Sex

If someone is living a false life, and working hard to punish the very people who are protecting his privacy, don't those people have the right—the obligation, even—to defend themselves by exposing the lie? Read More

Victorians may have been prudish about the physical side of sex but were much less inhibited about other aspects of it than we are: in these respects, we are the prudes!

When the honeybee queen leaves the hive she is closely followed into flight by the studly, powerful male drones. The queen, over a 2 - 3 day period, will mate with 10 - 15 drones and will carry their sperm for her lifetime. Efficient to be sure. But the real value lays elsewhere. Read More

From media reports, one might infer that Catholic priests commit most pedophilia. In fact, only a tiny fraction of child sex abusers are priests. Read More

My past was too filled with the tensions of choice to let
myself be thinned, like paint, in order to be applied more easily to
him. Read More

Recent data originating from wildly different sources including an analysis of advertised online escorts, eye-tracking and brain imaging studies, and elicited preferences of men from Papua New Guinea, all point to the same incontrovertible fact: Men have an innate preference for the hourglass figure.

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"Marc" wants me to marry him. Even though he has so much of what I'm looking for, I just wish he had the sense of humor and sexiness of the guy I broke up with before him. I'm feeling tempted to say yes but I can't help wondering if I'd be settling. Read More

You don't need bits of fancy scientific kit, a psychiatrist's couch or a brain scanner to get to the heart of basic human nature, all you have to do is to ask one simple question, stand back, and wait for the "whoosh" as the flood gates open. I asked people what I thought was a simple question, "Why do you dance?" and the responses I received were over-whelming in their sensitivity and honesty. They were beautiful, heart-breaking, surprising and funny. Read More

Let's talk about the western world's mental health. Here is the situation that has me going. Read More