When Sex Almost Works
- Sep, 17, 2010
- Charlie Glickman
- relationships, sex positivity
- No Comments.
There are a lot of reasons people have sex. We do it because we want to express love, feel pleasure, or build connection. We also do it because we’re bored, we’re stressed out, we want to distract ourselves from our problems, we want to manipulate our partners, or to avoid arguments. In one of my […]
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Emotional Skills Help Men Live Longer
- Aug, 31, 2010
- Charlie Glickman
- relationships, sex & culture, sex research, shame, social oppressions
- 1 Comment.
This post first appeared on the Good Vibrations Magazine. Clipped from: www.time.com (share this clip) It’s been known for a while that men tend to have a shorter life expectancy than women. While there are a few guesses as to why that is, one factor is having a macho attitude. Time Magazine reports that some […]
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Living a Sexually Fulfilled Life: Lessons From the Dying
- Aug, 31, 2010
- Charlie Glickman
- relationships, sex & culture, sex positivity, shame
- No Comments.

I recently ran across a blog post called Regrets of the Dying, written by someone who worked for years in palliative care. The emotions and reflections that arise as one nears the end of life often seem to strip things down to the bare essentials. I think that many of the regrets and final wishes […]
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The Complexities of Casual Sex
- Aug, 30, 2010
- Charlie Glickman
- relationships, sex & culture, sex positivity
- 7 Comments.
Clipped from: yesmeansyesblog.wordpress.com (share this clip) Every so often, there’s another cycle in the fight over casual sex. This time, the argument was sparked Jaclyn Friedman’s piece on Yes Means Yes! The author describes her sexual explorations and describes how they brought her pleasure, fun, and healing. She never suggests that her path will work […]
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The Most Important Thing That Men Who Have Sex With Women Need to Know
- Aug, 23, 2010
- Charlie Glickman
- relationships, social oppressions
- 20 Comments.
Clipped from: www.foxnews.com (share this clip) Clipped from: www.huffingtonpost.com (share this clip) The amazing Logan Levkoff has stirred up a hornet’s nest of angry guys. First, she wrote a post called 5 Ways to Get Your Wife to Have More Sex With You, which is full of useful tips for heterosexual men who want to […]
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Using Your Words, Offering Appreciation
- Aug, 05, 2010
- Charlie Glickman
- relationships, shame
- 3 Comments.
Ever since my post the last week about resentment, I’ve been thinking a lot about why so many people allow resentments to build and what we can do to avoid them. And it seems to me that one of the easiest things we can do is to tell the people in our lives what we […]
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The Oxymoron of “Negotiated Infidelity”
- Aug, 03, 2010
- Charlie Glickman
- relationships, sex & culture, sexual communities
- No Comments.

CNN.com posted a story today about former sugarbaby Holly Hill’s perspective on men, sex & fidelity. She’s of the opinion that men are going to stray/cheat anyway, so women might as well make room for that. Or as she puts it, “It’s better to walk the dog on a leash than let it escape through […]
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