photo via freeparking Our contributor Abby Spector, who is double-majoring in English and Feminine/Gender/Sexuality Studies at Wesleyan University, has a confession to make: All my sex life, I’ve had a love-hate relationship with alcohol. Not because it provokes the desire but takes away the performance, as Shakespeare once said. No, my problem is that it […]
photo by ClevelandSGS Advice from three of our guy friends. This week they answer the following: What is a guy-friendly date? Gay Engaged Guy (Joel Derfner, author of Swish): Seriously? Anything that doesn’t involve talking about feelings. Straight Married Guy (Fred): If he’s into you, anything is a guy-friendly date. Okay, maybe not ballroom dancing […]
photo by slushpup New study shows that two-thirds of men and 40% of women masturbate. Women: shame on you for not breaking the 50% barrier. (Here’s inspiration if you need it.) Men: shame on you for lying. New York unwittingly marries same-sex couple — apparently gay marriage is a-okay if one man wears a dress. […]
photo by rileyroxx A while back, in response to a sincere question from a 19-year-old vocab nerd who’s dating a 28 year old, we asked for your help in coming up with a term for her. We asked that it be something positive that suggested these women aren’t simply shallow gold diggers but may actually […]
photo by cLOVEc 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 (after the jump). This week, a woman asks Lauri: I’m driving by the park in the town where I live. It’s very hot and humid and […]
part of the measuring instructions for TheyFit condoms TheyFit Condoms were the first sized-to-fit condoms available a few years back. (Before ordering, you actually needed to use their Fit Kit™ to measure “the Johnson in question.”) It was a revolutionary idea, but then they mysteriously disappeared from the market. Now they’re back at Condomania for […]
It’s Fathers’s Day on Sunday, June 21st this year — don’t forget to call and thank him for all the wonderful advice. If you refuse to ask for directions, make sure you’ve got a nice, communicative lady (i.e. Garmin) to show you the way. Use headcovers for your woodies. Stand up straight, shake hands firmly […]
Ad from Teen magazine, 1961, via Uh…Bob A weekly roundup of some of our favorite sex- and love-related posts from various blogs and websites: Tres Sugar tracks the evolution of the bra. One more reason to shop for sex toys at a responsible outlet: In case you accidentally die during autoerotic asphyxiation, you don’t want […]
With the excellent debate going on in response to the recent Wise Guys question about men behaving chivalrously, we thought we’d stir the pot a bit by mentioning studies that suggest chivalrous behavior is a subtle yet harmful form of sexism, known as benevolent sexism. The term was coined in 1996 by the first study […]
You’ve only got until the end of today (Thur, June 11, 09) to enter our “Name That Schlong” contest. But you can enter the Green Porno Getaway Sweepstakes once a day between now and June 30th. In honor of the aquatic theme of the series’ second season — and the whale episode, in particular (above) […]
Poster via DemotivateUs.com A friend of ours — one of the Wise Guys, as it happens — is fond of telling new dads, “Your most important job is to keep your daughter off the stripper pole.” Well, a new study kind of proves his point, if you’re willing to accept “stripper pole” as a sort […]
If your partner cheated on you just once — a one-night stand with a complete stranger — would you want to know about it?(online poll) Can’t see the poll? Click here to take it.
photo by demi-brooke Last week, Dr. Kate kindly answered a woman’s question about whether or not she had to tell her partner she had HPV. This week, we’re taking it upon ourselves to answer the same question — and we’re taking no prisoners: In a word, YES! Everyone has the right to know what they’re […]
photo by rileyroxx Our contributor Ryan, who blogs at Student Loans for Beer Money, has a confession to make: I learned a lot of tough lessons my first year of college. For instance, cucumbers aren’t the only things that can be pickled (thanks to maniacal levels of on-campus alcohol consumption). And, more importantly, having a […]
a book about chivalry Advice from three of our guy friends. This week they answer the following: “What do you think about traditional gestures of chivalry like holding open a door for a woman, holding out her chair at the restaurant, etc? You know, is it just the polite thing to do, are you annoyed […]
In honor of June being LGBT Month (officially proclaimed by President Obama), we’ve compiled a fabulous round-up of recent gay-related news: In case you live under a rock: New England is officially the coolest part of the country now that New Hampshire is down with gay marriage. Hopefully, New York will feel the heat from […]
