Sex and Romance For Women
51 Articles & Excerpts
The Six Passion Quest Dead Ends
Sex Lives of Wives: Reigniting the Passion by Holly H. Hollenbeck After much complaining and crying into our beers about our sex lives, my friends and I decided we all needed a little kick in the butt, something to once again motivate us to really put some effort into making love.
Avoid Becoming a Statistic
Sex Lives of Wives: Reigniting the Passion by Holly H. Hollenbeck When I first approached women about their experiences with sex in their long-term relationships, many insisted that all they could contribute was 'everything you would want to know about missionary style.'
Passion Quests
Sex Lives of Wives: Reigniting the Passion by Holly H. Hollenbeck Just what are married women in their thirties, forties, and fifties doing to keep the passion alive in their marriages? In her search to answer that question for herself, Holly Hollenbeck put together a "Passion Seekers" support group.
The Pleasure Button-The Clitoris
What Your Mother Never Told You About Sex by Hilda Hutcherson, M.D. If you look under the hood formed by the labia minora, you may be able to see a small pea or button-shaped mass, ranging in color from pink to purple to dark brown. That's your clitoris. If you don't see anything at first, don't worry.
Getting to Know You
What Your Mother Never Told You About Sex by Hilda Hutcherson, M.D. When was the last time you took a good look at your vulva? I'm not talking about anything clinical, kinky, or even sex-related-just taking a hand mirror and inspecting your genitals the same way you might examine your hands while you're doing your nails
The Power of Sexuality
What Your Mother Never Told You About Sex by Hilda Hutcherson, M.D. It was billed as the greatest day of my life by the man who was to be my husband. The room was toasty warm and filled with the sweet fragrance of roses. Soft music played. I'd planned for months for this moment.
All Nude, All the Time, Dance Naked
Dance Naked: A Guide to Unleashing Your Inner Hottie by Jessica Kayla Conrad While it's true that some strip clubs do feature all-nude dancers, the club where I work does not. I do not and have not ever danced completely nude. Oh, well, except when I've just gotton out of the shower and my husband and two-year-old aren't around.
Most of us think everyone else has a better sex life
Great Sex for Moms : Ten Steps to Nurturing Passion While Raising Kids by Valerie Davis Raskin, M.D. We may be doctors or patients, stay-at-home moms or utilizers of daycare, firefighters or librarians. Whether we've been married for decades or are single moms, moms for days or for decades, most of us think everyone else is enjoying a more erotic
Looking, Part 3
Forbidden Flowers by Nancy Friday Jackie: I've just finished My Secret Garden. Thank you very much for collecting these fantasies. Reading the book has made me feel much more at ease about the normalcy of my own fantasies.
Looking, Part 2
Forbidden Flowers by Nancy Friday A few years ago, I used to write frequently for Cosmopolitan magazine. I remember talking one day to Helen Gurley Brown. She was thinking of doing something very daring: she wanted to run a nude male centerfold.
Looking
Forbidden Flowers by Nancy Friday Until very recently, it was a cliché even in the medical profession that women were not turned on by reading pornography. When I began researching My Secret Garden, one doctor after another told me that women are unable to become aroused
Body: Boobs
Deal with It! A Whole New Approach to Your Body, Brain, and Life as a Gurl by Esther Drill, Heather Mcdonald, Rebecca Odes Boobs get a lot of attention. There's a certain amount of biological motivation for this - breasts are the first source of human nourishment - but that's only the beginning. The stress on boobs in our society creates a lot of stress for girls who are
Sensual Massage
Becoming Orgasmic : A Sexual and Personal Growth Program for Women by Julia R. Heiman, Ph.D., Joseph LoPiccolo, Ph.D. Both of you are probably missing a lot of the good feelings that touching different parts of your body can provide. The massage exercises we describe are called sensual because they encourage you to appreciate more than just sexual or genital feelings.
If You Have A Sexual Partner ...
Becoming Orgasmic : A Sexual and Personal Growth Program for Women by Julia R. Heiman, Ph.D., Joseph LoPiccolo, Ph.D. If your partner has difficulties getting or maintaining an erection, or ejaculates before you have sufficient time to get aroused, this can directly influence whether or not you are orgasmic.
Getting Involved
Becoming Orgasmic : A Sexual and Personal Growth Program for Women by Julia R. Heiman, Ph.D., Joseph LoPiccolo, Ph.D. All of us, wherever we are in our lives, have emotional needs for closeness, intimacy, affection, and sexual gratification. While for most of us our emotional needs are more important than sexual gratification, even the strongest of emotional relationship
When Is It My Time?
Sex and the Seasoned Woman : Pursuing the Passionate Life by Gail Sheehy My first glimpse of what I came to recognize as a seasoned woman came in a chance encounter at an Oakland restaurant. A popular entertainer who was seated at the next table overheard me talking with my husband about my book.
You Have to Walk Before You Can (Unzip His) Fly
Blow Him Away: How to Give Him Mind-Blowing Oral Sex by Marcy Michaels, Marie Desalle It's nothing to be ashamed of. When it comes to performing oral sex, most people fall somewhere between fumbling and clueless. But now, in Blow Him Away you'll find practical, easy-to-master techniques that will give you the confidence and skills you need
The Love Trance
302 Advanced Techniques for Driving a Man Wild in Bed: The New Book by the Bestselling Author of 203 Ways to Drive a Man Wild in Bed by Olivia St. Claire Several years ago I had a sexual epiphany. It was like when you learn to dance. You practice the steps and turns. You wear the right flowing dress. You get good enough to throw in a few hip wiggles and head tosses.
Live (Nearly) Nude Girls
Dance Naked: A Guide to Unleashing Your Inner Hottie by Jessica Kayla Conrad Most people think that strippers are hot because they have perfect, surgically created cookie-cutter bodies. The fact is that dancers, like real women, come in all shapes and sizes: top-heavy, bottom-heavy, top- and bottom-heavy, muscular, toned, and even
Chapter 1
The Vagina Monologues: The V-Day Edition by Eve Ensler I bet you're worried. I was worried. That's why I began this piece. I was worried about vaginas. I was worried about what we think about vaginas, and even more worried that we don't think about them. I was worried about my own vagina.
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