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News
photo by Nathan Csonka A new study out from the CDC shows that herpes is twice as common in women than men, and three times as common in blacks than whites. A massive 48% of new herpes cases are among black women. We called on Dr. Vanessa Cullins, an obstetrician/gynecologist and vice president for medical […]
What's Up Doc?
photo by Ingorrr 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, I had a baby a few months ago — it was via cesarean — and […]
Confessions
photo by love janine I make sure to introduce toys early on into a relationship. Basically, if a potential partner isn’t okay with toys then I’m not going to be okay with him. I don’t need toys to have an orgasm, but they can be awfully nice to have around. The orgasms are more intense, […]
Personal Essays
photo by Lawrie Cate A college-student contributor friend of ours, who wishes to remain anonymous, has a confession to make: Before my freshman year of high school, I didn’t know much more about sex than the basic mechanics. Insert tab A into slot B and, voila, you have a baby and/or an STD. This was […]
Research
photo from The Roslin Institute In sci-fi news, NPR has a fascinating article on gender-bending chickens. In holy contraception news, a high school in Rome installs a condom vending machine and the Catholic Church freaks. In major buzz-kill news, an ass-backward school district in Mississippi cancels the entire prom to prevent a few same-sex couples […]
Dear Em & Lo
We recently published a post on this site called “7 Ways to Seduce a Straight Guy.” And a bunch of you wrote in saying, okay, now tell us how to seduce a woman! So we’re turning this one over to you: Tell us, what’s the best way seduce a woman? FYI, the tips in the […]
TV
photo from New York Times article Mattel is set to release four new Barbies ($75 each!) based on characters from “Mad Men” this coming July to coincide with the start of the show’s fourth season. There’s main character Don Drapper and his soulless wife Betty, company head Roger Sterling and his one-time mistress and office […]
Dream Interpretation
photo by vanessa hud 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 secretly dating this guy and had a really bizarre dream about him: He got arrested and the police […]
Websites
From TresSugar: Oscar couples from years past. From the Frisky: Just ask him out already! From Lemondrop: When a guy’s obsessed with breastses. From College Candy: When you become Clingerella. From Eden Fantasys: Nina Hartley’s recommended books on sexuality. From YourTango: 8 habits that’ll destroy a marriage.
Sexual Health
Good design used to be completely unheard of in the world of sex accessories — neither function nor form was particularly paid attention to, whether it was a vibrator or a pair of latex undies. Fortunately, in the last decade or so, both form and function have improved immeasurably, and we could not be happier. […]
Dear Em & Lo
photo from Arbron Dear Em & Lo, I am an 18-year-old girl and recently got engaged to a 30-year-old guy. We have an online long distance relationship. I really like the guy and he likes me too. Things were really awesome between us after our engagement, he used to be really romantic and we used […]
Polls
Our friend Carrie asked us this question recently — for her, she says she knows the end is nigh when she starts feeling more self-conscious and uncomfortable around the guy. For her friend, it’s when she loses interest in PDA with the partner. How about you: What are your personal tell-tale signs that a relationship […]
Pop Culture
Okay, we know this will be twice in one week that we’re going rogue and abandoning the whole love and sex thing, but this is worth it! OK Go is an indie band that has mastered viral marketing with clever, innovative one-shot vids for their songs. First there was “A Million Ways,” in which they […]
What's Up Doc?
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, Can I get pregnant if I have unprotected sex during my period? I’ve heard that you can, but […]
Movies
We were too young to realize it at the time, but Corey Haim’s Lucas (1986) showed us exactly why the band geek makes a better boyfriend than the captain of the football team. We were recently saddened to hear of the passing of Corey. He was just 38 years old, which is tragic beyond belief. […]