Sexuality

Japan’s capital plans to introduce same-sex partnerships in April, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said, a significant shift for the country’s biggest population center. “From the point of view of advancing understanding of sexual diversity, as well as reducing the problems faced by those involved, we will lay out basic principles for introducing a same-sex partnership system in the next fiscal year,”... 

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Sex may permeate our popular culture, but conversations about it are still associated with stigma and shame in Indian households. As a result, most individuals dealing with sexual health issues or trying to find information about sex often resort to unverified online sources or follow the unscientific advice of their friends. To address the widespread misinformation about sex, News18.com is running... 

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A penile fracture is not your standard every day occurrence. You probably don’t typically hear someone say, “other than breaking my penis, the weekend was good. How was yours?” It is fortunately a rare occurrence. But you know what’s even rarer than a run-of-the-mill fractured penis? A vertically fractured penis. A vertical penile fracture is what happened to a 40-year-old man in the United... 

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Mixed-sex couples in Scotland are now able to enter civil partnerships after campaigners called for a change in the law. Previously, the law only allowed same-sex couples to be civil partners. The change follows a ruling in the Supreme Court in 2018, which found that the existing UK law went against the European Convention on Human Rights on equality grounds. The first civil partnership in England... 

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Pandemic stress and uncertainty led to a decline in sex among couples, leaving many concerned if — and how — they could ever reignite their sex lives. For partners who need a place to start, having sex once a week may help. Couples who commit to having sex one time each week are more likely to have happy and fulfilling relationships, inside and outside of the bedroom, according to sex therapist... 

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F. Scott Fitzgerald famously called the Roaring Twenties – which happened on the heels of the 1918 flu pandemic – “the most expensive orgy in history.” Now, as more and more Americans are vaccinated, some are saying all the sexual energy pent up over the past year will be unleashed, with Yale sociologist Nicholas Christakis predicting a summer marked by a surge in “sexual licentiousness.” Women,... 

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We were very sexually active for our first two years together. But there’s no passion any more, and I need more than her occasional: ‘We should have sex tonight’ My wife and I have been married for several years. Over the past six months, I have felt my overall sexual attraction to her diminishing to the point that, even though she is absolutely stunning (she could be a model, which I... 

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Most people would think that sex toys came about when the first vibrator was invented in the 1800s, but really they have been in existence since 33,000 BC. Our ancestors were just as kinky as we are, but they had to rely on marble, ivory and olive oil to get them off. Fortunately, we’ve seen a lot of improvement in the past 35,000 years. In fact, the sex toy industry went from ads in Sears and... 

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