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  • Q&A: I Masturbate While I Sleep. Is This Normal?

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    Some couples enjoy sleepsex or types of sexual behaviors that occur while one person is asleep and the other is awake.

  • Hooking Up: Today’s Rewards For The 1960s Sexual Revolution

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    The Sexual Revolution of the 1960s, aided by women's and gay liberation movements, have made for greater acceptance of casual sex, or "hooking up", on campuses.

  • Q&A: Why Can’t Women Easily Achieve Orgasm?

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    If only love, trust and a swanky sex position were all it took for a woman to learn to experience orgasm during intercourse.

  • Q&A: Boredom and Expressing Desire For More Variety In The Bedroom

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    Dr. Debby Herbenick answers a reader's question about how to get her fiance to understand her need for greater variety in how they have sex.

  • Q&A: Chemical Changes And Emotional Intimacy After Sex

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    Some people have described oxytocin as a sort of “bonding hormone” that may influence us to feel more emotional or to feel closer or more connected to others.

  • Q&A: Vaginal Clamping When Reaching Orgasm

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    It is unusual to hear of such extreme muscular contractions to the extent that sex is painful for a woman's partner.

  • Q&A: Trouble Maintaining An Erection The First Time

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    Nearly all men will experience difficulties getting or keeping an erection at some point in their lives.

  • Q&A: Ways To Orgasm Without Having Intercourse

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    Even though your girlfriend has not had sex, she is still likely capable of experiencing orgasm from different types of sexual stimulation.

  • Q&A: Premature Ejaculation And Decreased Arousal

    There is nothing wrong with ejaculating quickly or maintaining an erection after ejaculation.

  • Q&A: Orgasm And Desire After Vasectomy

    When it comes to sex, research suggests that men’s sexual desire, satisfaction and erectile function are just as strong after vasectomy as before.

  • Q&A: Delayed Ejaculation: Boyfriend Doesn’t Ejaculate During Sex

    People might assume that men always ejaculate during sex, but this reader wonders why her boyfriend doesn't.

  • Q&A: Multiple Orgasms In Women – Developed Or Natural Ability?

    A male reader wonders if his girlfriend was born with the ability to have multiple orgasms or if someone could develop this ability.

  • Q&A: Masturbation Guilt And Health Problems

    Can masturbation cause health problems? One reader is concerned about masturbating "too much" and possible health problems that could result from this.

  • Q&A: Female Ejaculation – How Common Is it?

    A male readers wonders how common female masturbation is and what types of sexual activity might trigger it in some women.

  • Q&A: Adult Wet Dreams – When Will They Stop?

    A reader asks if wet dreams ever stop after a person reaches adulthood and if they are related to sexual frustration or not.

  • Q&A: Having Trouble Ejaculating During Sex

    A male reader new to having sex wonders why he hasn't ejaculated during vaginal intercourse and if something might be wrong with him.

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