Of course, they struggled to pick just one — In 1996, Dr. Paula Pendergrass set out to do the unthinkable— measure the average vagina. To accomplish this feat, she used dental silicone to make delicate molds of each fold and crevice. Unfortunately, Pendergrass struggled to get funding, so she had to use cadavers and even her own vagina. Oh…

Freud might have been a whackjob, but he got this one right. — I ran into my ex-boyfriend in a bar about a month after we broke up. That moment is never fun, but this one was particularly Mr. Darcy snubbing Elizabeth Bennet painful. I begged him to give us another chance. When we broke up, I was in a rough spot after…

Researchers found what a real orgasm sounds like, and it's not what you hear in porn — During sex, women experience more range of emotions than in a Meryl Streep performance. Some women cry during sex. This phenomenon is called postcoital dysphoria (PCD). And it can be triggered by trauma, shame, stress, depression, pain, and feelings of elation. Unfortunately, those girly tears can also kill his erection…

Enjoy the sweetness of endings or pucker up for some sour grapes. — Poet John Keats would not have approved of how I handled my last breakup. According to Keats, my benumbed thinking was blunted by the unthinkable — I sought closure. To the lovelorn, an ending without closure is a record skipping over the same refrain. The unlifted needle holds us in…

Which approach resulted in more first dates? — For the last month, I have been brazenly hitting on men like a polecat in heat. I met Tom at Barnes & Noble. I picked up Dick while salsa dancing. I met Harry at a bar. (Yes, names are changed.) I met John at dodgeball. A mutual friend introduced me…

Does it work, or is this trend, um…nuts? — Once upon a medieval time, religious leaders would dictate what men ate. Fast on these days. Don't eat that delicious pig. Eat fish on Fridays. And give the womenfolk only the scraps. Now, religion has far less sway in our burgeoning secular society. Instead, the Rogans, Petersons, and Tates are…

The key to preventing unwanted pregnancies is not hyperbole and blame. It is better sex education. — I often read feminist books that make powerful arguments, and then…they go overboard. Gabrielle Stanley Blair's Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion is such a book. Blair presents 28 simple arguments outlining abortion issues in post-Roe America. Her premise is that we should stop policing women's…

Read this article “because” it will turn you into a better conversationalist. — In linguistics, phatic speech refers to an opening phrase or question designed to form social bonds. Unfortunately, the most alienating phatic conversation starter is one we often use — How are you? Most people reply “great” or “fine” even if their life is undeniably not fine. We know the asker…

These sites promise women “unspoiled by feminism.” Do they deliver? — When Marko* met Olga* it was love at first sight. Or so he says. Marko was among the few Ukrainian men to win a U.S. green card in the Ukrainian lottery. He told me that scoring a green card to the U.S. …