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Selected posts from Psychology Today

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Orgasm Gap: Facts Behind Male vs Female Orgasm & Sexual Solutions

The Orgasm Gap: Discover the statistics behind male vs female orgasm rates and learn sexual solutions. The American Association of...