Sex

Moms in the Middle of Daughters and Mothers on Mother's Day

By Sari Cooper, L.C.S.W. on May 6, 2013 in Sex Esteem

How do you manage to balance the criticisms, corrections and crankiness of your mother and your daughter while holding down a job, being a homemaker, feeling like a good wife while being a good mom? The Good Mom Myth of perfection needs to be busted and confronted on every front in order to have a truly Happy Mother's Day. Read More

Are You Making Love or Just Having Sex?

By Elliot D. Cohen, Ph.D. on May 6, 2013 in What Would Aristotle Do?

It is often said that “making love” is just a euphemism for “having sex.” Unfortunately, this is not true and may be responsible for your getting less out of your sex life than what you or your partner are capable of getting. Find out what love-making really is and how you can improve your sex life! Read More

Is Mad Men’s Don Draper a Sex Addict?

By Anne M. Fletcher, M.S., R.D. on May 5, 2013 in Inside Rehab

If living in today’s world, Don Draper may well wind up in rehab for “sex addiction” – but how can a rehab facility diagnose and treat someone with a disorder that's not recognized? Read More

Modern Emotions: Love

By Liah Greenfeld, Ph.D. on May 5, 2013 in The Modern Mind

Love makes it possible for every one of us to find one’s proper place in the world and to define oneself. It leads one to the discovery of one’s true identity. Read More

Bill Gates and Better Condoms: Error 404?

By Marnia Robinson on May 4, 2013 in Cupid's Poisoned Arrow

A new condom could boost penile sensation, but the majority of today's safe-sex challenge may well lie in the software of the brain. Read More

The Price of Sex: Women Rule, Men Drool, the Market's Cruel

By Noam Shpancer, Ph.D. on May 4, 2013 in Insight Therapy

Can viewing heterosexual sex from an economic perspective that sees women as sellers and men as buyers deepen our understanding of our sexual behavior? Read More

Why You Should Learn Less In Order To Have More Sex

By Marina Adshade, Ph.D. on May 3, 2013 in Dollars and Sex

New research shows that each additional year of education reduces self reported sex life satisfaction. The argument is that well educated people don't have time to waste on mind-blowing sex. I suspect, however, that the true story has more to do with the ability of well-educated couples to co-ordinate their schedules in a way that leaves both sexually satisfied. Read More

Made-to-Order Embryos: You Want to Sell What?!

By Jessica Cussins on May 3, 2013 in Genetic Crossroads

The fact that a fertility clinic can own and sell made-to-order embryos for profit raises novel concerns. Is it really OK, as two professors have recently argued, to collapse these dilemmas into predefined frameworks of other assisted reproductive technologies? Read More

Sex Scandal Reflects a Choice, Not a Disease

By David J. Ley, Ph.D. on May 2, 2013 in Women Who Stray

In yet another celebrity relationship split, the host of TMZ Channel's “My Fair Wedding” is accused of being a sex addict, and that this alleged affliction is the reason for the couple breaking up. But, in a new twist to this old story, the couple involved are both men. Read More

Why Women Feel Bad About Their Appearance

By Nigel Barber, Ph.D. on May 2, 2013 in The Human Beast

Women underestimate their attractiveness whereas men are overly complacent about theirs. Why the difference? It is tempting to imagine that this is simply a reflection of continuing power imbalances favoring men. Yet, there is a simpler explanation. Women care more about their appearance because looks are more consequential for them. Read More

Monthly Meditations to Invite Eroticism (May)

By Alexandra Katehakis, MFT, CST, CSAT on May 1, 2013 in Sex, Lies & Trauma

Contemplate core beliefs, rewire neural pathways, and invite erotic intimacy into your love life with these meditations excerpted from the upcoming companion book to "Erotic Intelligence". Read More

Will It Last?

By Sean M. Horan, Ph.D. on May 1, 2013 in Adventures in Dating

Four relationship perceptions predict whether or not couples remain together in studies spanning 15 years. Read More

Can Men and Women Be "Just Friends"?

By Jeremy Nicholson, M.S.W., Ph.D. on April 30, 2013 in The Attraction Doctor

Can men and women ever be friends without sex or feelings getting in the way? Is it possible to make opposite sex friendships that are enjoyable and stress-free? Read on and learn how to handle opposite sex friendships... Read More

Sex: The Siren Song of Scarlet

By Matt Huston

Seeing red activates our most primal urges.

Why Are Narcissists So Darn Sexy?

By Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Ph.D. on April 30, 2013 in Fulfillment at Any Age

Narcissists seem to specialize in putting others under their spell. Many emit a kind of charisma of self-confidence and self-assurance that causes them to dominate a room, if not a relationship. As a result, it’s easy to be attracted to them, often at our own peril. Intriguing new research shows why we find them so appealing and suggests ways to resist their pull. Read More

Fifty Shades of Penis Size

By Michael Castleman, M.A. on April 30, 2013 in All About Sex

Do women want a big one? Not according to Fifty Shades of Gray. Read More

“Texting, Texting 123”

By Mark Banschick, M.D. on April 30, 2013 in The Intelligent Divorce

Texting, Texting 123: Donna Moss gives us the first of a three part series on raising kids in the texting era. Consider it a Parent's Guide to Teen Texting. You may want to text your friends about it. ;) Read More

Dear Doc (& Men, Too): Less Viagra, Please

By Marty Klein, PhD on April 29, 2013 in Sexual Intelligence

Many men who don't get erect don't have an erection problem, they have an expectation problem. Viagra won't help them. Read More

Don’t Wait for Desire: Reverse the Equation

By Laurie B. Mintz, Ph.D. on April 29, 2013 in Stress and Sex

There is one piece of advice, steeped in scientific evidence, which has the potential to improve countless sex lives. This advice is most relevant for women in long-term committed relationships. That advice is.... Read More

Pillow Talk

By Lawrence R. Samuel, Ph.D. on April 28, 2013 in Psychology Yesterday

In June 1957, a book hit the shelves that quickly became the stuff of cocktail party chatter. As its title suggested, Robert Elliot Fitch argued in his "The Decline and Fall of Sex" that much of the romance of sexuality had been lost in the modern age. Contemporary novels and plays by the likes of Norman Mailer and Tennessee Williams made this all too clear, their works Read More

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Sex Esteem
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Sex Life of the American Male
How new technology, new mores, and current events impact male sexuality.
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SexualityToday
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Stress and Sex
Helping women decrease stress and enhance desire.
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The Power of Pleasure
How the science of satisfaction can improve your sex life and your relationship
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The Red-Light District
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The Sexual Continuum
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