For the same reasons men do, explain the authors of a groundbreaking new book that looks deep inside female desire
By Tracy Clark-Flory Oct 5, 2009
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Bonobo porn, MRI sex, female Viagra. "Bonk" author Mary Roach on the scientific quest to understand arousal -- and how little we still know.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
April 4, 2008
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Women with more education and earning power report greater sexual fulfillment.
By Carol Lloyd
October 5, 2006
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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.
By Priya Jain
December 1, 2004
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Sexologist Ian Kerner talks to Salon about his new book, "She Comes First," and why the well-trained tongue is mightier than the "sword."
By Corrie Pikul
June 2, 2004
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Author Fay Weldon thinks women should fake orgasms to protect men's egos.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
September 7, 2006
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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?
By Trisha Posner
January 30, 2003
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When you ask men and women about succeeding and failing in the sack, you get the expected answers -- and the unexpected ones.
By Karen Croft
April 27, 2001
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A German woman is notorious for getting a sexual rush from shoplifting.
By Jack Boulware
September 29, 2000
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German scientists find surge in prolactin -- a libido-decreasing hormone -- after orgasm.
By Jack Boulware
August 25, 2000
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I tried acting like a guy to get laid. It worked, but it takes a lot of energy to be the aggressor.
By Jami Attenberg
August 14, 2000
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I sniff amyl nitrite every day to enhance my orgasms. Is this unhealthy?
By Cynthia Kuhn and Wilkie Wilson
August 2, 2000
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It's disconcerting to hear someone make that much noise during sex.
By Franz Jxrgen Neumann
June 14, 2000
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Is it OK -- or is it unethical -- to pretend you had an orgasm?
By Jeffrey L. Seglin
June 7, 2000
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Depressed people often have to choose between drug-induced happiness and sexual fulfillment.
By Stephen G. Bloom
May 17, 2000
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The FDA has just approved Eros, a tiny suction device that increases blood flow to a woman's clitoris.
By Virginia Vitzthum
May 16, 2000
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It can cut down on the number of sex partners and danger of disease.
By Jack Boulware
May 9, 2000
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A new biography of Alfred C. Kinsey shows he not only studied many forms of sexual behavior but experimented with them as well.
By Daniel Harris
April 15, 2000
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With Flaubert's 1850 letters as a guide,
our correspondent explores the enduring allure of opera, orgasm, belly-dancing and other Cairo clichis.
By Rolf Potts
March 14, 2000
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After a tense moment in our underwear, Jasmine, Allison and I crowd
around for April's talk show debut.
By Tracy Quan
December 20, 1999
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It's hard talking to a wire-wearing snitch, especially when my crotch is on fire.
By Tracy Quan
December 13, 1999
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Hot wax and bad news don't mix.
By Tracy Quan
December 9, 1999
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A lesson in deception after a quickie threesome prepares me for my probing boyfriend.
By Tracy Quan
November 29, 1999
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No one trusts me anymore, not even the people I'm not lying to.
By Tracy Quan
November 22, 1999
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When the IRS strikes, my favorite john wants to kiss me and my boyfriend refuses.
By Tracy Quan
November 18, 1999
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