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Birth Control, Emergency Contraception, & Abortion During COVID

by Dr. Marty Klein on May 25, 2020·Sexual Health, Sexual Intelligence Blog

Many people are having sex despite—or because of—COVID restrictions on the rest of our lives. And over 99% of the people having sex this weekend do NOT want to conceive.

Fortunately, there are many ways to enjoy sex without unintentionally conceiving.

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Popular Ideas That Make Sex A Hassle

by Dr. Marty Klein on May 2, 2020·Making Sex Better, Sexual Intelligence Blog

Patients tell me they want sex to be “natural and spontaneous.” They want it to be easy and enjoyable, a source of pleasure, comfort, and connection.

And yet year after year, these same perfectly nice people construct sex so that it’s complicated, frustrating, and anxiety-provoking–because of their ideas about sex.

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Has your partner had an affair? Speak cautiously.

by Dr. Marty Klein on April 28, 2020·Sex Therapist's Couch, Sexual Intelligence Blog

As both a sex therapist and marriage counselor, I have been talking to individuals and couples about infidelity for over thirty years.

People often impulsively reveal this to others–which is frequently a mistake.

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Linda Tripp NOT a Whistleblower OR a Feminist

by Dr. Marty Klein on April 14, 2020·Sex & Politics, Sexual Intelligence Blog

Linda Tripp died a few days ago at age 70. I was going to ignore it, until I saw headlines everywhere about her being a “whistleblower.”

This is a terrible insult to actual whistleblowers–people who expose government wrongdoing at risk to their own careers or lives. Think Navy Captain Brett Crozier, who sacrificed his career after sounding the alarm about coronavirus on the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt.

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