Reading The Sacred Sex Bible

Mr. Sexsmith Says: Get Off While Strapped On

Got Rope?

People are often curious as to why a particular play-style, pervy activity or kind of kink appeals while others leave you cold. I can’t speak for anyone but myself, but I’ll tell you about why I so love bottoming to rope bondage.

Tenugui of Love

Let’s start the New Year, the year of the Water Dragon, with an erotic Japanese cultural lesson! Tenugui is a beloved traditional item in Japan with a thousand practical uses. Sex uses abound for these and inventive lovers in Japan use them well. But most Westerners, unless they’re hooked up with Tenugui-savvy Japanese sweethearts, are likely to never appreciate its pleasures.

SexCult: The Political Kama Sutra

What if you merged politics and the Kama Sutra?

What Not to Say

If we had to distill our entire body of sex advice into one word, it would probably be this: communicate. Before sex, during sex, after sex — speak up, people!

Chronic Pain: Stop it from Sucking the Fun Out of Your Sex Life

Though chronic pain has become a more medically-recognized condition, whether as a complication of another diagnosis or an unexplained phenomenon existing by itself, one frontier remains: How do people with chronic pain and their partners maintain a healthy, exciting sex life?

Tuesdays With Nina: How Can I Make My Penis Bigger?

Is worrying that your penis isn't big enough a universal concern? We suspect more men are worrying than should be. How else do you explain all the Penis Enhancement spam in our inbox?

Tuesdays With Nina: How To Roleplay With A Straight Face

The Naughty Nurse, the Sassy Schoolgirl, The Prison Guard, The Perverted Professor...most of us have a role that really gets us hot, but how do you get into character and get comfortable with the scene that your partner is into, but you find makes you feel ridiculous?

Sex Hacker: Six Tricks to Tweak Your Sex Life

If you’ve ever had one of those “I never knew my smartphone could do that!” moments, you know how much fun it is to discover those little tricks that can change an activity forever. Even when your between-the-sheets life is off-the-charts awesome, the novelty of a new “tweak” can be a pleasure in and of itself. Check out these six sex hacks and add some of your own!

Oral Sex Tips to Use on Her

Last month we reviewed the blow job basics. This month, it's time for your cunnilingus refresher course. Like getting in shape or getting rich, there's no one-size-fits-all answer when it comes to going downtown on her.

Stress: How Not to Let It Kill Your Sex Life

... Because we're all a little stressed, sometimes.

Malaysian Autoerotic Asphyxiation Verdict Contested

Family claims it was murder; coroner says otherwise.

Oral Sex Tips to Use on Him

Sometimes it's good to review the basics -- you know, take a refresher course on a sexual staple like fellatio, especially if it's been a while or you've gotten into a rut or you're simply not as confident as you'd like to be in the oral skills department.

Tuesdays With Nina: Having Anal Sex When You're "Too Big"

You know the saying "it's not the length, it's not the size..." but when it comes to anal sex, size becomes important in a whole new way.

The Art of Rope Bottoming: Delano

Getting tied up isn’t for wimps. To bottom gloriously takes mad skills.

FitBit Leaks Sex Stats to Google

Oops. We actually do not think everyone needs to know how many calories we've burned by having sex.

How Do I Tell Someone I'm Kinky?

You meet someone new and you wonder...is he kinky? Will he run screaming into the night when I let slip my taste for being tied up? Now is not the time to panic, now is the time to sit back and carefully consider how to introduce your kink to someone you think is vanilla.

What's Love Gotta Do With It? Part Three: Specific Techniques to Invite Sacred Sexual Experiences

I like to say ALL sex is sacred. Of course anytime you make sweeping generalizations like that, there is a lot of room to disagree. Given the right mood, I'd be the first to disagree with myself. Still, I want to explain the kernel of truth in the statement “all sex is sacred.”

Tuesdays With Nina: Combating and Coping with Premature Ejaculation

Premature ejaculation — two words that can strike terror into the average man's heart. Odds are you've been there and done that at least once in your sexual lifetime, but fear of humiliation and feelings of inadequacy do not have to ruin your time in the sack.

Tuesdays With Nina: A Road Map to Pleasing a Woman Using Perineal Massage

There are many roads to bring pleasure to a woman. The ways to bring a woman to orgasm are practically endless and perineal massage is just one technique you can use to help build toward that goal.

Six Sexual Habits Everyone Should Keep

We constantly hear how we should avoid getting into a sexual rut and keep trying new things. But just as important is to develop some good sexual habits — things that you should be engaging in on a regular basis with your partner (whatever regular means to you) — now and always.

Tuesdays With Nina: Help! I've Never Had An Orgasm and I Don't Know How!

For some, orgasm is elusive. No matter how hard you try, how many toys you buy, you just can't seem to reach the pinnacle of orgasm. Is it mental? Is it physical? Is it a matter of technique? Just what is it that is keeping you from finding the big O?

A Guide to Geysers, Facials & Pearl Necklaces

There comes a time in every guy's life when he wants to pull out and impersonate Old Faithful, just for the visual. Or perhaps there come -many- times. Women, too, may appreciate the visual — just like the hickey, it’s a spectacle (though hopefully not one that your co-workers will spot the next morning).

Shame Free Zone: Finding Your Heart In Your Pants

Awakening those deep, inner orgasms through G-spot, A-spot and P-spot stimulation can be frightening to some, others believe it's simply not possible, but peak sexual experiences often entail a level of emotional risk and vulnerability.

15 Steps to Stop Faking

As many as 10 percent of women have NEVER had an orgasm, and many more than that have never had an orgasm with a partner. And the more women fake, the worse these statistics will get. It’s time to take our orgasms into our own hands—quite literally, if need be. Stop the madness, ladies, and start the ecstasy!

Vietnamese Pickers Dole Out Ear-Gasms

Your ear has a G-spot and they can find it ...

Hickey Causes Paralysis, Minor Stroke

Love bites can be a lot worse than just embarrassing.

Coitus in Space: The Last Frontier?

NASA declines comment on hypothetical Mars mission and sex.

The 15 Do’s and Don’ts of Really Good Sex

When you write about sex for a living, it’s easy to get caught up in the idea that we should always be inventing a new position or discovering a new erogenous zone. But sometimes it’s good just to remind ourselves of some basics. These 15 tips never go out of style—and they’re way easier to pull off than the Wheelbarrow, too.

The Case of the Disappearing Penises

Apparently, you have to watch out for this kind of thing in Ghana.

Crocodiles Aroused by Sonic Boom

Ah, that sweet sound of warplanes at night ...

Microsoft Opposes Kinect Sex

Company says Xbox will stay “family friendly”

Ready for Kinect Sex? Sure You Are!

Electronic fondling system is up and running.

Is The Handjob Passé?

Kink Confidential: Bruising & BDSM

I’ve already told you about the purple stripes that crisscrossed my backside after my first flogging. They were thick and wide as the suede strips of the flogger, and concentrated on the roundest part of my ass.

SexIs Celebrates Our One-Year Anniversary With Nina Hartley!

Nina Hartley is a lot of things to a lot of people: A pioneering porn star who made the crossover to mainstream films; a wife, a nurse, a sex positive feminist and a champion of free speech. For the last year, SexIs has been bolstered by her regular contributions each week with the thoughtful advice she provides in Tuesdays With Nina.

Support for DADT Repeal; the Question of Kinect Sex; A New Kind of Gender?; No Public Domain for Playboy

Poll shows most Americans in favor of allowing LGBT to serve in military.

Tuesdays With Nina: The Great Condom Conundrum

Skin on skin... What could be better, right? Arguably, nothing, but sometimes the jimmy needs to wear a hat. Condoms may decrease sensitivity, however in the course of lovemaking they are often necessary. So what do you do if your man does not want to wear one?

Tuesdays With Nina: Size Matters: Length, Girth and Working the Angles

(Editor's Note: Yes, we are aware that it's Wednesday. What can we say? Gremlins... and the irony that the column is about penis size, and we “couldn't get it up” did not escape us.)

Steak: A Guide for the Carnal Carnivore

Steak is a no-brainer. We all know of it as a decadent food, but how do you make a truly sexy steak? And if your honey is vegetarian, what then? Let’s talk about meat, baby. What’s on your plate (veggie or otherwise) can make a difference to what happens in your bed!

Tuesdays With Nina: An Owner’s Manual for the Ultimate Pleasure Machine: Your Body!

It seems simple: Tips for exploring the wonderful land of sex. But sex is a country that has many destinations worth exploring as well as rules of road, local customs and attractions. Do you feel like a stranger in a strange land? Not sure what to bring along; what to leave behind? Or how to get to the top of the local monuments? Let Nina be your guide.

Plugged In: Push-Button Orgasms

If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Then again, innovation is always propelling us forward into realities we couldn’t possibly have imagined. The concept of orgasm on demand has been around for a long time, but how close are we to that reality?

Best Sex Positions for Women vs. Men

Tuesdays With Nina: Talking Dirty

Sometimes, "aural sex" can be really hot, but how do you know what to say, and when to say it? How do you keep from cracking up? Learning the language of love can be difficult, but it's also dirty and fun. Just ask Nina.

Tuesdays With Nina: Kissing 101

When it's good, it can be really good. But when it's bad, it can be a deal breaker.

How NOT to Spice Up Your Relationship

Tuesdays With Nina: Asking for Something New in the Bedroom

Dr. Dick on Demand—Eating Out at the Y: The Finer Points of Cunnilingus

Many women prefer oral sex to intercourse, because it has the potential to give them exceptional orgasms. And for those of you who need loads of direct clit contact to get off, mouth-to-clit stimulation is one of the easiest, most enjoyable ways to get make that happen.

Tuesdays With Nina: Approaching Anal Play 101

Dr. Dick on Demand: Jerkology 201: The Fine Art of a Partnered Handjob

His cock will be hypersensitive after he comes, so be gentle.

The Kink Corner with Kal Cobalt: CBT

CBT: It all makes sense until that last letter. Cock and ball...torture? Really? If you were raised on “guy gets smacked in the junk” clips on America's Funniest Home Videos, or if you possess junk that prefers a little tenderness to the crotch equivalent of Fight Club, this one might take a little explaining.

Diary of a Sex Surrogate: Come One, Come All...But Not So Fast, Gentlemen!

Did you know that the average woman takes about 20 minutes to achieve orgasm? The majority of men, on the other hand, don’t have a problem coming in 5 minutes. If a woman can orgasm during intercourse (though not all do), she’s going to require more time than most men need. Basically, a woman’s orgasm is like a symphony, whereas, a man’s is more like a rock song.

Tuesdays with Nina: Cowgirl 101

Today, Nina talks about how to conquer the Cowgirl position—or, to be more precise, how to do the “butt shimmy"—in a way that will make everybody happy!

Tuesdays with Nina: Sexual Breathing

This week, Nina expounds on the art of proper breathing techniques during sex, in order to open up the body to maximum pleasure.

Diary of a Sex Surrogate: Who’s Your Sex Surrogate?

One woman’s up close and personal mission to help others work the kinks OUT.

Project: Good in Bed—Am I Boring in Bed?

Was he no longer attracted to me? I’d gained some weight. I knew that. My clothes were tight on me. Only one pair of pants fit comfortably. Was it the fleece? Or was it the sex?

The Hand-Off: Handjobs, Him & You

Men jack themselves off constantly. They can probably coax an orgasm out of themselves better than most women can because they know every nuance—the exact amount of pressure and stimulation needed—right? Well, no, actually.

Sexercise Your Way to Ecstasy

Elizabeth Black takes a look at different exercise techniques designed to improve your sex drive—and sexual gratification.

Sex and the Suburbs: A Little Experimentation Goes a Long Way

Necessity is the mother of invention. Why else would there be so many wonderful instruments of pleasure available today if someone somewhere didn’t find them to be just what suits their personal kink?

SexVoxing: Techniques to Grow On

Today on SexVoxing, we’re going to take a walk on the wild side of ‘what if’: What tip or technique do you wish your ex had known?

An Inside Track to Outercourse

OUTERCOURSE (n): 1. Sexual activity that does not involve vaginal or anal penetration
2. a really good time