http://dir.salon.com/topics/orgasm/?source=rss&aim=orgasm en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT By Tracy Clark-Flory Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/10/05/why_women_have_sex/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/10/05/why_women_have_sex/index.html?source=rss For the same reasons men do, explain the authors of a groundbreaking new book that looks deep inside female desire By Katharine Mieszkowski Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/04/04/mary_roach/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/04/04/mary_roach/index.html?source=rss Bonobo porn, MRI sex, female Viagra. "Bonk" author Mary Roach on the scientific quest to understand arousal -- and how little we still know. 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By Tracy Clark-Flory Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/09/07/faking_it/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/09/07/faking_it/index.html?source=rss Author Fay Weldon thinks women should fake orgasms to protect men's egos. By Trisha Posner Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2003/01/30/nexmed/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2003/01/30/nexmed/index.html?source=rss 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 Karen Croft Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2001/04/27/croftsf/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2001/04/27/croftsf/index.html?source=rss When you ask men and women about succeeding and failing in the sack, you get the expected answers -- and the unexpected ones. 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Bloom Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/2000/05/17/sex_drugs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/2000/05/17/sex_drugs/index.html?source=rss Depressed people often have to choose between drug-induced happiness and sexual fulfillment. By Virginia Vitzthum Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/col/vitz/2000/05/16/eros/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/col/vitz/2000/05/16/eros/index.html?source=rss The FDA has just approved Eros, a tiny suction device that increases blood flow to a woman's clitoris. By Jack Boulware Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/world/2000/05/09/masturbate/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/world/2000/05/09/masturbate/index.html?source=rss It can cut down on the number of sex partners and danger of disease. 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By Tracy Quan Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/chan/1999/11/22/nancy38/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/chan/1999/11/22/nancy38/index.html?source=rss No one trusts me anymore, not even the people I'm not lying to. By Tracy Quan Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/chan/1999/11/18/totems/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/chan/1999/11/18/totems/index.html?source=rss When the IRS strikes, my favorite john wants to kiss me and my boyfriend refuses.