During the Democratic National Convention this week we did an episode for my web cast on the difference between the sex lives of democrats and republicans. I thought you might enjoy the promotional clip that is airing on You Tube.
Continue ReadingThink a great sex life stops at 50? 60? 70? 80? Think again!
About a year ago I was quoted in an article in a magazine put out by an organization for retirees that will rename nameless. (Suffice it to say that it is the LARGEST organization of it’s kind and its magazine has the largest circulation of any magazine in the country, and its name is made …
Continue ReadingVaginismus — yet again.
So you (or your friend, or your daughter, our your friend’s daughter) hasn’t consummated their marriage. It’s a deep dark secret, but finally they got themselves to talk to someone (You.) They are not alone. It is (unfortunately!) not so rare. It is treatable!! They should get themselves a good practitioner who has dealt with …
Continue ReadingSexual desire…
Matters relating to sexual desire are the number one presenting concern brought to the office of many sex therapists. I find that nearly as many women complain about not having enough sex, as do their male counterparts. In my sex therapy practice it is about 60/40 with the man being slightly more desirous. That said, …
Continue ReadingHPV vaccine.
The HPV vaccine was first recommended in June 2006. The vaccine, Gardasil, protects against four types of HPV, which together cause 70% of cervical cancers and 90% of genital warts. The vaccine is for girls and young women age 9-26, however the recommended age to start the vacination series is 11-12 years old. Gardasil is …
Continue ReadingSex museums anyone?
A new museum dedicated to sex just opened in Las Vegas, Nevada. Like the museum here in NY it includes adult films from the silent movie making days, a slew of mechanical devices, paintings, sculptures and other sexually related items. I haven’t seen the one in Las Vegas but I have been to the one …
Continue ReadingMy husband wants sex everyday.
I usually hear this from the women whose libidos are low and don’t want sex at all. Both they and their husbands have decided he needs sex every day. The truth is, that in my experience, sex everyday is a fantasy that most men have. But when it comes to reality…you know what? It’s a …
Continue ReadingTranssexuality.
As a sex therapist in Colorado, the “sex change capital of the world,” I have the opportunity to work with a multitude of people who are in the process of transitioning from their biologically born gender to the gender they identify as. Although causation related to transgenderism remains a mystery, most transsexuals feel they have …
Continue ReadingTransexuality: Is our sexuality hard wired?
There is always so much debate on whether or not our sexual identity is “nature” or “nurture.” As in most cases, there’s probably an awful lot of of both but this article certainly suggests that a predilection to “transexuality,” that is, feeling as though your are a certain sex in the wrong body may be …
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