29 May 2014

• Prostitute, 64, reveals why she won't be retiring
  According to Bev, who appears on Channel 4 documentary, My Granny The Escort, analytical skills prove particularly useful when deciding which men to take on as clients. [more]

• Dear Men: Stop skipping the foreplay!
  To get straight to the point, we need to talk about foreplay, or more accurately, the complete lack of foreplay in our relationship that has made me want to tear out my hair

• Women obsess over the size of their privates, too
  A new book shows ladyparts in all their diverse glory. It's just what women need in a plastic surgery-obsessed age [more]

• Ten things you need to know before dismissing casual sex
  A new book shows ladyparts in all their diverse glory. It's just what women need in a Here's 10 things 18-year-old Phin Lyman of Wellington College, Berkshire should have known before he 'outed' himself as a virgin in order to make a stand against the 'casual' way his generation treats sex.

• Bad Dragon sex toys
  Looking for that perfect gift for the Dungeon and Dragons-playing furrie zoophile in your family?

  28 May 2014

• Nudism cured my bad body image
  Woman reveals how baring all (and moving to the UK's second oldest naturist community) helped her overcome her demons [World War II Nude] [more]

• Wall of wiggling penises is mesmerizing
  The 'kinetic sculpture' responds to viewers' movements or fluctuations in the stock market [video]

• Janeane Garofalo's pro-pubes stand-up
  The comedian's mastery of pube euphemisms surpasses Cameron Diaz's latest spouting about Venus fly-traps and seaweed and what have you [video]

• PornHub ad campaign finalists
  Porn site PornHub has selected its shortlist of adverts to promote the brand, and are also suitable for work

• The six secrets of women who get men
  There are certain qualities that make anyone appear attractive and all reduce to this simple equation: if you love sex and love people, you're probably sexy.

  27 May 2014

• Sensual Parisian photography at its best
  Arnaud Lajeunie captures the tensions in erotic photography and the erratic possibilities of shooting with water

• I finally had an orgasm
  I went to a sex class to spice up our marriage. The toy I bought worked, but afterward, I felt lonelier than ever. My husband doesn't even know

• A guide to Tokyo sleaze for private encounters
  Spa! magazine offers a breakdown by region in the Tokyo metropolitan area for hitting on amateurs and rookies toiling in the commercial sex trade.

• In Georgia, you need a prescription for a vibrator
  In Georgia, you can carry a gun, but you really do need a medical reason, and a doctor's prescription, to buy a sex toy.

• Your view of virginity may affect your sexual satisfaction
  A new study finds that an individual's positive, neutral, or negative perceptions of their virginity can impact safer sex planning and sexual satisfaction.

  26 May 2014

• How straight are you?
  When I sit with my straight friends, be they single straight men or a straight couple, the conversation of "How straight are you?" invariably comes up

• My Granny The Escort
  This British TV documentary is a frank and revealing insight into the sex for sale business featuring the older lady. [more]

• The great Harvard sex scandal of 1964
  In a letter to The Crimson in 1963, Dean of the College John U. Monro stated that study time was being misused for wild parties or for sexual intercourse.

• Ejaculation etiquette
  Women are really lucky when it comes to having an orgasm and not having to deal with a mess afterwards

• Premature ejaculation defined
  Sexual medicine experts have defined premature ejaculation for the first time: sex that lasts less than three minutes

  25 May 2014

• Would you grow out your pubic hair?
  Why do we find the sight of hairy armpits (and other bits besides...) so unsettling?

• The 3D-printed wall of penises
  A student at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts used 3D-technology in a way early humans could only have dreamed, and created a wall of undulating, movement-sensitive penises.

• Nina Hartley on threesomes
  Nina teaches a class on Threesomes, and explains what can you learn from a threesome, why it is such a popular fantasy

• Rabbi: lust is more important than love
  Celebrity Rabbi Shmuley Boteach has a new book: Kosher Lust, with the provocative subtitle: Love Is Not the Answer.

  24 May 2014

• Vimeo censors videos
  Ms Naughty posts her correspondence with Vimeo, revealing the slippery nature of censorship and corporate guidelines surrounding sexuality.

• An introduction to genital clamps for women
  Want to mix pleasure with pain? Here's how to venture safely into the world of clamping.

• I saw a penis on UK TV
  You can imagine my surprise when the camera showed the reporter whipping out his penis and urinating on the metal plate

• Old people love sex too
  Graham Phoenix questions the stereotypes of older men having sexual performance issues and older women having physical attraction issues.

• 9 Things I wish I'd known about sex in my 20s
  If only I'd understood how simple things were at the time.

  23 May 2014

• I was a virgin at 51
  Why did this utterly normal middle-class woman have to spend decades desperate for intimacy?

• Top 10 Labia Scenes
  Mr Skin lists the top 10 labia movie scenes from Milla Jovovich to Sharon Stone

• Making sex normal
  Kinsey Institute researcher Debby Herbenick explains how we can help normalise sex. [Video]

• Risky sex: It's fun if it's with people
  The best part about having sex in risky places is the sheer excitement and spontaneity associated with it.

• The Anal Ninja
  Porn star Jayden Lee on squirting etiquette, anal fisting, shaving her ex-boyfriend's asshole, and why she is "The Anal Ninja"

  22 May 2014

• Sexual preferences are written all over your face
  Can you tell what someone's like in bed simply by looking at their face? Do bushy eyebrows mean that you're sex-obsessed?

• Yesteryear's fetishwear looks like today's
  This picture of a woman in a leather corset was taken by Yva Richards in the late 20's. Not much has changed.

• Master the sex marathon
  Ever dreamt of making love to your partner for hours at a time? Watching her orgasm again and again as you perform like a machine? Then read on

• Building a better blowjob machine
  The Autoblow 2 is billed as a "realistic robotic oral sex simulator for men" that comes equipped with a motor and a removable mouth-shaped sleeve made from artificial skin [more]

• Where women today go wrong!(cough!)
  When he reaches his moment of fulfillment, a small moan from yourself is encouraging to him and quite sufficient to indicate any enjoyment that you may have had.

  21 May 2014

• Which university students are having the most sex?
  Student Beans has conducted a national sex survey and created an 'inter-course' league table. Where does your uni rank? [more]

• Only a teenage virgin could be so certain about sex
  Those of more mature years know that the heart is a fickle organ and that desire does not necessarily recede with the gums

• How to have terrible sex
  Last week, a Spanish couple got caught having sex in a bank booth between an ATM and a glass panel

• 7 bizarre sex stories
  Including the men who tried to have sex with a drinks trolley, an ambulance, a car wash vacuum, and the vicar hospitalised with a potato up his bum

• 6 Insane sex myths that are actually true
  From whether a man can break his penis, to whether food allergies can be transmitted through semen

  20 May 2014

• How I came out to my three kids
  When he finally came out in his 40s, how did he tell the children that he's actually gay?

• Woman sues city over sex toy ban
  A Georgia woman has filed a lawsuit against the city of Sandy Springs over an ordinance banning the sale of sex toys to anyone without a "medical, scientific, educational, legislative, or law enforcement" purpose

• Why nude photos are important to naturism
  Since its early days, naturism has been portraying the nude human body in photography

• The weirdest Getty "sex" Images
  When you do a search for "sex" on Getty Images, you get a lot of interesting results [images]

• Erotic alphabet book makes Putin blush
  This erotic alphabet book, illustrated by the famed sculptor Sergei Dmitrievich Merkurov in 1931, is rumored to have been created to combat adult illiteracy

  19 May 2014

• The International Masturbation Month mastermind
  In honor of Masturbation Month, Salon talks to Good Vibrations Staff Sexologist Carol Queen, one of the pioneer of self-pleasuring who coined this quirky holiday [more]

• What men do in bed that women hate
  We threw the question out to Facebook. The answers we got back were sometimes funny, sometimes ridiculous, and sometimes worrying

• Japanese porn star retires
  55-year-old veteran porn star Taka Kato has made more than 10,000 adult video releases with 8,000 actresses, and became known as "Goldfinger"

• CLITERACY: The power of female sexual pleasure
  CLITERACY is a mixed media series that explores a paradox, the global obsession with sexualizing female bodies in a world that is illiterate when it comes to female sexuality.

• Can Women Ever Really Say Yes?
  Sex educators encourage people to get consent before engaging in sex. The implication is that men and women are free to consent to sex...but is it that simple?

  18 May 2014

• Why I posed naked and natural
  I posed nude to raise questions about the depiction of women and challenge the association between the female body and sex

• What really turns women on
  Researchers found that for light touch, the neck was most sensitive, for pressure the clitoris and nipple were most sensitive, and for vibration the clitoris was the most sensitive part of the body

• Stunning nudes explore stereotypes
  Photographer Lauren Renner explores the many ways we are defined by labels, from the mouths of others as well as ourselves, in a stunning series entitled "In Others' Words."

• Can porn help couples build sexual trust?
  Pornography can be part of the tapestry of a couple's healthy sexual life. Through the use of pornography we can safely explore our sexual interests, our turn-ons and our turn-of

  17 May 2014

• Brits fantasise about someone else during sex
  A staggering 57 per cent of men and women in the UK admit to fantasising about someone other than their partner when they're having sex with them.

• Porn for women? Don't make me laugh
  A new website is claiming to offer 'porn for women'. Dr Brooke Magnanti takes a look and isn't turned on

• Porn brand plans hardcore future for journalism
  BaDoink.com hopes to bring in $40million worth of revenue this year and is banking on the online magazine to open up new markets

• What people think of their penis
  Despite the many factors that influence one's cock confidence, like a snowflake, each penis is unique.

• Woman naked for 50 years
  For nearly half a century, the Muong people of a village in Vietname have become accustomed to a 53-year-odl woman who never wears clothes.

  16 May 2014

• Turkey's Love Valley featuring erotic erosion
  Unusual shaped pillars are attracting tourists to Turkey's Cappadocia region where phallic shaped features are in an area dubbed the Love Valley

• Silkworm sex factor
  Gender determination of the silkworm Bombyx mor has been found to be a small RNA molecule, the first time that anything other than a protein has been implicated in a sex-detemination process

• Top 10 masturbation tips!
  Sexpert and founder of RachaelIs has put together top ten tips for masturbation to celebrate National Masturbation Month!

• Swingers: What is a unicorn?
  Swingerdictionary.com determines "unicorn" as a slang for a single, generally bisexual female that participates in the swing lifestyle.

• The BBC article about feminist porn
  Ms Naughty explains how she spent some time with BBC journalist Daniel Nasaw, who was covering the 2014 Feminist Porn Awards

  15 May 2014

• Of course the French have better sex
  ...if our idea of sex is limited to men's ideals. But, Paris, at least we'll always have masturbation

• Orgasms, awegasms, roargasms and moregasms
  Everything you ever wanted to know, and perhaps some stuff you didn't [Wegasms] [Blended]

• An interviewed with sex therapist Dr. Suzy
  Dr. Susan Block, better known as Dr. Suzy, is a sex therapist based in Los Angeles, and has been in the business of sex for several decades.

• The Top 10 hottest movie moms
  Movie moms don't all have to be prudish 50's housewives or raging maniacs like Faye Dunaway in Mommie Dearest, They can also be hot and, most importantly, naked!

• Monica was our sex-ed teacher
  My generation of women came of age against the backdrop of the Lewinsky scandal, and it shaped our view of sex

  14 May 2014

• The history of nude photography
  Photography was invented in 1816 and first nudes soon followed

• The porn heiresses worth millions
  The daughters of British porn baron Paul Raymond, have inherited his millions.

• Porn for women
  Starting as an Instagram account in 2013, Porn for Women has just launched a website with editorials and features on men who fit the bill: Nice, handsome, and talented [website]

• 5 Reasons May is going to be a total sex fest
  May Day's orgins is the Celtic festival of Beltane, a riotous sex party. May Day means ushering in the season of love... and lovemaking

• A short history of nymphomania
  In Greek mythology, the nymph was a female character who could either resist male desire, or she could be sexually promiscuous herself [more]

  13 May 2014

• Time for some sexual healing
  Most of the couples I see in my practice complain about having mismatched libidos, when one person wants more sex than the other.

• Dutch band shown having orgasms
  The electronic dance band ADAM really opened up for their audience, using vibrators while singing on the video for their song Go to Go. [more]

• America's virginity obsession
  We are teaching girls that their virginity makes them special. But we're also sending the wrong message: that without their virginity, they're damaged goods

• What your job says about your sex life
  Do rich people have the most sex? Are firefighters perpetually getting laid? Are bartenders are on a long bender of one-night stands?

• 10 Things you need to know before blindfolding your partner
  Beginners bondage makes sex more sensual. You don't need fancy props or products. Just a simple blindfold will do the trick.

  12 May 2014

• One love affair with the porn industry
  After high school, as her peers started careers or went off to college, Akira decided to pursue her dream job: porn star.

• LELO celebrates sexuality in design
  The brand encourages togetherness, enjoyment and experimentation with their UnDesign Awards [more]

• Is oral sex safer than vaginal sex?
  When it comes to the act of sex, many people classify oral sex as a performance in a category all its own that seems to float above the hazards that vaginal and anal sex pose

• From duck vaginas to bumblebee sex
  An evolutionary biologist explores the crucial -- and overlooked -- science of sexual organs

• The world's oldest porn star
  In three months, Shigeo Tokuda from Japan will turn 80. He says that sexual desire is the same as the need for sleep or food [more]

  11 May 2014

• Why men should be "edging" during sex
  Edging, otherwise known as "orgasm control," is deliberately pushing off your immediate orgasm in favor of a more female partner-friendly slow-building final release.

• NYC Strip clubs flooded with college girl applicants
  Ever since controversial undergrad/Duke porn star Belle Knox announced she'd be headlining her first strip show in NYC on Friday, college students have been racing to the poles

• Porn for progress
  Banks like JPMorgan Chase have decided that dealing with people in the sex industry is a "reputational risk."

• Why does God hate sex?
  Sex is funny in that you can live without it, but not without paying a mental/physical price

  10 May 2014

• Shrine built from 17 naked models
  Body paint artist Trina Merry turns 17 nude models into a human temple

• Munich gets naked
  Munich may be the place to go in Europe for those who want to get naked in the city to bask in the sun, but why does the local government allow it?

• Naked yoga: the bare truth
  I am about to embark on a Naked Yoga class with people who have paid good money to bare it all in a room full of strangers.

• When is it time to sleep with someone?
  There is not a one-size-fits-all solution. This three step process of questions to ask yourself will empower you to make your own personal rules on when to have sex with a new partner.

  9 May 2014

• The world's feminist pornographers
  Some 250 porn performers, filmmakers, fans and academic researchers convened in Toronto last month for an international gathering of feminist pornographers.

• Nudity is liberating
  British Naturism is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Sue Thompson, a member of an East Yorkshire nudist club, tells Joanna Hunter about the freedom it gives her.

• Here's where most people are sexually satisfied
  The countries that reported some of the highest satisfaction were Mexico at 63% fully satisfied, India at 61%, Poland at 54%, and Greece at 51%.

• Bi and bi
  I've heard your calls for bisexuals to come out to their friends and family, but here's my conundrum: I'm not sure I technically classify as bisexual [more]

• 6 things that make a great sex toy
  The sex toy revolution is upon us, but not all sex toy companies make the grade.

  8 May 2014

• Funny Girl Sex Guide
  While I'm personally game to find sexual inspiration from porn, the downside is that it's not often all that realistic about female pleasure

• Five things he thinks when he first sees you naked
  Ever wondered what your new lover is thinking the first time they see you stripped bare?

• Owning porno used to mean something
  As a teenager I remember thinking of pictures of naked women as a kind of secret relic. The internet changed all that

• Inside the most controversial sex-ed books
  As parents protest "It's Perfectly Normal," we take a look at the most hotly debated books about the birds and bees

• Did you know skimos were swingers?
  The act of wife sharing was prevalent in the lives of Eskimos, from reciprocal spouse exchange, to the putting-out-of-the-lamps game

  7 May 2014

• The future of sex
  What changes does the 21st century hold for human sexual expression?

• Adult film star Asa Akira on her love of porn
  In her new book, Insatiable: Porn: A Love Story, the Wicked Pictures contract star and so-called Anal Queen, writes of her six-year-plus career,

• Understanding sexual fetishes and paraphilias
  From pathologizing fetishes to advocating that we ban the word, psychiatrists don't always agree on the role of sexual fetishes in human sexuality [more]

• Artistic NSFW photo series looks at voyeurism
  Photographer and filmmaker Joe Wehner's photo series "The Roomates" is an exploration of the vice of voyeurism

• Rethinking the effects paradigm in porn studies
  It has been an assumption of most anti-pornography discourse that porn damages women and children in a variety of way

  6 May 2014

• Masturbation: the secret to a long life?
  Betty Dodson says self-love keeps her young. Now the 85-year-old has a new audience of fourth-wave feminists enrolling in workshops she first ran in the 1970s [more]

• Boys in chairs
  Andrew Morrison-Gurza tells what its like for a guy who has an active romantical life, and attendant care for daily needs.

• 11 Things no one tells you about watching porn
  From there being a lot of close-ups, to it being body-positive, to there being a lot of yelping

• Losing virginity on a technicality
  I think for two people to be naked together and to have an intimate sexual experience, that's losing your virginity

• Happy International Masturbation Month!
  Celebrating 19 Years of Rubbin' with a 30 Day Masturbation Challenge! [more]

  5 May 2014

• Penis cockerel man guilty
  A Paris court has found a South African artist guilty of sexual exhibitionism after a performance in Paris in which he danced with a cockerel tied to his penis.

• Make her Your Porn Star
  Creating a private sex tape can be sexy and thrilling for you both. Just proceed with extreme caution, and good lighting.

• I love working in the sex toy industry
  I've learned that I'll never learn everything there is to know about sex, but my job has turned me into an advocate for the sex toy industry.

• My new man wants an open relationship
  Advice is given to a women whose new partner says he has other partners, and she could accept it, or walk

  4 May 2014

• Donation to the Iceland penis museum
  The Icelandic "Penis Museum" has offered the man with the world's largest penis, Jonah Falcon, everlasting fame, by putting his 13.5-inch sex organ on display after his death.

• 5 questions for the naked veteran
  Vietnam War veteran Max Sanchez struggles with controlling issues stemming from post-traumatic stress. He lives in a nudist resort in Florida.

• Feminism and porn
  Ms Naughty features the performers from Bright Desire talking about feminism and their work in porn

• Prostitution and the right to choose
  If physical appearance always plays a part in success, then is commodification of the body inevitable?

  3 May 2014

• Why Do Men & Women Have Affairs?
  When you ask why do people have affairs is like asking why do people want to have sex with other people? The question everyone needs to ask is why do we pretend to be monogamous?

• I went to a retreat for young British nudists
  Around the age of 18, I became a kind of sloppy social nudist. After a certain amount of beer, I would always, without question, find myself naked

• Would you consider a threesome?
  1988 was a banner year for me. I was separately invited by two male college friends to engage in a ménage à trois with them and their wives.

• Reality TV sex tapes, explained
  What is it with reality TV and sex tapes? Do they pay off?

• How to cure premature ejaculation:
  There may be good news for men who suffer from premature ejaculation - the condition could be improved by performing pelvic floor exercises. [more]

  2 May 2014

• City boss reveals difficulties in coming out
  Coming out is often thought of as a single moment, but for Jan Gooding, newly installed this week as the chair of Stonewall, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender charity, it is more an ongoing process

• Sex, 21st century style
  A sexual dysfunction nurse reveals the top 10 gadgets that will super-charge your love life

• Marsupial has sex marathon until it dies
  A tiny hyperactive marsupial called antechinus mates almost non-stop for three weeks, with single romps lasting as long as 14 straight hours, until it dies from exhaustion

• My parents made millions from the sex industry
  His dad is the legendary porn star Ben Dover, his mother was a glamour model and the editor of Penthouse magazine. Tyger Drew-Honey interviews them in a new documentary

• How sex ed in South Carolina changed a city
  30 years ago, Denmark, SC, had one of the state's highest teen pregnancy rates. Due to comprehensive sex education, it now has the lowest pregnancy rates in South Carolina

  1 May 2014

• 14 Shocking sex facts
  Did you know sperm has anti-wrinkle properties? Or that the inventor of cornflakes thought our favourite breakfast would fight our urge to masturbate?

• Why science needs more sex
  When biologist Patricia Brennan received a $390,000 National Science Foundation grant for her work on duck genitalia, it sparked nation-wide outrage, dubbed "Duckpenisgate"

• Student, auctions off her virginity
  The student claims that while she's doing this for the money primarily, she is also attracted by the adventure, eroticism, scandal and the chance to challenge norms about virginity.

• How good should sex with a new partner be?
  I've met a new guy. How great should the sex be the first time if I want this guy to stick around?

• Nude boudoir shoots popularity increases
  Boudoir portraits throwback to the early days of erotic photography and now, a new generation of women are stripping down in their own bedrooms for their own beautifully intimate portraits.