I had to post this follow up article from The New Yorker! Firstly, because it’s funny and secondly, because this is the other side of intimacy. The other side of really knowing your partner is that you know their stories, you know their weaknesses, you know their strengths, you’ve lived through the ups and the …
Continue ReadingStatus update.
Thanks to today’s social media, there’s an illusion of knowing all the details of what’s happening in other people’s lives: what they eat, where they’re headed for vacation, where they shop, what their mood is like, etc. This can mess with our heads because more often than not, the quality of people’s intimate relationships with …
Continue Reading“Perv: The Sexual Deviant in All of Us.”
I’ll admit it. The book Perv: The Sexual Deviant in All of Us sat on my desk for a number of months before I picked it up. Neither the name, nor the cover picture of a coquettish looking lamb really appealed to me. But from page one of this book, I was hooked. Perv, by …
Continue ReadingWhat is Flibanserin?
I think this is a great article that talks about the medication Flibanserin and the controversy surrounding FDA approval for medications to treat female sexual dysfunction. Flibanserin is a non-hormonal oral medication, with a seemingly low side effect profile, that in essence increases dopamine and noradrenalin while reducing serotonin in the brain. According to some …
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