My dear friend and host turns to me and says, “How do you feel about them sleeping together?”
Read MoreMenopause challenged not just her enjoyment of sex but her sense of self. “I thought I’d be someone who’d have great sex into my 80’s.”
Read MoreOne evening the conversation veered onto sex. My friend said, “Don’t you just miss that passionate, want-to-rip-off-your-clothes desire?”
Read MoreIncreasingly, sexual pleasure is placed alongside sexual sovereignty and sexual health as a right that must be addressed by education, health care delivery and social policy.
Read MoreWhen I ask her about masturbation and orgasm she responds, “That didn’t happen for me. There wasn’t anyone talking about that with me.” She can’t even recall if she had orgasms in her first marriage. “If I did, it was uneventful. I just really can’t remember,” she sighs. “I didn’t know that sex wasn’t just about the guy.”
Read MoreWhen I began asking my patients about sexual pleasure, pain and orgasm, I learned that less than half of my female-identified patients had had an orgasm, either through masturbation or with a partner. I learned that many girls thought touching themselves was offensive, and that masturbation was only for boys. I learned that many felt like they were the only ones who didn’t enjoy sex and presumed that something must be wrong with them.
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