Sexuality

Oral Sex: How To Stay Safer

Most Americans ages 15-24 -- some 66 percent -- have had oral sex, the Centers for Disease Control reports. But that's actually less than in the past. A reason young people have oral sex is because they don't want a kid, the CDC notes. However, a lot of young people also don't realize that oral sex ... More >>

Does Sex Lead to Love?

Bow chicka wow wowzer: a new study suggests that sex can lead to love. Yes, you read that correctly. As Jezebel's insightful Lindy West explains, researchers mapped the parts of the brain "stimulated by feelings of love and by feelings of sexual arousal." What they found? As per MSNBC: "What t ... More >>

Dating Is Dead, But Blowjobs Are Very Much Alive, Says Sexpert

With the recent publication of The Gaggle, Jessica Massa and Rebecca Wiegand's multimedia project-turned-movie-turned book -- as well as other zeitgeisty pieces on the decline of marriage and rise of singledom -- there has been a lot of talk about the death of dating. The other day, we were chatti ... More >>

Female Non-Masturbators, Not Normal? Dan Savage Seems to Think So

In this week's Savage Love, Dan answers questions on gay dating, co-habitation, and woman-pleasing -- you know, pretty standard stuff for a sex column. Now, I like and respect Savage's work a lot. That said, I'm not entirely sold on several bits of advice he offers up in this edition: There's too ... More >>

LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX

Sex writing done right

I Discussed Conservatives' Orgasms On Countdown

A new study says that conservative Republicans have more orgasms than Democrats, but unfortunately they also have lower IQs. Confused? Aroused? Well, I sorted it all out on last night's Countdown With Keith Olbermann, along with guest host David Shuster. You can check out this video of the high p ... More >>

Vibrators Are Everywhere Now

​Did you know you can buy vibrators at Duane Reade now? Well, you can. No longer are they illicit devices confined to the vague, grimy territory of sex shops, hidden in brown paper bags or unmarked boxes, purchased late at night on furtive shopping missions to "video stores" with blacked-out w ... More >>

Live Sex Toy Demonstration to 100 College Students Ill-Advised, Yucky

The lovely couple, via Chicago Sun-Times​Northwestern University has come out not in favor of a recent sex toy demonstration given by a couple in front of 100 students at a human sexuality lecture, and the school's president Morton Schapiro is now calling for an investigation. How could this h ... More >>

Semen Setbacks Plaguing Modern Man

​Today we face two terrible, awful, cringe-worthy studies about men and their reported sexual dysfunctions. The first comes via the Daily News (kudos on that stock art pick, guys!), which cites research presented at the European Society for Sexual Medicine that determined that some 16% of the ... More >>

Carnal Ignorance: Should Women Enjoy Sex?

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. October 7, 1971, Vol. XVI, No. 40 Carnal Ignorance By Ellen Frankfort For the longest time a woman wasn't supposed to enjoy sex. Then suddenly a woman was neurotic if she didn't achieve orgasm simultaneously with her husband. Proof of ... More >>

Why Men Fake Orgasms, by a Man Who Has Faked an Orgasm

​The New York Post noted a fun statistic to emerge from a survey by the editors of Men's Health and Women's Health of 2,000 people's sex habits: 17% of the men surveyed have faked an orgasm. Some people think that this "is a statistic that raises more questions than it does answers." Indeed! ... More >>

Sex Survey Results In: Crazy Kids Are Using Condoms; Adults, Not So Much

​There's a new sex study out from the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior -- in fact, it's considered the most comprehensive national study since 1994, surveying 5,865 people between the ages of 14 and 94. Though it was financed by the maker of Trojan condoms, they would like you to ... More >>

Young Ladies Like Oral Sex, But That Doesn't Make Them Slutty, Thank You Very Much

​New sex research from the University of Alberta indicates some interesting things about young women and oral sex. The short and sweet: It's becoming common -- maybe even as common as regular sex, not that "regular" indicates any sort of judgment, mind you. In fact, oral has "become a fundamen ... More >>

FDA Considering "Lady Viagra"

​Next month the FDA will decide whether or not to endorse a pill called flibanserin (yeah, that name has got to go) which purports to boost women's sex lives. The drug, made by German pharma company Boehringer Ingelheim, sparks "a woman's sexual desire by fiddling with her brain chemicals." Wh ... More >>

Have You Choked Your Chicken Lately? Masturbation Month Starts Saturday!

​As our sister-wives over at L.A. Weekly have reported, May brings us many good things -- flowers and sunshine and spring, and even our own carpal-tunnel-based, self-focused series of chronological days... aka Masturbation Month.

"Stars' Sexperiences" Make Us Feel Bad About Hollywood, Ourselves

​Tina Fey (pictured) reveals that she "couldn't give it away" -- meaning her virginity -- when she was a young lass, prompting respected journalistic organization ABC News to run a slide show of "Stars' Sexperiences." You would imagine these Sexperiences would be calculated to include simila ... More >>

Has Whole Foods Gone Too Far?

From the Crap Archives: The Beauty of Sexual Love

Nina Hartley's Guide to Pregnant Sex

Her latest movie offers a sex-positive approach to that oft-neglected subject

Interview With an Orgasm Broker

Want to please a woman from across the world? Allen Stein has made it possible for $5.99 a minute.

Who Needs Monogamy When There's the Internet?

Talking with Tristan Taormino about sleeping around online without breaking hearts

Straight Men Who Have Sex With Men

Inside the secret world of the straight guise

The Man Behind the Fucking Machine

The director of Kink.com's contraption-sex site talks hot flesh on cold steel

Pegging Goes Big: Straight Men Get It In the End

More het guys are discovering the pleasure of bending over

I'd Rather Masturbate Than Have Sex With My Girlfriend. Yup.

Sex and the Disability: Is There a Site For Disabled Men With Belly-Button Fetishes?

Why Can't I Leave My Boyfriend Tied Up While I Go the Movies?

Are Anonymous Mobs Reliable Sources for Sex Advice?

At ReallyWorried.com, sex questions get answered by “experienced” users—but is their bad advice cause for worry?

Have the Cybersex ‘Experts’ Ever Had Cybersex?

From Oprah to the hot seat, one addiction specialist's perspective on cybersex

How Do I Dump a Submissive Who Does My Dishes and Gives Me Blowjobs?

Weekly sex advice from Dan Savage

An Expert's Guide to Hand Jobs for Men and Women

Examining the myths, merits, and sparse vocabulary of hand sex

Cybersex Sounds Hot—But What If I Get Addicted?

Nervous nellies, ignored spouses, and sore genitals alike wonder, “What if the web-booty never stops?”

The Queer Heterosexual, Redux

A classic from the Pucker Up vaults

Can You Use Sex Toys in More Than One Relationship?

Pucker Up Turns 200!

Celebrating a gala anniversary with a look back at a near decade of debauchery

Best and Worst of Sex 2007

Tristan's annual roundup of toothbrush vibrators, anti-porn ribbons, and a kinky kingdom

Eighth Annual Sexy Gift Guide

High-tech vibrators, anal treasures, and rock-star porn

Midwestern Kink

Dry academia—and slightly wetter hotel antics—at an Indy sex conference

Another Teacher Busted for Sleeping with Students

Mouth-to-Mouth Resuscitated

Kissing moves up the sexual pecking order

One-Handed Typing Gets Put to the Test

She says she orgasmed during cybersex, but how do I know for sure?

Work Those Pink Panties

Skip the embarrassment, keep the kink: exploring fetishes through cybersex

What Counts As Cybersex?

Knockin' Vintage Boots

Golden girls get their groove on past 60

Coitus Interrupt Us

Couples with mismatched libidos have few resources to address their issues

Sex Advice for the Digital Age

Getting laid in a pixelated hot tub is, well, harder than you'd think

Screw You

Tina Tyler and Boots Boccaleone create new kinds of masturbation porn

Dangerous Dildos, Part 2

Toxic tensions rise in the toy industry

Bi-Focal

A bisexuality book puts pleasure before politics

With This Ring, I Thee Bed