Debra Haffner is a minister and sexologist who I know through the American Association of Sexuality Educators Counselors & Therapists. She’s also the author of some great books: From Diapers to Dating: A Parent’s Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Children What Every 21st-Century Parent Needs to Know: Facing Today’s Challenges with Wisdom and Heart Beyond […]

Greta Christina has a great piece on the Blowfish blog (note: the original link is broken) about asking for what you want from a lover. And I think that, for the most part, she’s right when she says: “Oh, I don’t know. What do you want to do?” It took me way too many years […]

Clipped from: www.comeasyouare.com by clp.ly I have to admit that I wouldn’t have thought of this if I hadn’t read about it, although if you’re a techie, this probably won’t surprise you. According to a blog post at Come As You Are, there’s a potential privacy issue that results from something called EXIF data being […]

There’s yet another report showing that lots of people don’t consider oral sex to be sex. According to Sex Redefined: The Reclassification of Oral-Genital Contact, 98% of respondents said that penis/vagina intercourse counted as sex and 78% said that penis/anus intercourse counted. But only 20% said that oral-genital contact was sex. And predictably enough, some […]

Guys- are you looking for some new ways to experience pleasure? Want to try something new? I’m presenting a free, one-hour workshop tomorrow night at our Berkeley store all about the prostate. This workshop is open to anyone interested in exploring their own or their partner’s prostate, so come on down and find out how […]

This post first appeared on the Good Vibrations Magazine. I recently received a press release about STD Test Express, an online service designed to make getting tested for sexually transmitted infections easier. At first, I thought it was a great idea. After thinking about it, I still think it’s a good idea but not perfect. […]

One of the most common pieces of advice that you’ll ever hear about sex is “communicate with your partner(s)”. And while that sounds good, it can be difficult to follow. Almost everyone has ways in which talking about sex brings up challenges. Perhaps you don’t have the language to ask for what you want. Or […]