Category: Sex

This is one of those lies that is actually just a worn out, hackneyed joke. It’s the standard premise in bad sitcoms. It would be funny if it weren’t so damaging.  Urban myth has long told us that guys think about sex every seven seconds. That’s a lot. But it’s a lie (check out Snopes.com)....Continue reading

Premature ejaculation (PE) is said to affect anywhere from 25% – 33% of all men (either intermittently or chronically) making it the most common sexual dysfunction in the world. Interestingly, the opposite is a very common complaint too; around 20% of men deal with delayed ejaculation, or the inability to climax within a satisfactory amount...

When I meet a patient for the first time, we always go over a sexual history. It’s the usual questions you might expect:  first masturbation, first intercourse, family attitudes, how many partners, etc. One of my favorite questions is, “How did you learn about sex?” Rarely is the answer, “From my parents.”   Instead, it is...Continue reading

I get an email in my junk folder every week from a sex guru who swears he can teach me to give my woman orgasms that will change her life. He tells us that we need to show her what her body can do. She is dying for us to take charge and lead her...Continue reading

This is a lie that closely related to the whole vagina focused sex of Lie #3.  But variations on this lie seem to appear in many different guises. It is frustrating when even professionals contribute to this lie by continuing to use terms such as ‘foreplay’ – implying that oral sex, massage, nibbling, licking, and...

“Boys have penises, girls have vaginas!” It’s usually the first thing taught when schools or books teach children about sex. It seems like a logical place to start. But what most of these lessons are really teaching them is reproduction, not sex. But unfortunately, we are perpetuating another a lie – well, maybe a half-truth....Continue reading