A few lessons from history and neuroscience — In every language, every culture, every bucolic village or booming metropolis, humans use the same language for love — we “fall” in love. We don’t rise up to love. Love is something we capitulate to. We do not choose it. Or so the language of love teaches us. I blame…

What do women want in bed? Don't ask Freud — Sigmund Freud had a pretty unscientific approach to human sexuality. When he didn't know the answer to one of life's great mysteries (such as the female orgasm), he developed a thesis and threw out any evidence that contradicted his thesis. In other words, Freud committed the cardinal sin of scientific…

There's a reason why lesbians are orgasming more than heterosexual women — My friend Bill* recently confessed that his wife was leaving him for another man. The news blindsided him. According to him, their sex life was "amazing." Of course, I asked how he defined "amazing" sex. (Brace yourself… He ripped his definition out of a 1950s McCall magazine.) Every day, he…

Spoiler: There are Nazis in this story, and no, it doesn't end well — On May 6, 1933, rowdy fascist students ransacked the Institute for Sexual Research [Institut für Sexualwissenschaft] in Berlin. Looters raided the entire contents of the institute's library and burned its books in a public conflagration at Berlin's opera square. Into the fire, the students threw the bust of Magnus Hirschfeld…

Are these everyday items harming your sex life? — Men are so darn lucky. Not only do you get to pee standing up, go shirtless whenever the mood hits, and only have to shave your face, but you also have a secret power below your belt. Or at least your penis has a secret power. Your penis can predict…

One journalist is trying to whitewash this disgusting history — You have probably heard the twisted yarn by now. Medieval physicians once believed hysteria in women was caused by bad "seed" — pent-up sexual arousal. So they masturbated their female patients until they reached "hysterical paroxysm" — orgasm. At first, they manually stimulated women, but once the vibrator was invented…

Ladies, don’t get a testicle tanner for your man just yet — In case you don’t watch the asshattery known as Fox “News,” masculinity is under threat. In a new Fox series titled “The End of Men,” Tucker Carlson warns men that testosterone is dropping and it will soon spell the end of humanity. (But only for white dudes.) Carlson's solution is…

Skip the vagina spritz and try these promising new products for low libido, yeast infections, bacterial vaginosis, UTIs, and STD protection — Women are constantly bombarded with sketchy vaginal products. For decades, advertisers have made women believe their lady bits should smell like a “desert rose.” These intimate care products can inhibit fertility with dangerous phthalates, parabens, and formaldehyde. They also disrupt delicate vaginal flora, which can cause bacterial infections, thereby making…

Did you know Jesus grabbed a gun after he rose from the dead? — Out of all the writing gigs, writing advertising copy for rifle manufacturers might make one lose their soul. (Assuming the writer had one, to begin with.) Daniel Defense is the manufacturer of the semi-automatic assault weapon used in the Uvalde mass shooting. The company is now getting some slack for…