Blog Profile / About.com: Sexuality Blog
| URL : | http://sexuality.about.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Relationships / Sexuality | |
| Posts on Regator: | 371 | |
| Posts / Week: | 2.3 | |
| Archived Since: | April 9, 2010 | |
Blog Post Archive
My New Book, What Makes a Baby is Out
I haven't talked about this project very much on my About.com site, but today I'm excited and nervous to let you know that my new book is available for sale.
I wrote What Makes a Baby for the four-year-old son of one of my closest friends. Show More Summary
A Short Guide to Flavored Lube
I got my first job at a sex shop in 1987. At the time I don't know if there was such a thing as flavored, water based lubricant. What we did have was a product called Emotion Lotion. Emotion Lotion (we never called it "EL" for short, but now I wish we had) came in a shapely clear plastic bottle with a white flip top. Show More Summary
At What Age Do You Become an Adult Virgin?
Growing up in the 70s I heard bad things about virgins from all sides. My friends were desperate to shed their virginity. They were excited to get to try out sex (after years of practicing on their own). But the desperation came as much...Show More Summary
Onanistic Inquires
A few weeks ago an issue of New York Magazine featured a story about men who were quitting masturbation and finding solidarity and guidance on a Reddit forum called "NoFap". The piece was a mess of misinformation and confusion. It referenced to faddish research ("Your Brain on Porn") and conflated sexuality, desire, gender identity, and gender roles. Show More Summary
National Masturbation Month Comes of Age
It was back in 1995 when a group of political sex shops came together to do what they always did best: combine consciousness raising with politics with pleasure. National Masturbation Month (NMM), and the month's main event the Masturbate-a-Thon were inspired in part as a response to the firing of Surgeon General Dr. Show More Summary
Envisioning a New Model of Mental Health (Sort Of)
Last week the National Institute of Mental Health made a significant announcement: they will no longer be prioritizing research proposals that are framed around categories of mental disorders promoted by the Diagnostic and Statistical...Show More Summary
Weekend Reading - Sex Across the Lifespan Edition
I've been spending most of my time reading off line these days (gems including Nevada and Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe) which means I have a lot online reading to catch up on. Here are three pieces that cross...Show More Summary
Parsing Porn's Influence
A study, to be published this month in the Journal of Sexual Medicine has been getting surprisingly little coverage in the US. The paper, titled "Does Viewing Explain Doing? Assessing the Association Between Sexually Explicit Materials...Show More Summary
New Resource: Sex Work in Canada
As a Canadian who spends a lot of time in the US I often find myself answering questions and trying to explain differences in laws and customs between that country and this one. These conversations always start with a reminder of the...Show More Summary
Phrase of the Week: Uncircumcised Penile Environment
One of the first things I look at when I receive the New York Times email digest every morning is the quote of the day. I like reading the quote first and thinking about what it might be before letting my eyes read on, beneath the quote...Show More Summary
Sexuality and IBS Awareness Month
If you're wondering what on earth Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month has to do with sex, chances are you don't have IBS and have never had a partner who has it. If you had IBS, or have ever slept with someone who lives with it, you'd know that having uncooperative bowels doesn't change much in the realm of sexual desire and interest. Show More Summary
Questions with Answers
Sex doesn't lend itself well to simplicity. There really isn't any aspect of sex or sexuality that isn't in some ways a shifting landscape, with fuzzy boundaries and plenty of territory that is not only unchartered but completely unobservable. When I'm thinking of my own sexuality or sex life I tend to forget this. Show More Summary
Sex Under Unusual Circumstances
On Monday I posted my response to an About.com reader who wasn't sure about where to start again after 25 years of marriage where she only had sex with one man (who happened to be the only man she's ever had sex with). I had to editShow More Summary
Coming Back to Sex
When we're young, if we get access to any kind of sex education material it usually includes something about sexual development. We learn that as we get older our body will change. We learn that there are some things we don't do as children but we might do as adults. Show More Summary
Of Nuts and Pests: An April Ode to STDs
I learned in high school that April was the cruelest month. I also learned that the guy who said so was an extraordinary anti-Semite. Now that I do so much of my learning on the Internet I know other things about April. I know, for example,...Show More Summary
This Day in Sex Drug History
Fifteen years ago today the FDA approved Viagra, paving the way for a new category of drugs and a marked change in the acceptability of talking about erections in public. Well that's not exactly right. We don't actually talk about erections...Show More Summary
Lubricant and Menstruation: The Slipperiness of Sexual Knowledge
When I answer a sex question I am usually drawing on three sources of knowledge. I always start with research. It's not that I think scientific research delivers the best, the most accurate, or the most interesting answers. It's just a habit from my academic training. Show More Summary
The Sex Tech Revolution That Won't Happen
Over the past few years there have been a growing number of surveys of teenagers' texting behaviors that focus on when they send texts with sexual content (aka "sexts" and "sexting"). The results vary wildly from 4% to 31% of teensShow More Summary
YTH Live: Annual Conference on Youth, Tech, and Health
In less than a month a unique and diverse group of youth and professionals who work with youth will converge on Stanford Court Hotel in San Francisco for what has become my favorite conference of the year. Formerly known as Sex::Tech,...Show More Summary
Compromising Positions
When I hear people talking about the sexual compromises they make in their lives, I often hear about the judgement they feel from others for their decisions. Friends think they shouldn't be doing this or that, question whether it's really...Show More Summary