Sexual Health: When Does It Count As ‘Having Sex’?
Good 'Sexual health' is when you have consenting, pleasurable, and safe sexual experiences with a partner. The act of having sex or indulging in sex does not always require a vagina and/or a penis. Sex can mean different things to different people and everyone may have their own ways of deriving gratification from it in their own way. All genders…
Five Foreplay Ideas That Won’t Fail
The stress and grind of everyday life truly take a toll on all of us. At the end of the day, getting home tired and exhausted leaves one with hardly any time to be romantic with their partners. New relationships progress and slowly fizzle out with no spark left and sex becomes a mundane and boring activity to either one…
Sexual Health: Why Are Penis Owners Practicing Semen Retention?
A post on Reddit triggered an entire community of penis owners to practice semen retention for better health with claims that it helped to reduce symptoms like fatigue, poor memory, gut issues, sensitivity to light, and more that existed since puberty. Since 2014, the subreddit r/SemenRetention gained over 92,000 followers. It is a support group for those who wish to…
Here is why you feel horny
The desire for sex is evolutionary and all living things are designed to reproduce in a way that is beyond our control. Everyone feels the need to have sex regardless of their sexual orientation or idea of procreation. When you see an object of desire, the hypothalamus in the brain fuels your lust, stimulating the sex hormones testosterone or estrogen…
Can Open Marriages Survive? No, Says This Psychologist
“Marriage is an institution which is held sacred between two individuals and is based on loyalty, trust, and companionship,” says Chennai based Psychologist Dr. Mini Rao. “Every marriage requires the fulfillment of certain acts, duties, and needs. In most cultures, marriages are a ritual and a process with set behaviours and expectations. Procreation, the fulfillment of sexual desires, economic dependency,…
Love, Sex, and Sex Toys
Love making, coitus, intercourse, mating, call it what you want- sex is an act which is natural and pleasurable and there is nothing to be ashamed about that. If you are one of those who thinks that sex is only an act to be performed for reproduction, then please look away because this article might make you uncomfortable to the…
Moving in With Your Partner? Here Are Few Tips for a Live-in Relationship
So after the eyes met, started dating, in-a-relationship, things escalate quickly, and before you know you have both planned to take the relationship to the next level by deciding to go for a live-in relationship. Well as much as you both enjoyed each others’ company in the dating phase, living together is not going to be only fun and play…
Are We Having a Jihad with Love, Sex, PDA, or Religion?
One other thing which ruffles the feathers of some Indians after Love Jihad is the Public Display of Affection (PDA). The recent controversy surrounding the kissing scene from the web series, A Suitable Boy was enough to send some radicals reeling. It had all the ingredients present to hurt their sentiments- an unmarried interfaith couple, a kissing scene, and that…