NSRC: National Sexuality Resource Center

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The assumption that sexuality is the province of the young is more than just an outdated idea relegated to media clichés; it is simply wrong. Sexuality is a constant in all people’s lives. It doesn’t turn on or off at a given moment or age, but rather continually matures alongside us, changing and shifting course with each passing day and year. Our sexual wellness and fulfillment is integral to general health, life satisfaction and well being, and is something to be explored and enjoyed with age.

Strategies for Staying Sexual After Menopause

When was the last time you heard a joke suggesting that sex invariably goes ever downhill or totally crashes after menopause? Like yesterday? This concept was boldly reaffirmed—without reference to reliable research—at a conference on menopause held by the National Institutes of Health in 2005! So, if you ask your doctor about sex

The Joy of Sex: Where Have All the Hairy Men Gone?

The new ultimate revised edition of The Joy of Sex by Dr. Alex Comfort is finally here, thirty-seven years later. Here’s a review from The Washington Post. The reviewer is a woman who was not around for the first The Joy of Sex. Though she gives comparison of the new and old edition fair treatment, she can’t possibly

El deseo sexual y su pérdida

Qué es eso el deseo sexual. Un enfoque culturalista.

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How to Have the Best Sex of Your Life after Fifty

Bonnie gets it on with sex and relationship coach Katherine Forsythe. Learn how to keep your love life hot in midlife and beyond.

Waiting to Have Kids: The New High Risk Sexual Behavior

Sexuality education in the classroom? The new sex ed is more suited for the boardroom.Sexuality education and postponing pregnancy are two concepts typically reserved for discussions on abortion or teen pregnancy. Rarely do these notions seep into the lexicon of grown, coupled adults. Never mind those adults actually wanting children.

Why I'd Rather Sleep with an Old Guy

Rippling, hard muscles. Firm six pack. Tight, round butt. He undresses you hurriedly. Your pulse is racing. You open your eyes to see a chiseled twenty-five-year-old face with the look of fiery hunger burning in his eyes. He wants you desperately. You want him madly. Your kisses are delicious and wet and deep and full. Your passion builds. Your

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Getting it on with . . . Michael Jacoby

Bonnie interviews filmmaker Michael Jacoby and takes a peek inside the lives of LGBT seniors in his acclaimed documentary 'Ten More Good Years'. If you missed it at 2007's Frameline's SF International LGBT Film Festival, you can still watch it on the Sundance Channel and on Logo.              

The Beauty of Gray

Last month at a lunch in a restaurant on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, I had an unusual experience. I, and the three other women with whom I was eating, became the focus of attention from strangers. As we were ushered to our table, every head in the place turned. There was nothing particularly unique about us—we ranged in age from

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Pepper Schwartz in the Hot Seat

What are the ABCs of flirting? Can online dating be addictive? Why should the president of the United States be sexually literate? These are just some of the questions we posed to author, professor, and Oprah confidant Dr. Pepper Schwartz.

Testosterone Dreams: Sex, doctors, and the male hormone

Testosterone dreams are the fantasies of hormonal rejuvenation, sexual excitement, and supernormal athletic performances that have been inspired by testosterone drugs since the “male hormone” testosterone was first synthesized in 1935.