Sex Survey Answers from a Straight Male
"One of my worst experiences was when I was in my late teens and a girlfriend went down on me. She gagged and her natural reaction was to bite down. It was horrific. Do to all of the commotion and my yelling, it wasn’t long before her Dad knocked on the door to investigate. Needless to say, the most uncomfortable dinner ever."read more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - July 31, 2014 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Paul Joannides, Psy.D. Tags: Sex Source Type: news
Love or Lust? Do Your Eyes Give You Away?
The common stereotype is of lovers gazing into each other’s eyes, while lust involves checking out the other’s body. Is there any truth to these stereotypes? What other secrets do our eyes reveal?read more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - July 30, 2014 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Ronald E. Riggio, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships Sex Social Life body language eye gaze gazing love lust nonverbal communication Sexual attraction Source Type: news
Discover Your Self Through Photography, Part 1
Mirror, Mirror, on The wallread more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - July 30, 2014 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Leon Pomeroy, Ph.D. Tags: Cognition Happiness Self-Help Sex Social Life aperture attachment camera columbia university curiosity Discovering Your Self Through Photography doer extrinsic eye game eye talk family fear feeler feminine focus fri Source Type: news
Can You Be Fulfilled by Desire? Three Illuminating Examples
Consider that—quite literally—your dreams are comprised of visual and auditory hallucinations. But thoroughly “wrapped up” in them, you can’t help but experience them as real. Fantasy and reality are no longer separable: they’re fused, indistinguishable. And in your most pleasurable dreams, what’s being dramatized is the fulfillment of a personal wish. . . .read more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - July 29, 2014 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Leon F. Seltzer, Ph.D. Tags: Creativity Happiness Self-Help Sex Source Type: news
Who’s More Stigmatized: Swingers or Polyamorists?
Consensually non-monogamous relationships are all stigmatized compared to monogamous ones. But some types of nonmonogamy are stigmatized more than others.read more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - July 28, 2014 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Zhana Vrangalova, Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Relationships Sex Social Life Source Type: news
Grappling with Aging
Remarkable honesty from people in their 60s and 70s. read more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - July 27, 2014 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Marty Nemko, Ph.D. Tags: Aging Cognition Health Memory Sex Work aging brain senior sexuality Source Type: news
Gaddafi vs Chaos
The US embassy in Libya was evacuated today. There are costs associated with anarchy. And there are costs associated with peace. Most have to do with politics, and sex.read more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - July 26, 2014 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Laura Betzig, Ph.D. Tags: Ethics and Morality Evolutionary Psychology Politics Sex Source Type: news
Three Reasons Childfree Couples Cheat Less
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Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - July 26, 2014 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Ellen Walker, Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Health Parenting Relationships Sex childfree by choice Complete Without Kids Ellen Walker infidelity Source Type: news
Is Sexual Harassment Natural?
Are sexual coercion, harassment, even rape, biological imperatives? read more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - July 24, 2014 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Agustín Fuentes, Ph.D. Tags: Ethics and Morality Evolutionary Psychology Gender Sex aggression battle of the sexes biology natural rape Source Type: news
The Real Reason Sexual Violence Is So Widespread
Are sexual coercion, harassment, even rape, biological imperatives? read more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - July 24, 2014 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Agustín Fuentes, Ph.D. Tags: Ethics and Morality Evolutionary Psychology Gender Sex aggression battle of the sexes biology natural rape Source Type: news
Choosing a Romantic Partner
One aspect in choosing a romantic partner is the weight we give to bad and good qualities. Although we tend to focus more on the partner's bad qualities at the stage of choosing a partner, it seems that in the long run, good qualities become more important and eventually outweigh the bad qualities. read more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - July 24, 2014 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Aaron Ben-Zeév, Ph.D. Tags: Behavioral Economics Ethics and Morality Gender Happiness Philosophy Relationships Self-Help Sex choosing partner love marriage Michelangelo phenomenon negativity bias positive romance Sexual attraction Source Type: news
Emotion and Worldviews
How does our natural capacity for empathy influence our beliefs about the world? Could this be a connection that explains the perpetual reappearance of prejudice?read more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - July 22, 2014 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Jack Pemment, M.A., M.S. Tags: Child Development Ethics and Morality Sex emotion empathy homophobia prejudice worldviews Source Type: news
Seven Forms of Non-Monogamy
This blog explores seven common types of non-monogamy: cheating, polygamy, open relationships, swinging, monogamish, polyamory, and relationship anarchy. Explaining commonalities and differences, this blog discusses how non-monogamies vary by degrees of honesty, sexual openness, importance of rules/structure, and emotional connection. read more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - July 22, 2014 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Elisabeth A. Sheff, Ph.D. Tags: Ethics and Morality Happiness Relationships Sex Source Type: news
Is There Any Evidence That Porn Is Harmful To Relationships?
Recently, it was claimed that pornography has some negative effects on relationship stability. The evidence for that claim couldn't be weaker. read more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - July 21, 2014 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Jesse Marczyk Tags: Gender Media Sex Social Life Source Type: news
Oprah, Carl Jung, and a Remarkable Essay about Sex and Death
Carl Jung wrote raphsodically about the entwined impulses towards sex and death. This idea was "borrowed" from Sabina Spielrein, his young, beautiful patient—with whom he had sex and who most emphatically refused to die.read more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - July 21, 2014 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Rebecca Coffey Tags: Ethics and Morality Law and Crime Resilience Sex Carl Jung child abuse oprah winfrey psychoanalysis Sabina Spielrein sexual abuse Sigmund Freud therapy abuse Source Type: news
