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The Medicalization Of Female Libido Hurts Women

The Medicalization Of Female Libido Hurts Women

February 10, 2012 No Comments

Some women want to have just as much sex as men, or more. Some women don’t want as much sex. And some women have no interest in sex whatsoever. Unfortunately for the latter two categories, low sexual desire in women has been viewed as a dysfunction. Pharmaceutical companies are busy trying to medicalize women’s sexual ...

Gaydar Exists (And You Have It)

Gaydar Exists (And You Have It)

June 23, 2011 No Comments

Charlotte York had to get her gay friend Standford’s opinion before deciding whether her boyfriend was gay or not in an episode of Sex and the City. She must lack women’s new sixth sense – gaydar. When 40 female students looked at 80 pictures of men’s faces, half of them straight and half gay, the ...

Sex? No Thanks!

Sex? No Thanks!

May 3, 2011 No Comments

My, oh my! It turns out not all young men are tripping over themselves to get more action. And now there are stats to prove it. A recent study found 12 percent of Australian men aged 16-24 actually wanted less sex — a higher proportion than any other age group. “Although it’s a minority, it’s ...

Feminism Is A Turn Off, Scientists Hypothesize

Feminism Is A Turn Off, Scientists Hypothesize

April 21, 2011 1 Comment

Is it impossible to take gender equality from the streets to the sheets? From the boardroom to the bedroom? You wouldn’t think so, but Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam do. The pair has released a controversial new book entitled A Billion Wicked Thoughts: What the world’s largest experiment reveals about human desires. Declaring themselves the ...

Quote Of The Week

Quote Of The Week

October 18, 2010 No Comments

Does desire melt away with age? I’m waiting for that day to come. Sexual desire is like aging–a lot of it is up here [points to her head]. — Betty White

Unlocking Erotic Intelligence

Unlocking Erotic Intelligence

September 28, 2010 No Comments

Everyone knows that after a while the lusty sex-crazed desire of a new relationship will fizzle into a warm tender glow. And as much as we know this to be true it’s often frustrating and we still want to have those nights of wild animal sex with our partner. Amazon.com WidgetsMating in Captivity by Esther ...

I Don’t Like My Wife’s Small Breasts

I Don’t Like My Wife’s Small Breasts

September 1, 2010 No Comments

Dear Madame X, My wife has tiny breasts. I loved her figure when we first met but after 5 years together it doesn’t do anything for me anymore. I keep fantasizing about large breasted women and thinking about that is the only thing that turns me on. For the last six months I’ve imagined I ...

Asexuality: Is It Normal?

Asexuality: Is It Normal?

June 11, 2010 2 Comments

Can you imagine what it would feel like to never be turned on? Not by a sexy movie star or even your partner? Asexuals are one of the most misunderstood sexual orientations, and I’m willing to bet you have never even heard of them. Unlike being gay, which is mostly tolerated, a lot of people ...

Book Review: Written In The Flesh, A History Of Desire

Book Review: Written In The Flesh, A History Of Desire

February 26, 2010 No Comments

Total body sex is the idea that all parts of the body can give and receive pleasure; that erogenous zones are not limited to the genitals and face. This is the goal of all sexual pleasure. Amazon.com WidgetsWritten in the Flesh, A History of Desire, takes a look at what kind of sex people have always ...

Male Sex Drive

Male Sex Drive

September 30, 2009 No Comments

Dear Madame X: I LOVE sex! And I love my girlfriend too. But I feel bad when I don’t want to have sex with her. Even if she is also not into it I feel like I’m not a good enough man. It’s like I should be having sex with her EVERY night, TWICE! Otherwise ...

The Dick In American Pie

The latest film in the American Pie series, American Reunion, contains a shocking scene – male full-frontal nudity including...

How Many Lovers Is Too Many?

Dear Madame X, I have just started seeing this girl. She seems great, but she recently told me she...

A Beloved Novel

Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved arrived in my hands via a public library, when I was a broke teenager with...

The University Men’s Non-Wanker Centre

My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to...

The Patriarchal Overlords And Your Shoes

Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...

Lack Of Female Film-Makers Is Not Gender Bias

The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...

Why Macho Men Are Sexy

Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...

Fifty Years Of A Clockwork Orange

When A Clockwork Orange was published in 1962, the term sexualized violence wasn’t in use. The distinction between sexualized...

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