The NY Times just reviewed vibrators as a normal consumer product.
But Facebook rejects ads for sex toys, and some states restrict their sale.
Pleasure is part of sexual health. But
America’s War on Sex continues to demonize anything that makes sex healthier, easier, safer, or more enjoyable.
As a sex therapist, I talk about masturbation with patients a lot.
They’re often surprised at the details I ask about: not just how often, but for how long, where, and what they actually do. And how they feel before, during and after it.
And I ask two questions that no one expects: Why do you do it? And do you enjoy it? You might be surprised at the answers I get…
Shere Hite, one of history’s most influential sexologists, died this week at age 77.
Hite published her revolutionary books of interviews in 1976 (on female sexuality) and 1981 (on male sexuality). The bombshell results of her interviews with some 10,000 Americans included: