The Evolving Orgasm for Women and Men When an orgasm is simply a reflexive discharge, it’s likely to be the same each time or to diminish in intensity as one gets older—particularly if the sex is routine or nonexistent. In contrast, for women and men who value their orgasmic experiences alone and/or with a partner, skilled […]
Sexual Health and Sexual Revolution I know some people question it, but there really was a worldwide youth-driven, birth control pill–fueled, liberation-minded, sexual revolution in the 1960s and 1970s. People everywhere sought to reclaim sexual exploration and playfulness, a phase of development that many believed they had missed. Health and body. That was the tenor […]
Interactive Repair in a Relationship Interactive repair is the term used by Harvard researcher Ed Tronick to describe the way that sensitive mothers calmed their babies’ distress after being unresponsive to them for several minutes during a laboratory experiment. What has been discovered in real life is that repeated instances of parent-child distress that are followed […]
Erotic Play with Sexual Excitement An extended period of erotic play may or may not lead to something more. One example of this is making out to music. Kissing and caressing each other with mellow music in the background is a time-honored ritual, for good reason. It brings two bodies into a sensuous rhythm with […]
Budding romance Romance. Think back to when you had your first crush. One man I spoke with remembered his first crush as a girl he gave a box of candy to. She told him that she liked somebody else, but she took the candy anyway, thanked him, and walked away. He was nine years old […]
