Out From Under

Clothes have always had multiple purposes. They keep us warm, dry, and protected from the elements. They preserve modesty, protect others from unpleasant sights, maintain that element of surprise. And they say something about the wearer — his or her social position, affluence, education level, cultural background.
To those in the know in each style [...]

The difference in male-female sex drives is, along with the placement of the clitoris, one of the great cosmic sexual injustices. Two women and two men might have some drive dissonance from time to time, but the male-female thing puts that all in the shade.
Now, women often have solid grounds for complaint in the male [...]

I love being the very tale end of the baby boom. When I was in my mid thirties, everyone suddenly noticed that you could be sexy at forty. (Well, duh.) A couple of years ago the Globe and Mail offered a few articles under the heading “Foxy 50″. So when I get to my fifties, [...]

A breakthrough in our understanding of sex has occurred! For the first time ever, 4D ultrasound of a couple actually having sex. You can see what was going on inside! The researchers are all very excited: so much to learn!
I was curious. And I’d never heard of 4D ultrasound. Any ultrasound I’d seen (and given [...]

Here’s a tidbit for you:
The authors investigated the role of homosexual arousal in exclusively heterosexual men who admitted negative affect toward homosexual individuals.
Participants consisted of a group of homophobic men (n = 35) and a group of nonhomophobic men (n = 29); they were assigned to groups on the basis of their scores on [...]

A week or so ago we entered the world of clever and non-scatalogical potty humor. Pretty women adorn the wall of an unknown men’s room, to the entertainment or discomfiture of the men who must drop their drawers under their not-always adoring scrutiny. That’s funny.
Then we have this take on the same idea, and we [...]

Women’s lingerie. What’s not to like?
You can get it in every style imaginable. No matter the wearer, the lingerie can express the woman inside, be she ingenue, wannabe courtesan or jaded crone. Or actual courtesan or enthusiastic crone, come to that.
Pink lace, black leather, silk, satin, cotton, hemp. Shimmering ribbons, glittering studs. Neck to toe [...]

They are really comfy with their sexuality in The Netherlands, aren’t they? The relaxed sex laws, gay marriage as of 2001, their famed Red Light Districts, their excellent and open education of their young people, their concern for the health and safety of their sex workers.
Their souvenir dildos.

Aren’t they pretty?
Ceramic, with a cork base, and [...]

You’ve got to hand it to those boys (and girls) in the Apple empire, they are a think-outside-the-box lot. Nothing that they can’t tackle. No realm of human experience they don’t feel they can’t enrich with their deft and creative touch. In the words of neighbourhood teens, “Apple makes everything cool” — computers and laptops [...]