Taboos: Tweets to Fantasies

Deviant desires are more common than you think.

The Truth about Female Desire

Women often have to learn to tune in to sensual pleasures.
by Catherine Elton

Congressman Weiner: Typical Primate

Propelled not by thought but by pure evolutionary inheritance
by Ogi Ogas, Ph.D.

Are Women Cheating More?

The myth of the chaste wife
by David J. Ley, Ph.D.

The Third Sex

We have so much more to learn about asexuality.
by Bella DePaulo, Ph.D.

Anthony Weiner: Sex, Lies, and Tweeting

Tweet at your own risk!
by Brett P. Kennedy, Psy.D.

Digital Intimacy

Weinergate highlights new rules of engagement in the digital world
by Karen E. Dill, Ph.D.

The appeal of anonymous internet sex - Weiner is not alone

Weiner's story bring back memories I wish I didn't have
by Adi Jaffe, Ph.D.

The Anthony Weiner Illness: That Old Disease Got Me In Its Spell

Politico says Weiner is ill, but there seems to be a lot of it going around
by Stanton Peele

Weinergate Boggles the Sociological Imagination

Sociology can explain why Weiner's career is over
by Laurie Essig, Ph.D.

WHAT ARE YOU PASSIONATE ABOUT?

Discover what you believe, so you can achieve--
by Martha Peaslee Levine, M.D.

Who Feels the Pain of Rejection--And Who Doesn't

How we respond to rejection says a lot about us
by Nate Kornell, Ph.D.

A Weiner By Any Other Name

Public figures and bad behavior: Why do we keep falling for it?
by Sam Sommers

How to have more sex

A cartoon about an elected official who admitted to having sex (gasp!).
by Donna Barstow

Get Kinky With It

10 weird fetishes
by Jen Kim

Boys in Pink Dresses

Why can't we get over it?
by Alice Dreger, Ph.D.

Words We Can't Say

"Menstruation" is still taboo
by Molly S. Castelloe, Ph.D.

What Gay Men Want

Their preferences are definitely not feminine.
by Ogi Ogas, Ph.D.

A Family Affair

How common is sex between siblings?
by Nathan A. Heflick, Ph.D.

Sex and Self-Development Between The Sheets

Don't expect your partner to applaud when you propose something new!
by David Schnarch, Ph.D.

The Male Touch

Muslim men are affectionate in ways that would make an American male blush.
by Jessie Graham

Representative Weiner: Poster Child for Id-iocity

There is no such thing as human nature.
by Mark Goulston, M.D., F.A.P.A.

Sex

At least for humans, this most basic act is anything but simple. As the pioneering sex researcher Alfred Kinsey put it, the only universal in human sexuality is variability itself. Within the universe of intimacy and pleasure that sex affords, however, there's a lot of room for error. From the behavior itself to our orientations, sex never fails to be a provacative topic.

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