I recently read a blog by a man describing his wife’s body. It was like reading the most beautiful poetry. Every curve and wrinkle and bone or bulge was described with love and admiration. He was saying how much he loved her body and how much she hated it. He was saying that her body …
Continue ReadingDHEA…we thought so all along.
A new small scale study out of Italy seemed to show that DHEA can be helpful with menopausal symptom and can also positively affect a woman’s sexual desire. So why is anyone surprised? The truth is that DHEA is a precursor hormone (or a “mother hormone” – but that title might suggest that it yells …
Continue ReadingThe year in clinical sexuality, 2011.
As we get ready to leave 2011 behind, I would like as always to express my gratitude to family, friends and colleagues for your support and encouragement over the past year; and to my patients for your trust and confidence. May we all merit much happiness in 2012. Here’s my list of 2011′s most interesting …
Continue ReadingFour years old is WAY too old to start talking about sex!
So it turns out I was wrong. When I give Sex Ed talks to parents and they ask when a parent should start talking to their kids about sex, I usually say… “it’s never too early. You should start when the kids are three or four”. Well, it turns out that four may be on …
Continue ReadingKissing, Part 3 — Why stop?
I have been actively looking for the answer to why people stop kissing. I love research, particularly medical and psychological journals, because I love to read and I really like to know the answers to why things are the way they are. After searching literally everywhere, I found almost nothing. I can find statistics on …
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