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  • For Valentine’s Day: Aphrodisiacs, Food Play During Sex

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    This week WFIU Public Radio's local food program, Earth Eats had Dr. Debby Herbenick on the show to talk about food and sex for their Valentine's Day episode.

  • Valentine’s Day: Love it? Hate it? Indifferent?

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    In these cynical times do you love, hate, or remain indifferent to the "holiday of love"?

  • Q&A: Why Do Some Women Have Orgasms And Others Don’t?

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    Women who feel more positively about the way her genitals look, smell or taste may find it easier to orgasm.

  • Q&A: Do Condoms Cause My Girlfriend To Bleed During Sex?

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    Wearing a condom can add to the friction during sex. Sometimes this added friction is a welcome sensation; other times, it is not.

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

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

  • Q&A: Safe To Put Small Round Items Directly Into The Anus?

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    Unlike the vagina, which is only a few inches long and ends at the cervix, the anus leads into the rectum, where objects can get more easily lost.

  • IU Students Get Some Savage Love

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    Sex advice columnist Dan Savage offered words of wit in a campus appearance at IU

  • Q&A: My Wife Is Uninterested In Certain Sexual Activities

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    Many couples have different levels of sexual desire as well as different types of things that they enjoy doing sexually.

  • 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: Sexual Fantasies – Are They Normal?

    A reader asks: I’ve been having sexual fantasies about acts I would never consider doing in real life. Is there something wrong with me?

  • Q&A: How Can I Have An Orgasm?

    Q&A about problems with orgasm both alone and with a partner including pain with stimulation of the clitoris.

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  • Q&A: I Masturbate Face-Down. Will This Cause Sexual Problems?
  • Q&A: Why Don't I Get Turned On When My Husband Rubs My Clitoris?
  • Casual Sex And Hooking Up Do Not Cause Psychological Harm
  • Majority Of Swedish Young Women Report Fluid Sexualities
  • The G-Spot: Magic Or Myth? Some Researchers Say Myth (6)
  • Penis Pumps – Effective? Safe? Scary? (5)
  • Q&A: Safe To Put Small Round Items Directly Into The Anus? (4)
  • (Awesome) Sex Ed Tools From Around The World (3)
  • Psychologists Say Sexual Orientation Cannot Be Changed (3)
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