TRACEY COX reveals the six things sex therapists want you to know - and explains why you should stop worrying about orgasms
6 months, 2 weeks ago

TRACEY COX reveals the six things sex therapists want you to know - and explains why you should stop worrying about orgasms

Daily Mail  

There might be a plethora of information about sex out there but a lot of it is misinformation. Desire fluctuates – and that's normal So many couples worry unnecessarily if they go through a period where they, or their partner, lose desire for sex. So long as you talk to each other about where you're at – 'I'm sorry I'm not feeling like sex right now, but that new boss is really getting to me' – keep affection going and maybe offer up some low-effort sex options, most relationships can sustain the natural fluctuations that happen to desire over time. Work stress, low level depression, low energy from bad lifestyle habits, a loss of confidence from an erection wobble…many things can undermine a man's sex drive. A man's libido can be affected by work stress, low level depression and low energy from bad lifestyle habits The difference between men and women is that society assumes men want sex all the time and lots of it.

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Sex therapist shares 4 things women should never do with their partner
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Sex therapist shares 4 things women should never do with their partner

Hindustan Times  

In any healthy relationship, maintaining open communication and mutual respect is key to a great sex life. Vanessa Marin, a sex therapist, shared four things one should never do with their partner. The therapist advised women to take the initiative during intimacy instead of making their partner do all the initiating just because he is a man. The sex therapist …

My New Wife Is Getting a Bad Bargain Out of Our Sex Life
55 years, 2 months ago

My New Wife Is Getting a Bad Bargain Out of Our Sex Life

Slate  

How to Do It is Slate’s sex advice column. I certainly don’t think that she “can’t” orgasm, particularly because she can give herself what she describes as “little orgasms” by doing exercises like leg lifts, which I’ve seen referred to as a “coregasm.” Interestingly, what my wife really enjoys is foot massages. We both recognize that orgasm should not/need not …

Mind the pleasure gap: Why are women having such a bad time in the bedroom?
11 months ago

Mind the pleasure gap: Why are women having such a bad time in the bedroom?

The Independent  

If you’re a woman in 2024, you should be having an incredible sex life. “It’s too awkward and I’m too worried I’ll damage their ego and it might scare them off.” This major disconnect between what we’re being told culturally and socially and what we’re actually experiencing is captured brilliantly by Katherine Rowland in her book, The Pleasure Gap: American …

Tracey Cox reavels the three biggest bedroom worries for women
2 years ago

Tracey Cox reavels the three biggest bedroom worries for women

Daily Mail  

Women are both perfectionists and worriers: not the best combination for explosive sex. Study after study turns up the same result, year in, year out: feeling sexually attractive means you're far more likely to enjoy sex, have more orgasms, initiate sex more and be more comfortable discussing sex with your partner Feeling desirable is extremely important because this, alone, can …

What Sex Therapists Tell People Who've Never Had An Orgasm
2 years, 7 months ago

What Sex Therapists Tell People Who've Never Had An Orgasm

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING If you’ve never had an orgasm, it’s easy to feel like your body is defective. According to Sadie Allison, a sexologist, author and founder of sex toy retailer TickleKitty, being “anorgasmic,” as it’s sometimes called, could be attributed to “inhibitions in the bedroom, cultural or religious beliefs that make it hard to mentally relax, medical conditions or …

10 Myths About Sex That Many Adults Still Believe
5 years, 11 months ago

10 Myths About Sex That Many Adults Still Believe

Huff Post  

ILLUSTRATION BY ISABELLA CARAPELLA FOR HUFFPOST Here's some of the sex education your school curriculum probably skipped. TRUTH: It doesn’t matter whether you’re single, in a monogamous relationship or part of a throuple: “Masturbation is healthy, normal and part of being a sexual being,” sex therapist Janet Brito told HuffPost. “Sure, some guys are still lacking in basic ‘cliteracy’ or …

Here's What Sex Therapists Tell Women Who Have Trouble Orgasming
7 years, 3 months ago

Here's What Sex Therapists Tell Women Who Have Trouble Orgasming

Huff Post  

Sex therapists frequently get questions from frustrated female patients who struggle to have an orgasm. “It could be a lack of foreplay, a focus on intercourse without requisite levels of clitoral stimulation, a lack of psychogenic or physiological arousal or a relationship issue such as lack of attraction, poor communication or anger,” Kerner, the author of She Comes First: The …

6 Things That Happen When You Fake An Orgasm
7 years, 10 months ago

6 Things That Happen When You Fake An Orgasm

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Faking orgasms is no way to live your life. Faking it may stroke your partner’s ego in the moment, but in the long run, sex therapists say you’re both losing out. That’s how you readjust male expectations.” ― Laurie Watson, a sex therapist and the author of Wanting Sex Again: How to Rediscover Desire and Heal a …

8 Lies About Sex You Need To Stop Believing, According To Sex Therapists
7 years, 11 months ago

8 Lies About Sex You Need To Stop Believing, According To Sex Therapists

Huff Post  

stsmhn via Getty Images Almost every day in counseling sessions, sex therapists hear clients share thoughts and beliefs about sex that are not only misguided and wrong, but damaging to their love lives. Broaden your concept of sex, lessen your pressure and you’ll increase your enjoyment and pleasure.” ― Moushumi Ghose, a sex therapist and author of Classic Sex Positions …

What Sex Therapists Tell People Whose Partners Don't Want Sex
8 years, 2 months ago

What Sex Therapists Tell People Whose Partners Don't Want Sex

Huff Post  

OMG via Getty Images Your bedroom problems can improve if you address the issues without assigning blame, experts say. “You have to consider the life, emotional and physical barriers that can affect sex and shift libidos,” said Elizabeth McGrath, a sex therapist and educator who works in the Bay Area. “If your spouse has been caring for others all day, …

10 Things Sex Therapists Think We Should All Be Doing More Often
8 years, 11 months ago

10 Things Sex Therapists Think We Should All Be Doing More Often

Huff Post  

Andreas Pollok via Getty Images Want to be this couple? "I’m not sure why in our culture we want and think sex should be spontaneous," Megan Fleming, a New York City-based psychologist and sex therapist, told The Huffington Post. If couples actually took turns initiating sex, it could lead to more equilibrium in their sex lives." -- Ian Kerner, a …

Sex therapist Gia Ravazzotti reveals the warning signs that you and your partner need help in the bedroom
9 years ago

Sex therapist Gia Ravazzotti reveals the warning signs that you and your partner need help in the bedroom

Daily Mail  

She says that Australians are According to Gia Ravazzotti, most Australians don't like to talk about sex. The licensed sex therapist and relationship counselor, who is based in Sydney, says that many people feel uncomfortable taking about intimacy and sex which can result in unhappiness. Teach me: Sex therapist Gia Ravazzotti says that many Australians don't realise that a sex …

10 Complaints Sex Therapists Hear All The Time
9 years, 5 months ago

10 Complaints Sex Therapists Hear All The Time

Huff Post  

bilderlounge What do couples talk about when they sit down with sex therapists? -- Laurie Watson, LMFT, certified sex therapist Eivaisla Images "The most commonly reported problem I hear about is what sex therapists call 'desire discrepancy': One partner wants sex more often than the other and in a more erotic way. -- Sari Eckler Cooper, LCSW Eivaisla Images "Couples …

Mismatched libidos: Out of sync about sex
9 years, 10 months ago

Mismatched libidos: Out of sync about sex

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Kelly Wallace is CNN’s digital correspondent and editor-at-large covering family, career and life. First, to any woman who feels this way, you are not alone, says Holland, author of “Moody Bitches: The Truth About the Drugs You’re Taking, the Sleep You’re Missing, the Sex You’re Not Having and What’s Really Making You Crazy.” “Mismatched libidos are the norm,” …

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