The research
Sex research is younger than the aeroplane, and it spent its first decades asking the wrong people the wrong questions. What survived the bad methods is a small, solid set of findings -- and they are not the ones that get quoted in magazines.
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The orgasm gap is real, and it is not about anatomy
It closes almost completely between women in same-sex relationships.
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More sex stops helping at about once a week
Above that, the association with wellbeing flattens completely.
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The most famous sex statistic came from a broken sample
Kinsey’s 10 per cent was never a population figure.
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No human pheromone has ever been identified
Smell matters to attraction. That is a different claim.
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Somebody measured it with a stopwatch
500 couples, five countries, and a number far below the guess.
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Desire often follows arousal rather than preceding it
The model everyone was taught had the sequence backwards.Browse by shelf
Seven questions
Wondering what would suit you?
Seven questions, two minutes, and one straight answer. Nothing is saved.
Take the seven questions Twenty questions, for twoWould you rather talk about it together?
You each answer twenty questions on your own. Afterwards you see only what you both said yes or maybe to — and a plan for the things you agreed on.
Open Let’s talk about sexGeneral information, not medical advice. Anything persistent or painful belongs with a doctor, who has heard it before.