Check out this incredible video about the history of gay rights in the US. You’ll recognize Alfred Kinsey, Dan Savage, Hillary Clinton, President Obama, Harvey Milk, Rachel Maddow, Sarah Silverman, Ellen DeGeneres, and so many others. Unfortunately there are also a number of young men who most of us never got to meet because they [...]
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Because I write sex columns and articles for various magazines and newspapers, I end up receiving press releases for various sex books, products and services that, as a research scientist and sex educator at Indiana University, I would normally not receive. Occasionally the press releases are for products that I can appreciate and feel will [...]
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Valentine’s Day is less than a month away. And though it’s been a while since I’ve made gift suggestions, I always hear such good things from readers who end up buying the gifts that I thought I should do it again. As I’ve recommended time and again, I think StoryPeople prints (or sculptures, books, etc) [...]
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“In spite of their odd beginning, he was deciding not only that [she] would make his life wonderful, but that her absence would make it tragic.” So goes this beautiful line from Steve Martin’s book “An Object of Beauty”, which I read a couple of weeks ago while on vacation in Madagascar. This line made [...]
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Today is my birthday! And I have a wish for those who would like to help celebrate. In the midst of a political climate in which: – odd things are being said about contraception (Says Santorum: “It’s a license to do things in a sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be” [...]
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Turning Someone On Without Touch from Debby Herbenick on Vimeo. Dr. David Schnarch, in Passionate Marriage, talks about intimacy and connection as a means of turning one’s partner on. And of course it makes much sense: touching or licking a partner is only one way to turn someone and it doesn’t always work. If you [...]
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Don’t mind my dog, Jezebel. She wanted to be part of today’s sex ed. Follow us on Twitter @mysexprofessor What’s the Deal with the G Spot? from Debby Herbenick on Vimeo.
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Penis Size and Good Sex from Debby Herbenick on Vimeo. What’s the average penis size? And what size penis does it take for good sex? Thoughts on these questions and other genital fit related issues (plus intimacy and chemistry between two people) in the above video. Follow us on Twitter @mysexprofessor
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Is Sexsomnia Real? from Debby Herbenick on Vimeo. The short answer is that yes, sexsomnia (also called sleepsex) is real. The longer answer can be found in the above video. Follow us on Twitter @mysexprofessor
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What’s Love Got to Do With Women’s Orgasms? from Debby Herbenick on Vimeo. As mentioned in the video above, there’s been a small bit of research related to feeling “in love” and women’s orgasm (one example is this interesting study). But it seems we still have a great deal to learn, scientifically, about the interplay [...]
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