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Does Masturbating Boost Your Immune System? We Asked a Doctor

Does Masturbating Boost Your Immune System? We Asked a Doctor

Masturbation has tons of health benefits—is a strong immune system one of them?

Sleeping With More People Could Increase Your Cancer Risk, Study Says

Sleeping With More People Could Increase Your Cancer Risk, Study Says

How the number of sex partners you've had might affect your cancer odds, explained.

What Exactly Is a Vasectomy? Here's What You Need to Know

What Exactly Is a Vasectomy? Here's What You Need to Know

What happen during surgery, how much it costs, if it's effective birth control, whether it can be reversed, and more.

Tinder Is Warning Users to Protect Themselves From Coronavirus—but Can You Get It From Sex?

Tinder Is Warning Users to Protect Themselves From Coronavirus—but Can You Get It From Sex?

What you need to know about COVID-19 and sexual activity.

A 32-Year-Old Man Went to the ER With a 12-Hour Erection—and His Weed Habit Might Be to Blame

A 32-Year-Old Man Went to the ER With a 12-Hour Erection—and His Weed Habit Might Be to Blame

Why lighting up might lead to a hard-on that doesn't go down.

Gender Dysphoria Symptoms: Here's How to Know if You Have It

Gender Dysphoria Symptoms: Here's How to Know if You Have It

All about gender dysphoria, including symptoms, treatment, and the controversy surrounding the condition.

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4 Things to Know About Scissoring—the Sex Position That's Not Just for Lesbians

4 Things to Know About Scissoring—the Sex Position That's Not Just for Lesbians

Vulva-on-vulva scissoring isn't the only way to do it.

Real Women Share Their Go-To Masturbation Techniques

Real Women Share Their Go-To Masturbation Techniques

At home or at work, in bed or on the couch, with a vibrator or without—every women has her own way of pleasuring herself, and to prove the point, these 17 totally candid ladies opened up about their favorite solo sex style.

Yes, There Are 11 Different Types of Orgasms. Here's How to Have Each

Yes, There Are 11 Different Types of Orgasms. Here's How to Have Each

This Is How Often Happy Couples Have Sex

This Is How Often Most Couples Have Sex, According to Science

The Truth About What Happens to Your Vagina When You Haven't Had Sex in a While

The Truth About What Happens to Your Vagina When You Haven't Had Sex in a While

11 Little-Known Facts About Vibrators

11 Things Every Woman Needs to Know About Vibrators

What Does It Mean to Be Gender Fluid? Here's What Experts Say

It's a valid gender identity, not a phase, a psychologist explains.

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What Does a Healthy Vagina Smell Like?

What Does a Healthy Vagina Smell Like?

This Man's Penis Turned Black After His Partner Bit It—and Yes, That Can Actually Happen

This Man's Penis Turned Black After His Partner Bit It—and Yes, That Can Actually Happen

Pregnant Jamie Otis Reveals Cervical Cancer Scare Following Her HPV Diagnosis

Jamie Otis Says She's Been Diagnosed With HPV and Has Cervical Dysplasia—Here's What That Means

Your Low Libido Might Actually Be a Sign of This Sexual Disorder

Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder Causes Low Libido in Women—Here's What to Know

5 Things You Need to Know About Foot Fetishes

What Is a Foot Fetish? We Asked Experts to Explain

How to Give a Good Blow Job, According to Actual Experts

How to Give a Good Blow Job, According to Actual Experts

What Is the Average Penis Size—and Can You Do Anything About It?

What Is the Average Penis Size—and Can You Do Anything About It?

Revenge Porn Is a Dangerous Form of Sexual Abuse You Need to Know More About

Revenge Porn Is a Dangerous Form of Sexual Abuse—and Victims Often Have No Power to Fight Back

Why So Many Women Aren't Enjoying Sex as Much as They Could, According to Science

Why So Many Women Aren't Enjoying Sex as Much as They Could, According to Science

5 Sexual Health Myths the New Vagina Museum Wants Everyone to Stop Believing

A Vagina Museum Just Opened in London—Here Are the Biggest Vagina Myths the Founders Want to Bust Once and for All

More Women Are Using the So-Called 'Abortion Pill'—but Is That Safe?

Everything You Need to Know About Medical Abortion—the So-Called 'Abortion Pill'

Women Are Using Electric Toothbrushes as Vibrators—but It Could Be Dangerous for Your Vagina

Women Are Apparently Using Electric Toothbrushes as Vibrators. An Ob-Gyn Has a Warning About That

T.I. Takes His 18-Year-Old Daughter to the Gyno Every Year to 'Check Her Hymen'—and That's So Unnecessary

T.I. Takes His 18-Year-Old Daughter to the Gyno Every Year to 'Check Her Hymen'—and That's So Unnecessary

I Tried Out Pumpkin Spice Lube—and It's Exactly What Your Sex Life Doesn't Need

Pumpkin Spice Lube Is the Fall-Flavored Sex Product You Don't Need in Your Life

This Vibrator Campaign Was Banned for Being Inappropriate—Just Because It Promotes Enjoying Sex

This Vibrator Campaign Was Rejected for Being Inappropriate—Just Because It Promotes Enjoying Sex

My Partner Had Erectile Dysfunction—but It Was the Best Sex of My Life

My Partner Had Erectile Dysfunction—but It Was the Best Sex of My Life

I Tried a Guided Masturbation App That Tells You When and How to Touch Yourself

I Tried a Guided Masturbation App That Tells You Exactly When and How to Touch Yourself

Women Are Still Grooming Their Bikini Lines—But Why?

Women Are Still Grooming Their Bikini Lines—But Why?

This Man Tried to Enlarge His Penis by Injecting It With Petroleum Jelly––and It Went Dangerously Wrong

This Man Tried to Enlarge His Penis by Injecting It With Petroleum Jelly—and It Went Dangerously Wrong

No, Shaving Your Pubic Hair Isn't Going to Raise Your STI Risk, Study Says

Removing Pubic Hair Doesn’t Raise STI Risk, Study Finds

Here's How Rarely a Couple Has to Have Sex Before They Officially Have a 'Dead Bedroom'

What Does It Mean to Have a 'Dead Bedroom' Relationship? We Asked a Sex Therapist

Kelly Clarkson Says Her Latest Health Scare Was More Painful Than When Her Appendix Burst

Kelly Clarkson Shares Health Scare After She Had an Ovarian Cyst Burst—Here's What That Means

7 Gynecologists on the #1 Question Patients Ask

7 Gynecologists on the #1 Question Patients Ask

These Ads Have Been Banned From Social Media for Promoting Sex—but Do You Even See Anything Wrong With Them?

Dame Products and Unbound Launch 'Approved, Not Approved' Campaign to Expose Ads Banned for Promoting Sex

This Man’s Penis Is Slowly Turning to Solid Bone Because of an Extremely Rare Condition

What Is Penile Ossification, the Condition Causing One Man's Penis to Turn to Bone?