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Why Do Politicians Want to Police Dick and Jane's Private Parts?

By Professor Barry X. Kuhle, Ph.D. on February 22, 2012 in Evolutionary Entertainment

Polls with genitalia-laden names seem fixated on gonads. Read More

Teaching Your Child About Children Who Sexually Abuse

By Fred Kaeser, Ed.D. on February 21, 2012 in What Your Child Needs To Know About Sex (And When)

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Like Sex or Chocolate

By Dr. Kaayla T. Daniel, Ph.D., C.C.N. on February 21, 2012 in Naughty Nutrition

A few years back, Cadbury Chocolate did a survey and announced with great fanfare that more than half the women in the UK would rather curl up with a chocolate bar than let a man get a leg over. That's not good news for those British men who like to boast that they've got more than a stiff upper lip! Read More

The Wild Card in the Pain-Pleasure Dichotomy

By Dr. Mark Borigini on February 21, 2012 in Overcoming Pain

The pain of pudendal neuropathy. Read More

Torn Between Two Lovers

By Aaron Ben-Zeév, Ph.D. on February 19, 2012 in In the Name of Love

Exclusivity is at the heart of romantic love. Like other emotions, love is discriminatory and partial—one cannot love everyone. How is it then that many people claim that they have loved two people at the same time? And how do they deal with this situation? Read More

Scheduling Sex

By Isadora Alman, MFT on February 19, 2012 in Sex & Sociability

I was recently contacted by an online magazine for an interview on making marriages work. The writer's hope was that some expert has the answer everyone has been searching for centuries, and it might be me. Read More

Ten Random Questions About Psychology

By Shawn T. Smith, Psy.D. on February 19, 2012 in Ironshrink

A reader sent in ten questions ranging from sexual fantasies to borderline personality disorder. This is my attempt at ten coherent answers. Read More

Arizona Sheriffs and Republicans Support Gay Rights—Things Are Certainly Changing!

By Stanton Peele on February 19, 2012 in Addiction in Society

A formidably anti-immigrant Arizona sheriff—a prominent Republican figure in the state—has revealed he had a long affair with a Mexican man. The former lover accuses the Republican of threatening him with deportation if he revealed the affair. But isn't it great that an anti-immigrant sheriff revealed at once both that he is gay and that he loved a Mexican man? Read More

Some Like it Casual

By Nathan A. Heflick on February 18, 2012 in The Big Questions

What is the effect of not having a father present on women's willingness to have sex without emotional investment? Read More

The Case for Having (or Pretending to Have) a Hot Ex

By Jena Pincott on February 18, 2012 in Love, Sex, and Babies

A study finds that people appear much hotter when standing next to a very attractive ex-girlfriend or ex-boyfriend. Read More

The Greatest Love

By Sonia Taitz on February 18, 2012 in Trauma and Families

Whitney Houston was more than a voice, a face, and a lithe body spangled in starlight. If nothing else, she was a deeply emotional woman, with outsized feelings that often seemed to get the better of her. And she was mortal, as her recent death in a bathtub at the Beverly Hilton showed all too clearly. Read More

Dear Reverend Santorum: I'm 66, Is Sex Okay?

By Stanton Peele on February 18, 2012 in Addiction in Society

Leading Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has indicated that sex is meant solely for married couples and for the purpose of procreation. I'm no longer in those categories—so I wonder if I can have sex if the Republicans are elected (in my favor for that party is that I'm not gay and my partner and I don't use contraception). Read More

Has Your Sex Life Got You Down?

By Linda & Charlie Bloom, on February 17, 2012 in Stronger at the Broken Places

If so, you may be suffering from an ailment that is common to a great many individuals and couples, more than most of us would imagine. And speaking of imagining, it's the lack of imagination that is the source of this problem. Read More

Sperm Alert: What to Know When She Wants to Have a Baby!

By Pamela Madsen on February 17, 2012 in Shameless Woman

Many men don't think a lot about their sperm until the baby-making tsunami takes over their lives. And even then, your sperm may not be on the top of your list of baby-making concerns. The first thing that may come to mind when the first rumbles of baby lust hits your radar might be worries about money, sleep, and your sex life. Read More

Men, Women, and Interplanetary Promiscuity

By David P. Schmitt, Ph.D. on February 16, 2012 in Sexual Personalities

Women want short-term mates, too. Read More

9 Tips for a Hot and Healthy Marriage

By Lisa Thomas, LMFT, LCSW, DAA on February 16, 2012 in Save Your Sex Life

1. Have boundaries set around your immediate or nuclear family. 2. Touch each other often... Read More

Wild Sex, Cars, and the Truth Talk

By Rita Watson on February 16, 2012 in With Love and Gratitude

When a car shows signs of stress, or needs a tune-up, men handle it immediately. There is a problem and men fix it. In a relationship, who is responsible for the tune up when a red flag is waving? Should women take the lead using their intuitive skills? Read More

Women’s Interest in Casual Sex

By Gad Saad, Ph.D. on February 16, 2012 in Homo Consumericus

In part II of my rebuttal to a recent post by a fellow PT blogger, I report findings from the evolutionary literature regarding women’s penchant for casual sex whilst recognizing that this proclivity is stronger in men. Read More

Don't Be Seduced! Six Crucial Warning Signs

By Caroline J. Simon, Ph.D. on February 16, 2012 in Bringing Sex Into Focus

Flirtation issues an invitation and leaves its acceptance up to the other person. Seduction sets out to get a “yes” whether or not sex compromises the autonomy of the seduced. Read More

Are Children Harmed Viewing Sexually Explicit Websites?

By Michael Ungar, Ph.D. on February 15, 2012 in Nurturing Resilience

It isn’t altogether clear which comes first, our children’s promiscuity, sexual activity following drug use, and other high risk sexual activity, or whether kids who are already interested in these behaviors are looking to the internet for information. Read More

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