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It's Not Too Early to Talk About Freezing Your Eggs
The impermanence of female fertility is best confronted at younger ages.
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Prenatal Testing: Earlier and More Accurate Than Ever
Parents-to-be can now safely determine their baby's gender, father, and certain chromosomal abnormalities during the first trimester.
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Study: Exercise May Improve Sperm Quality
A small research project "deem[s] possible that exercising at a moderate pace may result in a more proper environment for the sperm production processes."
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'Gender Identity Disorder' to Go the Way of Homosexuality
In Native Hawaiian culture, māhu represents a third gender -- someone who embodies both male and female qualities.
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'Virgins Wanted': The Human Dimensions of a Site Auctioning Sex
$780,000 is of no moral significance.
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Bettmann / Getty The Sex Lives of Conjoined Twins
Why does the topic “defy imagination”?
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'Sex Addiction' Redefined
A new psychiatric diagnosis for those suffering (yes, suffering) from hypersexuality
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Rise of the Stay-at-Home Phone Sex Operator
The retro and lifestyle appeal of "copulatory vocalization"
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Study: People Who Wait to Have Sex Are 'Less Dissatisfied' in Marriage
Psycho-socio-economically speaking, what's the best age to start boning down?
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PMS and the Wandering Womb
Research questions the prudence of attributing negative moods to the menstrual cycle.
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Can We Just Vaccinate Our Kids Against HPV Already?
It doesn't hasten girls' entrance into adulthood or turn them into sex maniacs. It protects from cancer.
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Pornography for a Better Tomorrow
Donating to charity for each video watched, a nonprofit porn site is rethinking ethics for the industry.
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It's Not Just About Showing Your Genitals: Time to Talk About Sexting
Around one in four teenagers has sent venereal texts or emails, and those who have are about seven times more likely to have old-fashioned, body-on-body sex. Often it's "risky sex," and not in the good way.
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Study: Sexual Arousal Staves off Disgust
Women were less grossed-out by a litany of gag-inducing tasks (like sticking their hand into a bucket of used condoms) when they were sexually aroused. A proposed evolutionary advantage, says science
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'Amorous Congress': Lurid Nineteenth-Century Sex Terminology
Fancy some blanket hornpipe?
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California's Historic Move to Ban Gay Conversion 'Therapy'
The state's landmark legislation highlights the sordid, fascinating history of homosexual 'treatments' -- from DIY electrocution to testicular transplants.
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Study: We Benefit From Seeing Strong Women on TV
The "Buffy effect" posits that strong characters can combat the negative effects of sexual violence in media.
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Nothing 'Normal' About Gay Families in Utah
A Salt Lake City NBC affiliate's refusal to air The New Normal -- a new sitcom about a gay couple in Los Angeles that gets pregnant by a surrogate -- highlights the real-life differences between Utah and California with regard to non-traditional families.
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The Awkward History of Americans Talking About Contraception
We've called condoms "skins," "rubber goods," and even "Merry Widows" -- and although it's been legal to talk about contraception since 1938, we'd still rather not.
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The Sexual Prowess of Wilt Chamberlain: 20,000 Women?
A legend both on and off the court, Chamberlain would have turned 76 yesterday. Even if he had lived that long, does his (in)famous claim add up?
