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  • Q&A: What Are Our Birth Control Options? What About IUDs?

    Many couples struggle with finding a birth control option that is right for them in terms of cost, convenience, health issues, side effects, and more.

  • Another Perspective To Consider in the Debate about Birth Control

    As political hostilities rise in the debate about birth control and healthcare legislation, one should ask if all perspectives of this issue have been explored?

  • Hormonal Birth Control & Sexual Functioning–What’s The Deal?

    Recent research suggests that using a hormonal method of birth control is associated with decreased sexual functioning...what's the deal?

  • Q&A: Are There Adverse Effects To Frequent Masturbation?

    Data from the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior confirmed what previous research has found: most men and most women in the U.S. have masturbated.

  • Q&A: Pulling Out, Birth Control Pill, And Pregnancy Risk

    Nearly every day, we receive at least one question from men and women who are concerned about pregnancy risk.

  • Q&A: Decreased Libido and Vaginal Lubrication. Anything I Can Do?

    Most women and men will notice changes in their sexual feelings or in the ways their genitals respond over time.

  • Q&A: Hand Job, Fingering, And Pregnancy Risk

    If you got semen on your hand, but washed your hands well with soap and water, then you likely cleared all of the semen off of your hands.

  • Q&A: I Am Scared Of Having Sex Because Of Pregnancy and Bleeding

    You could consider masturbating using sex toys to help your vagina learn to stretch to accommodate a penis when you're ready to have intercourse.

  • Q&A: Why Do I Get So Wet When I’m Aroused? Can I Control This?

    Vaginal lubrication comes through the vaginal walls, with the fluids having originally been part of the blood that flows to the genitals during sexual arousal.

  • Q&A: Why Does My Girlfriend’s Vagina Get So Dry During Sex?

    Women vary in how much vaginal lubrication they produce. Young women tend to have high levels of estrogen, which influences the production of lubrication.

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