Four Techniques Women Use To Enhance Pleasure During Intercourse
Sexually, what people enjoy sexually is extremely varied. Nevertheless, we can make important science-based generalizations. Research...
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Selected posts from Psychology Today
- Mar 30, 2021
- 4 min
Three Proven Tips to Both Enhance Sex and Decrease Stress
It is highly unusual for someone to never experience a sexual concern, with such concerns ranging from commonplace (e.g., worries about...
- Jan 19, 2021
- 4 min
Sexual Problems ARE Solvable (Without Therapy)
It is extremely uncommon for a person to never encounter a sexual problem at any point in their life. But, due to our widespread cultural...
- Dec 1, 2020
- 3 min
Birds, Bees, and Bullshit: How Female Anatomy & Orgasm are Ignored in Sex Ed
U.S. Sex Ed is harmful, according to the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. Essential information is omitted and often, students...
- Oct 27, 2020
- 3 min
Birds, Bees, and Bullshit: How Sex Ed Lies about the Dangers of Sex
Sex Education in the United States is harmful, according to the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. There are many reasons for...
- Sep 8, 2020
- 3 min
Top Sex Tips for Women’s Orgasms: Masturbate, Vibrate, Communicate
Declaration of Sexual Pleasure | Source: WAS September 4 was World Sexual Health Day. This year’s theme was "Sexual Pleasure in Times of...
- Jul 31, 2020
- 4 min
It’s National Orgasm Day: Let’s Celebrate
Some information and tips to help you enjoy today and beyond. Today, July 31, is National Orgasm Day. To help you celebrate, below you...
- Jan 15, 2019
- 4 min
Sexual Revolution | Orgasm Gap | How to Pleasure a Woman
The orgasm gap: Picking up where the sexual revolution left off by focusing on how to pleasure a woman At the core of the 1960s sexual...
- Dec 26, 2018
- 3 min
It’s Time for the New Sexual Revolution of Female Pleasure Equality
You’ve probably heard of the “sexual revolution” but perhaps you don’t know precisely what spurred this revolution or what it entailed....
- Nov 21, 2018
- 5 min
Mindful Sex Is Mind Blowing Sex
Have you ever evaluated yourself, or had your mind wander, in the middle of a sexual encounter? Most people have! Psychologists call this...
- Oct 3, 2018
- 4 min
Close The Disconnect Between Women’s Self and Partner Pleasure
We have an orgasm gap. Cis-gender heterosexual women are having fewer orgasms than are cis-gender heterosexual men. As one striking...
- Aug 30, 2018
- 7 min
Dear Young Adult Women: What You Can Learn from Grace & Aziz
Here’s some advice to empower you sexually in an often toxic sexual culture. Dear Young Adult Women Who Have Sex With Men, By now, you’ve...
- Jul 25, 2018
- 7 min
A Letter to Young Adult Men: What You Can Learn from Ansari
Here is a list of seven simple tips to help you set a higher standard for sex Dear Young Adult Men Who Have Sex With Women, Unless you’ve...
- Jun 14, 2018
- 4 min
How Many Times a Week Is It Healthy to Have Sex?
First we have to understand the terms healthy and sex. When teach my undergraduate-level course on Human Sexuality, I ask the students to...
- May 16, 2018
- 4 min
Female Orgasm: Time To Stop Shoulding on Ourselves
When it comes to orgasms, there is no one right way. At the end of the first day of my undergraduate Psychology of Human Sexuality class,...
- Apr 26, 2018
- 4 min
A Touchy Subject: The Health Benefits of Masturbation
In my Human Sexuality class at the University of Florida, students can choose to complete a Psychology Today-style blog for a class...
- Mar 16, 2018
- 3 min
Stop Spectatoring: Mindfulness to Enhance Sexual Pleasure
Stop Spectatoring: Mindfulness to Enhance Sexual Pleasure To put an end to distracting thoughts during sex, immerse yourself in...
- Feb 22, 2018
- 5 min
A Letter to Sexually Active Young Women – Some Advice For Your Sexual Pleasure
Let’s close the pleasure gap by discarding our current cultural script for sex. Dear Sexually Active Young Women, First let me introduce...
- Jan 10, 2018
- 4 min
Doing Sex Differently – Ditching the Usual Way
Let’s close the pleasure gap by discarding our current cultural script for sex. When I was writing Becoming Cliterate, I loved my first...
- Dec 8, 2017
- 4 min
A Call for Orgasm Equality | The Stats Behind Women’s & Men’s Pleasure
A Call for Orgasm Equality – An open letter. Dear People-With-Clits, I have a new book, Becoming Cliterate. I’m passionately committed to...
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