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Is sex over? Badly hurt vets and sexual intimacy

When B.J. Jackson lost both his legs to an Iraq war injury, his doctors talked about a lot of things, but they didn't mention how it might affect his sex life.

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FOXSexpert: The Benefits of Sweaty Sex
Source: foxcharlotte.com

Don't knock it until you try it: sweaty sex.

Sexual Problems With Older Couples: Anxiety

In time, sex with the same person inevitably loses some of its wild excitement, which should be expected and accepted, not taken as a sign of any loss of love. In long-term relationships, the emphasis gradually shifts to familiarity and ease with each other.

If I look at porn while I am in a relationship, is that cheating? (Poll)

Not at all, assuming we are talking about adult porn which does not involve children. Cheating, in my book, is when one is having some kind of active intimate connection or relationship with someone else that one is in touch with, either sporadically or regularly.

How Do You Treat Your Relationships? The Tell-Tale Signs of Your Childhood (Poll)

It seems that there is a strong connection between the way people were brought up in their early years and the way they treat their relationships.

You thought you would make a home sex video. Fine. But later on discovered it on YouTube! What would you do?

This would be like a nightmare of the greatest proportions for me if my bedroom frolics were filmed and then ended up anywhere in the public domain.

Who knows more about sex: Men or Women? (Poll)

That's a difficult question because sex is an area often talked about but is quite different in actual reality. It is very hard to know what goes on in the privacy of other people's homes.

Men...an inconvience?

Have you noticed in the past 5/6 years that women are slightly taking on the male role in the relationship? More and more women are going out just looking for a free meal, when guys are now getting more and more dumb founded when the girl doesn't actually want a relationship.

5 Reasons to Have Sex Today! | Curious? Read
Source: curiousread.com

Beyond being just one-heck-of-good-time, medical studies report that an active sex life contributes to a longer and more fulfilling life. So come on, everybody's doing it (or at least the lucky ones), and here are five reasons for you to join in:

Valentine's Day - A heartbreaker

Valentine's Day has finally arrived. I know in my heart of hearts that every year at this time most women remember a special romantic time with flowers, candy, soft music and the one person they love.

Complex Clues in a Kiss
Source: BBC News

A man's saliva has a "cocktail of chemicals" hinting at his fertility and evolutionary fitness, they said at a conference in Chicago...

Researcher: 'Sexbots' coming in 5 years
Source: Canada.com

Excerpt: Sex with robots may sound sci-fi, but finding a silicon soulmate is closer to reality than we think, says a British researcher.

Internet or sex, which would you choose?
Source: CNET.com

Excerpt: Just how reliant are you on the Internet?

Heterosexualization of a society is not possible without the 'unnatural' process of industrialization

To create a society against nature requires huge investments in -- the more against nature you want to go, the more investment it requires.

Nympho Christian website encourages pious wives to spice up their sex lives
Source: Telegraph

A group of Christian wives proud of their "excessive sexual desire" for their husbands have set up a website to encourage young women to embrace intimacy in their marriages.

Redefining Intimacy : Jenny Block--and Other Spouses in Open Relationships--Refuse to Let Monogamy Ruin Their Marriages
Source: citypaper.com

The circumstances of author Jenny Block's life led her to wrestle with these questions as few of us do.

How to know when to dump a boyfriend
Source: CNN

"Though it seems most of us spend an inordinate time trying to get one, the truth is, once you land that boyfriend you've always wanted, you discover the truth --relationships can be a giant pain in the rear."

What does sex have to do with Tantra?
Source: Dawn Cartwright , Dakini Moon

Because Tantra finds its momentum in surfing the abyss created by duality, what better more challenging - abyss than that of yin and yang? That chasm between action and receptivity? The basic duality of being alive.

I really want a relationship but she wants us to be 'just friends'. What next?

If you meet someone, fancy the pants off them, and desire a relationship and the other person is mainly interested in being 'just friends', get out of there fast! It might seem like a great idea, playing to the other person's demands to be 'friends' with the hope of being somethi …

Intimacy and Privacy, 7 Keys to Being Whole
Source: Ezine Article Submission

When you are all alone you sense the need for intimacy. Intimacy is essentially as it sounds - in to me see. Everyone wants to be appreciated and celebrated. Sadly parents don't always dote on their children.

Open relationships demystified
Source: The San Francisco Chronicle

The assumption underlying this myth is that true intimacy can only be achieved between two people in a monogamous relationship. In other words, if you are emotionally and physically intimate with more than one person, it somehow dilutes the intimacy of each relationship.

Cohabitation: Issues That Affect Intimacy
Source: Psych Central

Maybe you've been together for a number of years and moving in together seems like the next logical step. Maybe it's a matter of saving money.

The Health Benefits of Sex

Sometimes, for one reason or another, whether hormonal, through illness or through anger, one partner goes off sex while living with a healthy spouse who still values a good sex life.

Is Love Ever Enough?

We tend to have a rosy vision of love coupled with unrealistic expectations of the relationship which it creates. Some of us believe that love is enough to see us through the bad times and that, if people love us, they'll do anything to make us happy.

Problems in Older Relationships: Absence of Sex

Sometimes, for one reason or another, whether hormonal, through illness or through anger, one partner goes off sex while living with a healthy spouse who still values a good sex life.

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