Sex and Romance
87 Articles & Excerpts
Teenagers Use Less Contraception
by eNotAlone.com
A study by the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and the Guttmacher Institute, found that there has been a 10 per cent drop in contraceptive use by teenagers, between 2003 and 2007.
The Foundations of Personality
by Abraham Myerson, M.D.
Originally reproduction is a part of the function of all protoplasm; and in the primitive life-forms an individual becomes two by the 'simple process' of dividing itself into halves.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
by George M. Gould, M.D., Walter L. Pyle, M.D.
The love of perfumes by libertines and prostitutes, as well as sensual women of the higher classes, is quite marked. Heschl reported a case of a man of forty-five in whom absence of the olfactory sense was associated with imperfect development
The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book: Twelve Steps to a Happy Marriage
by Various
A young woman who has won a place for herself as an artist tells the story of her first nude drawing. She was of scarcely more than kindergarten age when, one day before supper, her fancy produced a sketch of her ten-year-old brother in nature's own
Seniors, Aging and Sexual Activity
by Health Canada
Sexual activity is a natural and important part of a healthy lifestyle, no matter what your age. Although the amount of sexual activity generally declines with age, sexual interest and ability can remain fairly constant.
Aphrodisiacs Facts
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
People looking for magical love potions are likely to be disappointed and defrauded. But real help for impotence does exist in several forms, including a recently approved prescription drug.
Unknown Mother / African Eve, Part 2
 Sex, Time, and Power: How Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution
by Leonard Shlain, M.D.
Scientists working in the field of evolutionary biology hypothesize a mechanism to explain how a new species often seems to appear all at once in the fossil record. Imagine an isolated local population of an existing species living in harmony
Unknown Mother / African Eve
Sex, Time, and Power: How Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution
by Leonard Shlain, M.D.
Sex endows the individual with a dumb and powerful instinct, which carries his body and soul toward another; makes it one of the dearest employments of his life to select and pursue a companion, and joins to possession the keenest pleasure, to rivalry
Iron / Sex, Part 4
Sex, Time, and Power: How Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution
by Leonard Shlain, M.D.
I think of my life as resembling an onion. Each layer symbolizes one of the many roles that I have assumed. Son, brother, lover, husband, teacher, student, father, doctor, writer, surgeon, scholar, and lecturer constitute the main ones.
Iron / Sex, Part 3
Sex, Time, and Power: How Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution
by Leonard Shlain, M.D.
These musings have convinced me that significant differences in iron levels between the sexes were the initial driving force behind many uniquely human cultural innovations. I shall trace the connections of art, calendars, marriage, mayhem, fatherhood
Iron / Sex, Part 2
Sex, Time, and Power: How Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution
by Leonard Shlain, M.D.
Consider my consternation and sense of helplessness when I discovered that it was exceptional to find one among the late-term women visiting my clinic in possession of a normal hemoglobin count.
Iron / Sex
Sex, Time, and Power: How Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution
by Leonard Shlain, M.D.
Juxtaposing the words 'iron' and 'sex' creates an odd couple. The two rarely have occasion to appear together in the same sentence, much less find themselves standing side by side with so little editorial support.
How to Be a Great Lover in Attitude, Part 2
 The Great Lover Playbook
by Lou Paget
Trusting your lover is a gift that you and only you can give to him or her. Trust creates an ongoing legacy within your relationship. So what does this legacy look like? In your bedroom, trust is the foundation that allows other parts of your love life
How to Be a Great Lover in Attitude
The Great Lover Playbook
by Lou Paget
It's best we start at the very beginning. Plainly said, Great Sex begins with a specific attitude toward sex, an attitude that is open toward sex, comfortable with sex, and desirous of sex. Put simply, a Great Lover always wants to know more about sex
How to Be a Great Lover
The Great Lover Playbook
by Lou Paget
A little over ten years ago, I began organizing women's focus groups on the subject of sex. I wanted information about sex that was accurate, reliable, and helpful and not tied to the myths and misleading depictions of the adult-male porn industry.
How to make yourself sexy, Part 2
 Superflirt
by Tracey Cox
We fancy people who look or act like other people we love or have loved. From the moment we're born, our brain continuously feeds us physical data about people close to us. It divides these characteristics into 'people I like and were nice to me'
Love
 Sex, Love, and Dharma: Finding Love Without Losing Your Way
by Arthur Jeon
We all search for love. We want it. We think it will make us whole. We think that we can finally be happy if we can find the love we desire. We all make the mistake of looking outside of ourselves for that love, looking for somebody who will fulfill
The All-Important Endothelium
 Great Food, Great Sex
by Robert Fried, Ph.D., Lynn Edlen-Nezin, Ph.D.
Arterial blood vessels carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to body tissues. They range in size from large arteries down to smaller arterioles and finally to capillaries. Capillaries connected to the venules carry deoxygenated blood back to the lungs.
What's Under the Hood
Great Food, Great Sex
by Robert Fried, Ph.D., Lynn Edlen-Nezin, Ph.D.
The sexual needs of men and women may differ categorically, but there is considerable overlap, particularly with regard to function. And in terms of our understanding of sexual function, science has come a long way, baby.
Basic Sexual Rights
 Come Hither : A Commonsense Guide To Kinky Sex
by Gloria G. Brame
The freedom of any sexual thought, fantasy, or desire. Everyone is entitled to his or her private thoughts, no matter how bizarre they may seem to someone else. The right to sexual entertainment, freely available in the marketplace
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