The Problem of Sexual Shame
We have collectively grown highly attuned to the problems associated with a lack of shame around sex: with a decadent culture in which it seems that everything goes, where the atmosphere…
How to Seduce with Confidence
We are never as shy and gauche as we are when attempting to seduce someone we deeply like. The thought of someone this perfect coming to take an interest in us…
Who Initiates Sex: and Why It Matters So Much
It can seem a highly trivial subject to get so upset about – being rightly no more significant than who should open the door first, or open a new jam jar…
On Still Being a Virgin
When the sexual revolution began in the 1960s, there was a standard understanding of what should happen: ‘sexual liberation’ would mean that people would be freed to have more of the…
Love and Sex
One of the great burdens which our Romantic culture has imposed upon long-term relationships is the idea that love and sexual fulfillment must always, if things are working as they should,…
Impotence and Respect
A man is with his female partner, foreplay is going well, it’s time for more, but suddenly, a problem occurs. She looks at him expecting him to increase his efforts, but…