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Child sexual abuse, incest and paedophilia

Men rarely appreciate that they are the ones who generally have control in sexual situations. Men may start with pushing for innocent activity but inevitably this leads to a desire for penetrative sex. Children of both sexes and teenage...

How we know that the vagina is not a sex organ

Human reproduction

If women had orgasms from inserting objects (such as an erect penis) into the vagina they would seek this kind of stimulation themselves. Research...

Responsibility for contraception and abortion

Human reproduction

Lust arises from male arousal that is a physical rather than an emotional response. Men feel carnal desire, a strong sexual urge, when they...

The female erectile sex organ (or phallus)

Anatomy & development

In the absence of testosterone, the genital tubercle forms the female phallus, called the clitoris. The clitoris is made up of the glans and...

The internal anatomy involved in reproduction

Anatomy & development

We only have genitals because we have two sexes: male and female. Sexual reproduction goes back a long way in our evolutionary history. Many plants...

Sexual responsiveness & orientation

Responsiveness

Sexuality is about responsiveness and orientation, both of which are determined before we are born. Among the genes we inherit from our parents are...

Consent is vital even within loving relationships

Sexuality is about the personal choices we make to explore our sexuality both alone and with a lover. The way in which we express...

Male propaganda: saying women should enjoy sex

If men and women wanted the same thing there would be no sexual politics. Men and women are at odds because they want different...

Domestic violence & emotional abuse in the home

Domestic violence crosses all ethnic, racial, orientation, religious and socioeconomic lines. Some societies feel that a man has the right to be physically aggressive...

Non-sexual Intimacy

Women do not need to be like men to be valid

Non-sexual intimacy

Only female sexuality is political. No one tries to exaggerate male arousal. Few people want to discuss male sexuality. Women are certainly not aroused...

Women drive the need for dating and romance

Non-sexual intimacy

Without sex, there may be friendship between adults but there is little physical and emotional intimacy. Heterosexual women are dependent on men to provide...

The receiver of intercourse need not be aroused

Vaginal intercourse

The vast majority of heterosexual activity is based on intercourse that ends with male ejaculation. There are two distinct roles in penetrative sex: the...

The ability to see a partner as a sex object

Unlike emotional attachments, arousal is not caused by a specific person or by a relationship. Arousal relies on being able to see a person,...

Women mistake emotional sensations for orgasm

Men are much more curious about female masturbation than women are themselves. Female masturbation is portrayed in visual media or erotic literature but these...

Masturbation

Women’s fantasies are sexually explicit scenarios

Masturbation

A responsive woman’s use of fantasy means her experiences do not fit with any of the descriptions of sexual activity that we see portrayed...

The kind of stimulation that leads to orgasm

Masturbation

An adult experiences orgasm (once aroused) by stimulating the phallus or erectile sex organ. The penis and the clitoris are anatomically equivalent. The sex...

The erotic pleasure a man enjoys from sex

The sexual mind

A man’s sex drive is unaffected by relationship issues. A man is attracted foremost by a partner’s physical appearance. He needs to know nothing...

Women fake orgasm to reassure men’s sexual ego

The sexual mind

Kinsey’s research revealed that some women orgasm by masturbating alone. Previously no one had any idea that women might be capable of orgasm at...

Men & women’s perspectives on relationships

Committed relationships

Sexuality is about a sexual relationship, which includes social, emotional and sexual aspects. Long-term committed relationships are vital to supporting families over the decades...

Premature ejaculation and male impotence

Committed relationships

The objective of a mating act is for the male to deposit his semen in the female’s vagina. From a reproductive perspective, the quicker...

Only some men are motivated to offer foreplay

Sexual pleasuring

Two adults may touch each other in neutral body zones (such as on the shoulder or arm) without any implication of intimacy. They can...

A man wants a partner to make love to his penis

Sexual pleasuring

Children of both sexes are indifferent to genitals. They may be mildly curious but they consider genitals to be ugly and smelly parts of...

The sex industry focuses on male gratification

The sex industry

Sexuality is about talking, observing or interacting with others in return for payment or other non-relationship rewards. Depending on our personality we may employ...

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