Sex Positions

The twenties is the traditional time to mate up for life. It’s also the worst time, biologically speaking. “This is when men and women are more different sexually than in any other decade in their lives”. “It’s the most difficult time to understand each other and get along.” Read the rest of this entry »

Not so long ago, people under 60 assumed that people over 60 stopped having sex altogether. We’ve gotten smarter than that—even if Hollywood hasn’t—but other myths of maturity prevail: To wit:

Myth: At a certain age, a man can no longer get an erection. Read the rest of this entry »

So you can’t plane a shelf or fix a broken light socket. There are other ways to use your hands that will do a lot more for your sex life.

Touch is an underused source of mutual pleasure in many relationships. It’s underused during foreplay. It’s underused during lovemaking. It’s underused as an alternative to genital intercourse. And it’s underused during the 23 or so hours of the day when you’re not engaged in sex. Read the rest of this entry »

So maybe you realize she’s for keeps even though she falls short of an expectation or two. Can you change her? To some extent, yes. Here are some ways to turn your expectations into reality. Read the rest of this entry »

Sexual boredom is sometimes nothing more than a cave-in to intimacy overload. “When you feel you’re getting overloaded with all the intimacy that accumulates in a relationship, sex is the place where you turn it down.” Read the rest of this entry »

You no longer talk.

Couples sitting across from each other in a restaurant and saying nothing. “You’re not bothered with cooking, you don’t have to get the food on the table or clean up. But they have nothing to say to each other.” Read the rest of this entry »

If a couple who has been together for years realizes one day that they don’t much care for one another anymore, perhaps the fire isn’t the only thing that hasdied. Maybe respect is gone, too.

“They have to decide to look at what is going on between them and why they feel the way they do about the other person”. “It’s a hard row to hoe. Have they grown apart because they no longer respect that person? It’s a very tough thing to say, ‘I don’t respect you anymore.”‘ Read the rest of this entry »

When a male herring gull wants to mate with his female companion, he repeatedly flips his bill up and down. If she’s interested, the lady herring flips hers right back.

The mating ritual is enviably straightforward. The male herring doesn‘t wonder whether his lady bird is stretching her neck, teasing him, or, uh, flipping him the bird. No, her head bob means only one thing. He gets her drift. And the two get down to business. Read the rest of this entry »

She said she was out with the girls. But somehow, it doesn’t ring true. How can you tell for sure? Read the rest of this entry »

You’re having a big fight. Dishes are hurled. Doors are slammed. Suddenly, amidst the yelling and screaming, you find yourself turned on. Instead of ripping into each other, you and your honey start ripping at each other’s clothes. Before you know it, you’ve had make-up sex. Fight’s over, right? Read the rest of this entry »

Language, they say, is what separates us noble humans from the baser animals. But when it comes to sex, we’re often no nobler than aardvarks. In fact, we can be pretty dumb about it. Read the rest of this entry »

You can’t fulfill her fantasies if she won’t tell you what they are. At the same time, her reluctance to confide her secret desires doesn‘t mean that she doesn‘t want them fulfilled by you. You have to coax them out of her and lead her to Fantasy Island. Read the rest of this entry »

“We’re all responsible for our own fantasies.” Indeed, our imaginations can churn out some real custom-made stuff. On the other hand, there are several fantasy types that seem to be in the male public domain. Any of the following strike a chord? Read the rest of this entry »

You can’t exactly say men are inhibited about masturbation, since at least 60 percent of them do it, according to at least one survey. But try getting just about any guy to talk about his personal masturbation habits, and you’ll get a pretty good idea about the queasiness still connected with it. Read the rest of this entry »

A little rusty on your seduction techniques? In the world of woo, the tried and true still work the best. Here are some commonsense courtship ideas that will help get you both in the mood. Read the rest of this entry »

How do you spice up a bland sex life? The answer is in the question: Put some spice into it. If you’ve only been cooking with salt and pepper, here’s a sampler of simple spices that will take the same-old out of your sex life. Remember, what follows isn’t even the hot stuff. Rather, it’s a little list, garnered from experts we’ve interviewed, of easy-to-implement variations that will help get you out of that sexual routine. Read the rest of this entry »

Holistic sexuality involves the body, mind and spirit and makes no division between them. It is an invitation for the two people concerned to bring themselves physically, emotionally and spiritually into the act of making love. Read the rest of this entry »

Aromatic oils are equally effective on women in helping them to feel more comfortable in a sexual situation. If you are nervous about making love, either because you are just entering into an intimate relationship, or you have not made love for a long time, then surround yourself with healing fragrances which will soothe away your fears. Read the rest of this entry »