and aren’t […]

News
10 Thoughts on the Separation of Al and Tipper Gore

Really? The Gores? The couple most likely to make it to old age on a rocker-for-two on the front porch?! Not the Clintons? We have to admit, it’s a little refreshing to know that even such public marriages can have their secrets and mysteries. We now feel truly bad about the number of times we […]

What's Up Doc?
Dear Dr. Kate – Sex Starts Out Fine But Then Becomes Painful

photo by Gabriel Delgado Dr. Kate is an OB/GYN at one of the largest teaching hospitals in New York City and she answers your medical questions here once a week. To ask her your own question, click here. Dear Dr. Kate, Okay, well here it goes. I really like sex. But my vagina doesn’t, I […]

News
Naked News: Soccer vs. sex, free birth control, and cheating celebs

photo by StewieD A study of Germans found that only 5% of them would choose sex over watching a German World Cup final game. Planned Parenthood has begun a quiet campaign to ensure that birth control is counted among the free preventive services health insurers must cover under the Affordable Care Act. Michelle “Bombshell” McGee […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation – I Told BF I Was Pregnant and He Withheld Sex

photo by karindaiziel 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: I’m female, single, and very NOT pregnant, but I recently had a dream in which I had just told the […]

News
House Votes to Allow Repeal of "Don't Ask Don't Tell"

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Just in case you missed it over this long holiday weekend, at the end of last week the House voted to allow the repeal of the military’s discriminatory “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy against gays, as did the Senate Armed Services Committee. It’s […]

Wise Guys
Why Are Guys So Into Threeways?

Advice from three of our guy friends. This week they answer the following: “Is the FFM threeway really the holy grail for straight guys? If so, why? And if it’s not, why do so many people assume it is?” Gay Single Guy (Angelo Nikolopoulos): Here, the gay man’s experience proves to be particularly insightful. Left […]

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Blog Snog: Belly Dancing, Outdoor Sex, and Regrets (We've Had a Few)

photo by DuKong Eden Fantasys’ Sexis: How to belly dance your way to better sex. Tres Sugar: Wedding planning must-read books of the summer. (And before you say anything, the list includes books to help you write your own ceremony or have an unconventional wedding. Because even wedding rebels need a Martha equivalent sometimes.) CollegeCandy: […]