Self

Beyond merely urinating after sex. Hell hath no fury like an infected urinary tract. And for those of us susceptible to the wrath of the dreaded UTI, it’s rarely an isolated instance. Once the seal is broken...well, you know the drill.  Now, the most colloquial consensus on UTIs is pretty uniform: the [...]

Pinning down the root cause is the first step to a solution. Unless you're toying with bondage, sex should not be painful. But for many people with vaginas, it can be all too common. According to a 2014 study, anywhere from 10 to 20% of women in the United States experience dyspareunia—recurrent [...]

Debunking common misconceptions and declarations. Much like the vagina or, say, Greek antiquity, the penis is rife with mythology. For all its plentiful capabilities, it’s also a vessel for ample misinformation, much of which is widely believed to be true. So it follows that the owners of said sex orangs oft find [...]

It may be evolutionary—or not. Sex is about more than just the orgasm—but it’s hard to resist the satisfaction of a climax. Unfortunately, though, orgasms aren’t always as easily achieved for some people as others: a 2017 study of cis-gendered participants found that bisexual and straight women were about 20% less likely to [...]

How common is shacking up one-on-one? It may seem like humans have been shacking up together since the dawn of time, but that hasn’t necessarily always been the case. According to a paper published in 2012, the anthropological record shows that 85% of human societies have permitted polygamy (or polyamory)—and while [...]