Sophisticated Sex
High-maintenance vaginas
My vagina is very high-maintenance. I mean, really, whose isn’t? A vagina needs grooming and cleaning, love and affection, touch and pleasure, and, of course, good vibrations. Eve Ensler launched the Vagina Monologues in 1996. This was such an asset to our ...
The pheromone phenomenon
Last week we discussed “seduction” as the psychological stimulation needed to get us turned on to sex. Once the brain becomes erect, our next challenge is to get the body excited. We typically know this stage as arousal, or the awakening of the second biggest sex ...
Careful before you kiss and tell
Karen Owen had sex with 13 guys at Duke University. She kept scrupulous notes about her activities. She gossiped about it with girlfriends. Then it leaked all over the Internet...
Eight spheres of intimacy
When I was a little infant sexologist, my first mentor was Professor Dr. Marilyn Volker, sexuality educator extraordinaire. I remember her emphasizing that sex was not solely about genital friction or the variety of erotic activities in which one could engage. ...
The sex behind population control
As taboo as it is to talk about sexual pleasure in the bedroom, talking about population control can be even more contentious. We need to have sex to make babies — that’s obvious. But in a world that is running out of room and resources, we would do well to ...
CPR for the clitoris
Danielle just turned 52. Her girlfriends threw her a menopause party. They gave her lubes, arousal oils, a body cream “for cougars,” a hot-pink vibrator, a pair of Chinese kegel balls and a one-year subscription to GQ. Danielle was psyched to start this new phase ...
The joy of make-up sex
Dear Dr. Jenni,I have been in a relationship with my girlfriend for over a year. I love her and for the most part enjoy her company. The main problem is that we fight a lot about trivial and unimportant things. Part of me is really bothered by this, but on the plus ...
