Tag Archives: sexuality
Sometimes a news story comes along that we find reprehensible. The all-male Iowa Supreme Court recently ruled that a dentist was within his legal rights when he fired a woman who had worked for him for 10 years due to …
We didn’t really need academic research to tell us this, but it’s fascinating to see it spelled out: According to a study from the University of Granada, sexual fantasies tend to differ by gender, with women favoring “pleasant” sexual situations, …
How has the internet affected women’s sexuality? A new documentary, Sexy Baby, being screened at the Traverse City Film Festival in Michigan at the end of the month (it premiered at Tribeca in April), follows three female subjects — a …
Sexuality comes in a variety of flavors, and one of the most oft-overlooked niches is asexuality, an orientation that applies to only 1 percent of the population. David Jay, who dubs himself asexual, founded the Asexual Visibility and Education Network (AVEN) …
If you’re a woman and you’re on the cover of Rolling Stone, there’s a good chance your image is going to be sexualized (if not “pornified”), according to a new study from the University of Buffalo.
Do Atheists Have Better Sex?
God might not be so great when it comes to losing your sexual inhibitions. Most formerly religious people who left the church found that their sex lives got better after ditching their deity, according to a recent study out of …
Pretty brilliant: Sealy brought sexuality educator Logan Levkoff into its showroom during a furniture trade show in High Point, South Carolina, to help salespeople address “intimacy” questions when customers are shopping for a mattress.
One of our favorite sexperts, Susie Bright, has a new memoir out called Big Sex Little Death. Flavorwire just featured an interview with Bright about the book — along with a great quote about an early gig selling sex toys …
Has Sex Stopped Being Sexy?
It’s a fair question: Has sex lost its edge? After being inundated with media images and discussion of sex and sexuality, have we grown desensitized and tired of the concept?
Having sex for the first time improves body image in men, but not women, who report being less satisfied with their looks than before, says a new study from Penn State University. Far from being young teenagers, the women surveyed …
