I just read an article about the pharmaceutical companies search for the female Viagra. The article referred to it as the “pink Viagra” (the male Viagra is blue).
Posts Tagged ‘Sexuality’
Viagra for Women: A Man’s Dream
Sunday, April 24th, 2011Fighting About Sex
Friday, April 15th, 2011
My husband and I are both 25 years old and have been married for five years.We have a four year old son. It seems that we are constant in battle with one another.Now we argue about sex. He gets angry when I do want to have sex as much as he does. I am willing to have make love with him once a week. However, I used to enjoy sex, now it is a duty. In addition to raising our son, I try to do things around the house to make him happy. It seems that nothing I can do will please him. I would love to feel the way I used to about him and about love-making. What can I or we do?
Parenting Interferes With Sex Life
Sunday, April 10th, 2011My wife and I have been fighting all night about sex. She wants me to get her more in the mood. I work all the time so it’s very hard for me to do that and have sex, but I feel as if she’s never in the mood. She never tries to have sex with me except maybe once a week and it’s always when I get off work. When we first got together we had sex all the time. Then our daughter was born. I didn’t think it would change anything since were both very sexual, but her sex drive seemed to stop and mine seemed to sky rocket. What should we do?
My Husband Is Not Attracted to Me
Sunday, March 20th, 2011
My husband is not attracted to me AT ALL. We have been together almost three years. We are both 36 years old and this is the second marriage for both of us. The first six months of our relationship was great; we had sex two or three times a week. In the last two years I think we have had sex five times. We have had sex twice in the last year. Now I am eight months pregnant. Every time I try to talk to him about our sex life, it turns into a huge argument. I am at my wits end and considering leaving him after the baby is born. He says he loves me, but is stressed out from work. Or he accuses me of only being interested in sex; he calls me a whore because I ask him for sex. I am an attractive woman and I never have had this problem with anyone in my life. Please help me!!!
If Sex Is Beautiful, Why Isn’t It Discussed at the Dinner Table?
Friday, February 4th, 2011
People, especially Americans, are very awkward when it comes to their attitudes and behaviors about sexuality. We will share recipes for good cooking, but not recipes for good sex. We take cooking classes and dance lessons, as well as lessons in anything else, but when it comes to sex we are on our own to learn by trial and error. As a sex therapist I am always surprised by how uncomfortable people are with their sexuality, how little they actually know about sexuality, and how misinformed they are about various aspects of sexuality.
Sex Is Not a Sport
Friday, September 24th, 2010Though often talked about as though it was a sport, sex is not a sport. Perhaps if it were a sport, just like with any other sport, people would be open to receive coaching, would talk about it at the dinner table, they could take lessons; in fact, there might even be classes in high school devoted to the sport of sex. But as it is, even sex education is banned in most schools.
Is Once a Week Too Much?
Friday, August 27th, 2010After 25 years of marriage our sex life is not bad, but my husband believes he is “entitled” to sex at least once a week. Sometimes even that feels like too much for me, and I don’t like to be “pressured” into having sex if I don’t feel like it. We are in our 60s. Is there a normal, or average, amount of sex for people our age? What is the appropriate response when one partner wants sex once a week and one doesn’t?
Passionate or Sensible Marriage: Can You Have It All? (Part 1)
Sunday, August 8th, 2010
This is a tough one!! I often hear people, patients and friends, ponder the issue of whether they should choose a mate about whom they feel passionate or should they choose a partner with whom they feel comfortable. They also question whether it is possible to have a passionate relationship that spans years.
Integrating Sex and Intimacy
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010Lots of couples know that they don’t have a great sex life. Yet they continue to live it day after day simply because they’re too embarrassed to seek any outside help. Some couples can’t even talk to each other about it, because they believe that they’re supposed to know what to do in the bedroom, and be very skilled about it. When they can’t perform sexually the way they think they should be able to, they think they’ve failed their partner somehow, and often shut down on them because of it. This, plus the intimacy that’s lacking from the relationship, often causes a breakdown in the marriage or relationship, and it can greatly hurt the couple in the end. But it doesn’t have to! There is help out there!
Understanding Sexual Addictions: Part II
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009Attitudes about sex vary from culture to culture and family to family. However, most cultures treat sex differently than it treats other biological functions, especially food. Food is talked about openly. It becomes a central theme in people’s lives. There is considerable conversation about different ways of preparing certain foods with books being purchased containing recipes from around the world. There are television programs about cooking and classes taught about cooking. We can engage in conversation about food and cooking whenever and wherever we are. It is a very public topic.
