Orgasm

Why do women have sex? Why do women have sex?

For the same reasons men do, explain the authors of a groundbreaking new book that looks deep inside female desire
  • Getting it on for science

    Bonobo porn, MRI sex, female Viagra. "Bonk" author Mary Roach on the scientific quest to understand arousal -- and how little we still know.
  • The socioeconomics of orgasm

    Women with more education and earning power report greater sexual fulfillment.
  • The story of O

    How could something that most of us only experience for 12 minutes a year be the driving force of humanity? A new book explores the rich, strange history of the orgasm.
  • Go down, young men!

    Sexologist Ian Kerner talks to Salon about his new book, "She Comes First," and why the well-trained tongue is mightier than the "sword."
  • For his sake, fake it like you mean it!

    Author Fay Weldon thinks women should fake orgasms to protect men's egos.
  • Viagra for gals coming soon

    But what if female "dysfunction" is the result of attempting to couple with an overweight, no-foreplay husband whose breath reeks of beer and pizza?
  • Come again?

    When you ask men and women about succeeding and failing in the sack, you get the expected answers -- and the unexpected ones.
  • Gotcha!

    A German woman is notorious for getting a sexual rush from shoplifting.
  • Come again?

    German scientists find surge in prolactin -- a libido-decreasing hormone -- after orgasm.
  • Boy behavior

    I tried acting like a guy to get laid. It worked, but it takes a lot of energy to be the aggressor.
  • Erotic inhaling

    I sniff amyl nitrite every day to enhance my orgasms. Is this unhealthy?
  • Big appetites in Big Sur

    It's disconcerting to hear someone make that much noise during sex.
  • Faking it

    Is it OK -- or is it unethical -- to pretend you had an orgasm?
  • Sex-free bliss?

    Depressed people often have to choose between drug-induced happiness and sexual fulfillment.
  • Hot spot

    The FDA has just approved Eros, a tiny suction device that increases blood flow to a woman's clitoris.
  • Sex educator says most people masturbate

    It can cut down on the number of sex partners and danger of disease.
  • America's greatest sexologist

    A new biography of Alfred C. Kinsey shows he not only studied many forms of sexual behavior but experimented with them as well.
  • Backpackers' ball at the Sultan Hotel

    With Flaubert's 1850 letters as a guide, our correspondent explores the enduring allure of opera, orgasm, belly-dancing and other Cairo clichis.
  • Media circus

    After a tense moment in our underwear, Jasmine, Allison and I crowd around for April's talk show debut.
  • Out of order

    It's hard talking to a wire-wearing snitch, especially when my crotch is on fire.
  • Occupational hazard

    Hot wax and bad news don't mix.
  • Saved by the silence

    A lesson in deception after a quickie threesome prepares me for my probing boyfriend.
  • Caught between Milt's lips and a hard Matt

    No one trusts me anymore, not even the people I'm not lying to.
  • Totems and taboos

    When the IRS strikes, my favorite john wants to kiss me and my boyfriend refuses.
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