VAGINA. It’s not a bad word; it’s just a word. Let’s get comfortable with the word first because we sure as hell need to get comfortable talking about it. “The sexual wellness category is super skewed towards men, ignoring the female perspective in terms of products, conversations and culture,” agrees Sachee Malhotra, founder of That… Continue reading Meet Sachee Malhotra, The Entrepreneur Who Aims To Normalise Talking About Women’s Bodies & Their Sexual Wellbeing
From debates around consent to the redefinition of romantic relationships, the entire dating landscape is in flux. Welcome to a brave new world. “When a man puts his finger in your mouth, what do you do?” my friend Sophie, 30, asked as we sat having drinks in an east London bar. “Bite down?” I suggested.… Continue reading Polyamory, Tinder & #MeToo: The dating landscape has changed for good
“The hand-held mini shower by my toilet is more likely to make me orgasm than most of the men I’ve ever been with,” my friend Shreya says softly, shaking her head and laughing as we discuss our romantic lives over coffee. “You should tell them that so they work on their skills,” I reply. “No… Continue reading We need to talk about what women want… in bed
If someone were to ask you if you’re asexual, how would you reply? Happily, the nomenclature for sexual orientation has significantly broadened over the last few decades, with terms like “pansexual” and “queer“ redefining the way that people self-identify. However, a new term has entered the lexicon which you might not yet know about.Have you heard of… Continue reading Are you Allosexual?
When I say the woman I went home with that night was hot, I don’t just mean she was good-looking. She was essentially the lovechild of Karlie Kloss and Snow White: A total smokeshow and way out of my league. We met at a bar. She liked dancing to Robyn. I liked her skin. Usually, I… Continue reading Why some women find it difficult to orgasm during sex, and how to resolve it
Jenna Dewan Tatum, busy host of World of Dance, opened up to Health about how scheduling sex with her equally busy movie-star husband Channing Tatum sounds rather appealing these days. “We have not yet scheduled sex, but we do schedule time together, so maybe that is sort of scheduling sex,” Jenna admitted. “We will go… Continue reading Jenna Dewan and Channing Tatum are “sort of scheduling sex” these days
Whether it’s alone or with your partner, there’s no denying that when it comes to an orgasm, there is always room for improvement. A new angle, a new technique or a new technology can really help take your sexual experience to the next level. And you can now own a lot of that responsibility, directly.… Continue reading 7 best sex toys for women
After listening to a Tony Robbins audiobook one day in Los Angeles about how to be the most extreme version of me, I decided to break the Guinness World Record for Longest Journey By Car In A Single Country, which took 36,123 miles sleeping in my Subaru Outback for 122 days with my girlfriend (at… Continue reading How to have sex in a car
Sex doesn’t always end in glowing skin and a cigarette. The painful truth is that sometimes it hurts. Not the good kind of pain but the straight up,”do people actually do this for fun?” kind of pain. A study found that 30% of women experience pain during sex for a variety of reasons, from endometriosis… Continue reading 5 reasons women find sex painful. And how to solve it
The first time I remember being explicitly aware of the divide between men and women as far as medical treatment goes was at the age of 12. I was sitting with my parents in the office of our family doctor after being recently diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, my parents asked what treatments were available. The… Continue reading What is female sexual dysfunction?
Thanks to conservative laws that still view the act of sex as taboo, Indians are still skirmish about admitting their curiosity. But according to a survey conducted by ThatsPersonal, a sexual wellness products destination, which analysed data from over 80,000 orders, Indian women know exactly what they want, and aren’t afraid to treat themselves. Out of… Continue reading This is the highest-selling sex toy among Indian women
A new ‘taboo-breaking’ book aimed at providing halal sex advice for Muslim women hit the shelves last week. The US-born author, who goes by the pen name Umm Muladhat, wrote The Muslimah Sex Manual: A Halal Guide to Mind Blowing Sex based on her experience of keeping the spark alive within her own marriage. It’s being hailed… Continue reading This sex guide written for Muslim women is breaking all kinds of taboo
Steamy as those hot sex scenes may look onscreen, but the best of showbiz can attest under oath to the fact that shooting one is precisely the opposite. Forget the daunting task of doing your thing in front of a crew of inquisitive strangers, but a lot of intimate shoots end with bruises, body aches… Continue reading How Hollywood’s hot sex scenes actually get filmed
If your internet connection is patchy in that cave you’ve been living in, here’s what you need to know: Sonam Kapoor just confessed during a chat show that she’d suffered sexual abuse as a kid. “I have been molested when I was younger and it’s traumatizing,” she revealed, when broaching the subject of consensual sex… Continue reading Do you understand the meaning of consensual sex?
Not too long ago, I copulated regularly with a woman who screamed a lot during the act, invited me to attend an anal sex workshop with her, insisted on giving hand jobs in taxicabs (to me, just to be clear), exclaimed, “Fuck me!” with such enthusiasm and urgency that I couldn’t help but believe her… Continue reading Men have bad sex too
After patiently answering more than 40,000 questions in his widely-read sex column, sexpert Dr Mahinder Watsa has now authored a comprehensive compilation – so you don’t rely heavily on circulating screenshots. In It’s Normal!, Watsa addresses every imaginable sex query, offers an entertaining primer to essential, overlooked basics (how now to look shamefaced when your… Continue reading Mahinder Watsa is the coolest doctor around
