What Are Your Attitudes About Valentine’s Day?

What Are Your Attitudes About Valentine’s Day?

It’s Valentine’s Day – the day of pink and red explosions of chocolates, roses, and teddy bears everywhere you look. To some, this is an exciting time; a holiday looked forward to with anticipation. To others, this is a time of annoyance and bitterness toward a holiday perceived as commercialism at its finest. To some… Read More

Learning From Lack of Orgasm

I’ve always kept track of all of the questions that readers, students, and acquaintances ask me related to sexuality and relationships. This morning, I was reading through some of the questions, and noticed a theme of orgasm throughout. Most of the orgasm-related questions came from folks with female partners wanting to know how to positively… Read More

Relationship Boredom

Good in Bed Research recently conducted a survey to examine relationship boredom, and according to 3,341 readers in committed relationships, half reported either being bored or on the brink of boredom in their relationships. Further, 24 percent of people reported having engaged in infidelity due to boredom. “Boredom is basically like an attack on our relationship’s… Read More

Infidelity & Monogamy: What’s Going On?

Arnold. Ashton. Anthony.  When it comes to the ABCs of infidelity, one thing is certain: It’s only a matter of days – maybe minutes – before another extramarital scandal rocks the headlines. With brand new stories of celebrity and political infidelity hitting the newsstands every week, one can’t help but wonder if happily-ever-after is a big,… Read More

Who Believes in Soulmates Anymore, Anyway?

In a world of technological advance where we have as much access to people across the world as we do across the coffee shop, where romantic options are presented to us online as often as they are in person, it makes me wonder how someone could possibly still believe that there is one person made… Read More

Attitudes Toward Monogamy: Findings From Our Latest Survey

Our most recent Good in Bed Survey examined attitudes toward monogamy. I was really excited to create this survey and even more excited to analyze the data on a topic so relevant and interesting. You may recall, in the summer of 2011, an article in the New York Times that got a lot of publicity (good and bad) on the virtues of… Read More

Quick Question: Can I Get Pregnant Even If He Pulls Out?

First, let’s be clear about what you’re trying to prevent here. If you’re looking to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STI), then stick to a condom (and keep it on the whole time), because pulling out is NOT going to provide protection against infection. If you’re just looking to prevent pregnancy, then you’ll be happy to… Read More

Does Penis Size Matter? Why Do We Care…

You may have seen the uproar in the media in the past week or so that features headlines like “Penis Size Really Does Matter” or “Women Find Men With Bigger Penises More Attractive” or “Science Proves Women Like Men With Bigger Penises“…the list goes on, really. All of this hype is about a study that… Read More

Love Lives and Journaling

Sometimes, I write in a journal. It is a new-age journal…on my computer…a word file. None of that pink diary with a lock and key that we grew up with. I don’t write in it very often, but I feel like I should more than I do. One of my best friends also has a… Read More

As If I Need More of a Reason To Stay Single

I love Jezebel. Amazing amazingness goes on that site every day. Well, today, I had to admit that what I found was not as amazing. Not to mention, it didn’t make me want to go on any more dates! This might be because I have a ridiculous number of bad date stories up my sleeve…. Read More