Why he’s not in the mood
Society tells us that men are always ready for sex, perpetually randy and constantly thinking about it, while apparently women need to be emotionally in the mood for sex because their sexuality is not as […]
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His and hers Valentine’s days
How about a special day for we blokes? Valentine’s Day means different things to different people. A chance to show someone you care, an opportunity to redeem oneself for previous oversights, a cash cow for […]
What’s old is new again
The older man – younger woman partnership isn’t necessarily a patriarchial conspiracy. Faced with an emotionally stunted kidult or sophisticated father figure, plenty of smart ladies will go for the latter option. It’s the oldest […]
Spicy Inner West: Sharing Food
Ciao asks, you answer: Does it irritate you when you offer to cook something for your partner or buy them their own ice-cream/chocolate bar/pizza and they say, “It’s OK, I’ll just have some of yours”? […]
Share plates
The move towards a more gender-neutral society often highlights the immutable fact that men and woman are different. Few things prove this more (apart from our different anatomical bits) than how we share our food. […]
Commonly believed sex myths
Blokes are perpetually up for it, women never have wet dreams and sex always has to climax with orgasms all round. It’s all filthy lies! MYTH: Women have a lower sex drive than men. Several […]
Rise of the sexy selfie
Why the racy selfie epidemic is not necessarily damning evidence of the out-of-control narcissism of Gen Y. Long before I became a sex therapist, I was an erotic photographer. I’d wait anxiously for film to […]
Not So Great Gatsby
Do you believe in the green light? A struggling writer (is there any other kind?) once lamented that no matter how hard they tried, emulating the prose of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s much loved 1925 masterpiece […]
101 Lady Gardens
It’s a book full of close-ups of female genitalia created by a man but it’s not what you might initially think. With ‘designer vaginas’ all the rage, Philip Werner is trying to celebrate the everyday […]
Sex and the Media
Sex and the media share a symbiotic relationship that has existed ever since the earliest humans drew pictures of exaggerated sexual organs on cave walls. When the media isn’t using sex to sell something with […]