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• Enhance Your Pleasure by Knowing Your Anatomy

  The reality is that sex education continues to be unreliable, lacking, or even missing for many people growing up. Sex education should start off with the basic... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Are You Contributing to Shaming by Using the the Word Vagina?

  Okay, I admit it. This is one of my pet peeves. People everywhere use the word ‘vagina’ when they are really referring to a woman’s ‘vulva’. Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Period Sex Can Be More Intense

  It’s true that so many people are socialized to feel that having sex during a woman’s menstrual cycle is dirty, unhealthy, or worse – wrong. Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Sex to Make You Blush

  Sex is so good for you in so many ways. It is truly healing – and not just emotionally, but physically too. This is one of the reasons why I advocate for... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Flibanserin Part Two – Giving Women Hope

  What message does the approval of flibanserin send to women about the importance of their sexuality? Even though there’s been lots of controversy surrounding th... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Why Women Prefer Girth

  What creates pleasure for women during sexual intercourse? It’s no secret that women tend to place more importance in penis girth over length. Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Flibanserin Part One – Validating Women’s Sexuality

  New medication, Addyi for women with low sexual desire continues to cause controversy. Now that the FDA has approved the first medication to try to help with lo... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• 4 Reasons a Woman Should Have an Orgasm Every Day

  Although I believe that the goal of sexual relationships is connection and mutual pleasure, I also believe that there is great power in having orgasms. Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Annual 2015 SKYN® Condoms Sex Survey Reveals Millennials Sexual Habits

  Not only do millennials make up the majority of the market for condoms in the United States, but they also appear to be closing the gap in many areas of... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Why Getting Good Sleep is Vital to Your Sex Drive

  A person’s libido should be naturally active and spontaneous, right? Most people want to believe that their sex drive is so instinctual that it should beat out... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Can Technology Promise DIY Fertility?

  The business of fertility has grown exponentially over the last 2 decades as millions of couples have found it more and more difficult to conceive. Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Video: Misunderstandings With the Word “Vagina”

  Hello everyone. It’s The Sex MD, Dr. Madeleine Castellanos, and today I have to speak to you about vaginas—yeah, no seriously! Using the word “vagina” can... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Your Bush Loves You Back

  For the last two decades, shaving off all of one’s pubic hair has been all the rage – probably because people always want to emulate what they see as a... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• I Love You, So Why Don’t I Want Sex?

  It’s quite common to think of sexual attraction and desire when you think of romantic love. It seems that the steamy, aching feelings that rise with sexual... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Don’t Give Up on Your Sexual Self

  I came across this post in which a woman asked for advice on how to speak to her daughters about sex when she herself has never really enjoyed it: Dear Abby:... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Is It Just All About Her Orgasm?

  Q: I have difficulty with the message that sex is only about the woman’s pleasure with so much pressure about how to please her and focused on HER orgasm. Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• 6 Lesson Not to Learn from “Fifty Shades of Grey”

  It’s rare for a book—especially one that starts off as an off-shoot of fan fiction—to have such popularity as Fifty Shades of Grey has had. It’s still unclear t... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Is Anxiety Causing Your Premature Ejaculation?

  In my practice, I have seen anxiety be the cause of many different sexual dysfunctions. Anxiety usually comes in the form of worries about performance, worries... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Can Sexual Desire Last?

  Why is the lack of sexual desire so common in the sex lives of millions and millions of people? Why is it so difficult to keep the thrill and excitement over... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• What is Squirting, Really?

  If you were to ask most people to describe female ejaculation, they would probably describe what is most often seen in porn and adult magazines—a gush of fluid... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2014 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY