“Be not animal; refine thy rapture!” AL II:70 Most sexually active people will have more than one erotic encounter in their lives. Not so for many creatures in the animal kingdom. For bees, Pacific salmon, deep sea octopuses, twisted-wing parasites,… Continue Reading
The Seventh International Conference of the Association for the Study of Esotericism will be held May 24-27, 2018 at Rice University, located in Houston, Texas. The Conference theme is Eros, Sexuality, and Embodiment in Esoteric Traditions. Friday May 25’s speakers will… Continue Reading
A recent study in The Journal of Sex Research asks whether sexting is objectifying or liberating. Turns out it’s both! Researchers Mario Liong and Grand H.L. Cheng surveyed 361 students in Hong Kong about their body surveillance, body shame, body… Continue Reading
A recent survey indicates that nearly half of all people experience some sort of sexual difficulty. It’s really no wonder we still deal with bad communication around sex and sexuality, says Meg-John Barker in Quartzy. “When the panic around the… Continue Reading
Human beings often operate with the silly idea that in the animal kingdom, sex is only for reproductive purposes. The truth is, that’s simply not the case. Creatures around the world have sex for myriad reasons, with procreation being only… Continue Reading
Motiv, manufacturers of a fitness tracker you on your finger, offered Jeremy Glass the chance to test their product during sex, he reports in Men’s Fitness. A Motiv spokesperson noted that the app “is not optimized for sex,” but you can… Continue Reading
The Irish Times recently published a new story about the effort to transcribe documentation of indigenous folklore done in the early 20th century, much of it having to do with the supernatural. The unusual angle is that the contributors are… Continue Reading
“Sexual intercourse is known to impact the way in which the rest of our body functions,” says Medical News Today. “Recent studies have shown that it can have an effect on how much we eat, and how well the heart… Continue Reading
In “Three Essays on the theory of Sexuality” Sigmund Freud stated that there were two types of female orgasms, vaginal and clitoral, and declared the latter to be “infantile and immature.” Women who didn’t transfer the center of sensitivity to… Continue Reading
A recent study published in Transgender Health documented treatments that allowed a trans woman to breastfeed her child. Given the existence of the journal, and the study, one would think that the field of medicine was finally catching up to… Continue Reading