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Confessions
Comments of the Week: Do It When Everyone's Ready

photo by (nutmeg) We got a TON of great comments on the “How Long Can a Virgin Make a Guy Wait?” post, from Spes, SS, Madamaoiselle L….it was so hard to choose one! So we picked two: Rhett Butler: Let me recast the question to illuminate it a bit more.  While the analogy isn’t perfect, […]

How To
How to Greet a Former One-Night Stand

photo by //steph_vee. We know you’re not perfect. At some point, most of you will walk out on a one-night stand without so much as a “Thanks for the sex!” Post-It note. We don’t condone this behavior, but we can offer an emergency guideline, should you happen to bump into this person at a later […]

Toys
Our Toy of the Month, the New G-Ki!

The G-Ki from Je Joue The G-Ki (pronounced gee-kee) is just out recently from Je Joue, the UK makers of another awesome toy, the SaSi. This vibe has got a lot of fantastic features, which is why we’ve selected it as our toy of the month. It’s: Body-safe — It’s made of 100% food-grade silicone […]

Research
Naked News: Free Female Condoms and High-Tech Coitus Interruptus

photo by ingalatvia DC is to become the first city to distribute free female condoms — in beauty salons, stores, and high schools — in an effort to fight HIV. According to Cellphones.org, 15% of Americans have interrupted sex to answer a cellphone call. Speaking of modern life messing with our booty, apparently Americans are […]

TV
Get the Best TV Show About Sex – Ever! – on DVD

SEX: How to Do Everything Our 10-part television series, SEX: How to Do Everything, is now available on DVD! Each show tackles a specific topic (seduction, oral sex, kink, etc) with tips, on-the-street & in-studio interviews, silly segments like our confessional booth in the middle Times Square, and how-to demonstrations from various models illustrating a […]

Research
Your Call: How Do You Define "Had Sex"?

photo by je@n Go ahead: try to answer that question. It’s tougher than you might think. Does it mean intercourse? Then how do gay people “have sex”? Does it involve penetration? Then what about those who only climax from external stimulation? Does it involve orgasm? Then what about all the women who’ve had sexual relations […]

Dream Interpretation
I Keep Dreaming About Going to an Orgy

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 keep having these dreams that include sex, my best friend, her man, my man, and me. I’ve also had a similar dream […]

Websites
Blog Snog: Eco Seduction, Bucket Lists, and How to Block a C*ckblocker

Good Clean Love is one of our favorite earth-friendly lube ranges A Sexis article — part of their Green Project — shares some tips on eco-friendly ways to enhance the mood. And yes, you know exactly what kind of mood we’re talking about. Okay, we know this YourTango “Push Their Buttons” app is a vehicle […]

Pop Culture
And Now for Something Completely Un-Sex-Related

Ralph Helmick’s “Disorders of Magnitude” Lo here, taking a break from the sex writing for just a day to talk about art. (Hey, everyone needs a vacation!) Anyway, as you know, we regularly write for the Sundance Channel’s blog SUNfiltered. A fellow blogger over there tipped us off to this cool wall installation made from […]

Pop Culture
Em & Lo's 1st Annual Hotscars

photo by miss karen Most Disappointing Sex Scene: The Na’vi love scene in “Avatar.” Um, how could their tails NOT mesh? We’re waiting for the unrated version on Blu-Ray and it better deliver. Couple with Least Chemistry: Meryl Streep and Steve Martin in “It’s Complicated” Best Love-Conquers-All Message: “District 9” Worst Treatment of Genitalia: “Antichrist” […]

TV
Confessions of a "Millionaire Matchmaker" Millionaire

One of our Wise Guys, Tyler Barnett, recently went on Bravo’s reality show, “The Millionaire Matchmaker” (his episode re-airs next Tuesday, March 16th at 5pm — set your TiVos; you can watch a clip above). So we just had to give him the third degree: Why, oh why, would you ever go on this show? […]

What's Up Doc?
Dear Dr. Vanessa: What STDs Should I Get Tested For?

STD toys from Giant Microbes 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’m a woman in her early ‘30s with a pretty active sex […]

Confessions
Comment of the Week: When HE Puts Out Too Soon

photo by e.esders Just to prove that it’s not only women who fall hard on a first date, get swept up by their libido, and never hear from said date again… I met this beautiful gal on a dating website. We had a second date, had a great time, spent the entire day together. At […]

Personal Essays
Confession: I Don't Do Drunken Hookups

photo by nayrb7 A college-student contributor friend of ours, who wishes to remain anonymous, has a confession to make: I woke up one morning after an evening chugging most of a jug of $3 wine and several cups of that uniquely collegiate concoction “jungle juice.” Head pounding, eyes squinting, and stomach lurching, I realized there […]

News
Who's Going to Tell South Dakota It's 2010?

photo by daveynin We were going to write about Robert Pattinson’s joke misfire in which he told Details magazine that he’s “allergic to vagina” (we read his “explanation” and we still don’t get it). But then our friends at Planned Parenthood sent us a link to this awesome Washington Post profile of PP’s Dr. Carol Ball, who travels 200 […]

Your Call
How Long Can a Virgin Make a Guy Wait?

Dear Em & Lo, I’m a 26-year-old virgin and, while I’m not waiting for marriage, I am waiting for the right guy. You know, that guy that won’t pressure me for sex because it’s the 3rd date or break up with me after 3 months because I’m not ready. And yes, both of those situations […]