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Titillate with Touch

dryvonne — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:01:52 +0000

From holding hands, to giving a massage, to getting a hug, touch conveys affection, caring, and love.

Touch is not only the key to sexual pleasuring and arousal, but a fundamental human need for connectedness as well. From holding hands, to giving a massage, to getting a hug, touch conveys affection, caring, and love. With touch, two people can become one.

Sometimes simply lying closely with somebody can be one of the most intimate experiences. The great comfort it provides has no parallel. In sexual relationships, touch as foreplay has enormous potential, which two people can experience at many different levels. n focusing on touch in your relationship, why don’t you…

Understanding the Connection Between Anal Sex and Anal Cancer

dryvonne — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:20:48 +0000

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Understanding the facts behind anal sex and cancer will help keep you safe but also allow you to know the healthy way to pursue this most intimate of sexual pleasures.

Typically, when people think about the risks associated with anal sex, HIV is the first factor that jumps to mind. Yet while every person who is sexually active needs to be mindful about protecting themselves against the spread of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, they also need to give more attention to the potential transmission of another sexually transmitted infection – HPV (human papilloma virus).

Not only do lovers have to worry about any potential anal warts outbreak caused by the virus, but they need to consider its link to anal cancer as well. With 85% of anal cancer cases associated with HPV, engaging in anal sex may increase your risk of eventually developing this disease, that is, unless you use prophylactics.

Unrequited Love

dryvonne — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:16:09 +0000

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Far more than a little crush, unrequited love is powerful in that it involves an intense yearning for another.

Practically nothing feels worse than being in love (or lust) with somebody only to find that the feeling isn’t mutual. Far more than a little crush, unrequited love is powerful in that it involves an intense yearning for another. These times of unreturned affections are absolutely heartbreaking, with individuals feeling as though they literally are falling apart.

Feeling Sexy While Pregnant

dryvonne — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:40:39 +0000

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With sexual activity during pregnancy very much predicting just how well couples will do together post-birth, staying sexy and intimate is very important to the family in the long-term.

While a mother-to-be can take great pride in her budding form, feeling sexy in it can be another matter entirely. With pregnancy one of the most sensual times in a woman’s life, its becomes a peak time to cultivate feelings of sexiness that can invite more action at a critical point in a relationship. With sexual activity during pregnancy very much predicting just how well couples will do together post-birth, staying sexy and intimate is very important to the family in the long-term. Thankfully, there are plenty of ways for an expectant mum to feel like one hot mama with every trimester.

Don’t let the urge to purge define your sexy feelings over the long term.

Sex on the Beach: The Joys of Vacation Sex

Better Sex Network Team — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:18:39 +0000

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No matter how elaborate or how simple, vacation is definitely a time to unwind. But it's also a great time to spice up your sex life!

Everyone's got their ideal vacation. A once-in-a-lifetime cruise aboard a ship packed with amenities and glittering shows, gourmet food served on fine china, with an attentive steward to bring chocolates and a nightcap to your stateroom? Or are you packing your tent and hiking shoes for a trek in the mountains? Planning on hitting the beach, ordering a round of Mojitos, and lying flat-out on the sand under an umbrella without a thought in your head for a solid week?

For a lot of couples, just parking the kids at Grandma's for the weekend and sneaking off to a quiet hotel with or without room service would be total bliss.

No matter how elaborate or how simple, vacation is definitely a time to unwind. But it's also a great time to spice up your sex life!

Taking Care of Each Other Amidst Money Woes

dryvonne — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:24:14 +0000

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Yet there is a silver lining to these costly clouds; such difficulties give partners a chance to re-evaluate what truly matters in this world.

Through good times or bad, you can always count on financial matters to cause relationship distress. It is, after all, one of the top reasons for divorce. Overwhelmed, frustrated, defeated, and depressed, lovers have the tendency to make their partner pay the price. Human tendency is to take our most significant relationship for granted, often at times when it needs attention the most.

Yet there is a silver lining to these costly clouds; such difficulties give partners a chance to re-evaluate what truly matters in this world. So if ever faced with money woes, consider this the perfect opportunity to rethink the way you approach intimacy in your relationship. Better yet, think of this as the perfect excuse to improve or revive it now!

Letting Your Pleasures Be Known

dryvonne — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:07:06 +0000

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Sex communication is critical to any relationship, even those that are long-term and where couples feel that they know each other well.

It’s oral sex at its finest: sex communication. With couples often focused on sexual maneuvers or specific sex acts as the means to better sex, they often underrate the greater value in communicating about intimacy. In finding out if they’re on the same page or in learning about their lover’s pleasure preferences and sexual response, couples can realize more thriving sex lives with some moves of the mouth, and then some...

Sex Surveys: "What's Normal?"

dryvonne — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:11:50 +0000

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While survey reports should always be taken with a grain of salt, well-conducted survey data can provide people a great deal of relief about their sexual attitudes, behaviors, and values.

By far the biggest theme in all of the questions a sexologist gets is “Am I normal?” Kinky, bizarre, abnormal, weird… when it comes to sexual expression, people are very curious and concerned about just how well their sexual desires, fantasies, and practices fit the “average.” In sizing up their sexuality, they want to know numbers. Just how many individuals are into “XX”? Have the majority of people done “XX”? Just how “typical” is “XX”?

While survey reports should always be taken with a grain of salt, well-conducted survey data can provide people a great deal of relief about their sexual attitudes, behaviors, and values. Surveys can be useful in that they:

Carrageenan Lube and STI protection: What’s the hype?

Amy — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:10:28 +0000

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There's been a lot in the news lately about research on the possible uses of lubricants containing carrageenan--an all-natural compound extracted from seaweed--for protection against the transmission of sexually transmitted infections, particularly HSV (herpes), which causes cold sores; HPV (human papillomavirus), which causes genital warts and has been associated with some cancers; and HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), the virus which causes AIDS. Because I'm a nerd, I had to go read as much of the research for myself as I could to see if carrageenan deserves the hype it's getting. So, what's the lowdown?

Men Can Be Multi-Orgasmic

dryvonne — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:09:53 +0000

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Find out what you can do to help him become multi-orgasmic...

Pursue something that will benefit both of you - discover your guy’s multi-orgasmic response! While a bit of an ambitious venture, the rewards are great, especially in that the ejaculatory control he must develop will make for longer, sweeter sex and increased sexual confidence in the sack. Not a bad way to improve intimacy, eh?