Effective Non-Drug Treatments for Women’s Desire/Arousal Problems

After Viagra took the world by storm in 1998, drug company executives licked their lips in anticipation of an even bigger money-maker, a drug to treat low libido and arousal difficulties in women.

Compared with men, women are more willing take medication, in fact, women take two-thirds of all drugs. Meanwhile, women’s sex problems, variously known as female sexual dysfunction (FSD) and women’s hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD), are at least as prevalent as erectile dysfunction, and they affect women of all ages. If Viagra could rack up sales of $2 billion a year, then a drug for women—well, the sky’s the limit, and labs went into frenzied overdrive to develop it.

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Casual Sex Hookups: New? Or More of the Same?

Do you get nervous when you hear that today’s young people are “hooking up” for casual sex? Relax. In most cases, there’s nothing to worry about.

I attended college from 1968 to 1972, shortly after the Pill arrived but long before the big scares about herpes and AIDS. Like all young adults from time immemorial, my friends and I experimented with sex—and rather exuberantly because the Pill virtually eliminated pregnancy risk. I fell in love with the woman I later married as a college junior, but during my freshman and sophomore years, I had several casual flings that, at the time, we called one-night stands. Today, they’re called hookups.

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Voyeurism And Exhibitionism: How Common Are They?

Do you like R-rated movies with steamy sex scenes? Most people do. There’s a little bit of voyeur in most of us. Do you ever wear tight, form-fitting, or revealing clothing? Most people do from time to time at the beach, the gym, or socially. There’s a little bit of exhibitionist in most of us, [...]

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