Call for Participants: Survey on Postpartum Sexual Experiences & Body Image

This showed up in my blog feed and I wanted to pass it along.  The folks doing this study are amazing folks and I can definitely vouch for them. Feel free to pass this along. Researchers from The Center for Sexual Health Promotion at Indiana University are conducting an online survey regarding women’s sexual experiences […]

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Erectile Dysfunction and Men’s Health

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I often say that whatever is going on in your life shows up in your sex life. Usually, though, I’m talking about how relationship dynamics, unspoken resentments, unresolved issues, or old emotions can affect things. It’s really common for individuals and couples to seek a therapist for help with their sex lives when the real problem is […]

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The Slippery Slope of Reporting Sex Research: Anal Sex & Lubricants

I’ve been telling people how to have safe anal sex for a long time and one consistent bit of information is that you need to use a lubricant. Lube makes anal sex feel better and reduces the risk of hurting delicate tissues, so it’s one of the key factors when exploring anal play. Imagine my […]

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Call for Participants: Sexually Able

Please pass this along to anyone who might be interested. Call for Participants: Sexually Able Sexually Able aims to bring light upon sexuality and dis/ability, and create a path for peoples’ voices to be heard. What is it? It’s a large scale survey of self identified people with disabilities and their partners.  Eventually, it’ll be […]

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Are We Too Afraid to Deal With STIs?

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There’s a great piece on HuffPo about our continuing reluctance to deal with preventing sexually transmitted infections. Here’s the opening: Among the many vital health issues not addressed by healthcare reform is the state of our sexual health. There are 19 million new sexually transmitted disease (STD) infections in the United States each year according […]

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Spiderman Offers Sex Advice (back in 1976)

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Via Erosblog.com Back in 1976, everybody’s favorite webslinger (well, everyone but J. Jonah Jameson, the Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, the Kingpin and other baddies), teamed up with Planned Parenthood to offer some safer sex advice to the kiddies. While some of the info is out of date (like “A doctor can cure [VD] with a […]

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Some More Info About Flammable Silicone Lubricants

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If you saw my post the other day about  how silicone lubricants can be flammable, you’ll be glad to know that we’re always looking out for you and getting the information you need to play safe. The buyer at Good Vibrations contacted the manufacturers of our silicone lubricants and asked them about this issue and […]

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