Welcome to NSFW Sunday!
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+ Just not talking to your partner when something’s wrong is a terrible idea:
“One study showed that it can bring about relationship dissatisfaction, and even divorce. Partners who engage in the silent treatment generally have worse communication than their non-silent treatment practicing counterparts and have less intimacy.
Why do we practice the silent treatment, anyway? ‘The silent treatment is caused by a combination of hurt feelings and an inability or unwillingness to talk about them,’ an Oregon counselor told the Chicago Tribune. Another therapist told the Tribune that ‘Ultimately, it has nothing to do with the argument but needing to feel like you are in control of something when everything else around you is spinning out of control.’”
+ I feel weird linking to Cosmo but this video of a dildo factory seems worth it. We’ve come a long way since prehistoric stone dildos (though now we have modern stone dildos).
+ Here is how to use a dental dam.
+ The maybe-forthcoming Thurst is “a dynamic hookup app for queer people of all gender expressions.”
+ “Hysterical Literature,” where women read literature aloud at a table while under it someone with a Hitachi tries to make them come, will appear in the Bibliotecaphilia exhibition at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.
+ There is also an online collection of erotic exlibris at the Digital Exlibris Museum Project.
+ Vaginismus, when a vagina-having person’s pelvic floor muscles tighten to the point of not allowing penetration, can suck but can also be treated:
“‘I address beliefs about sexuality, what it means to them personally, and help them with understanding and expressing their sexual needs,’ Lappa said. ‘I also [give the client] psychoeducation about vaginismus and sexual anatomy and response. I structure a plan for treatment with the client. That includes relaxation, mindfulness, [and] often physical therapy—I coordinate care with [the physical therapists];—non-penetrative sexual touching and pleasure exercises, gradual use of dilators, [and] integration of their partner. Once intercourse is occurring, I continue to meet [with the client] and assess progress and work out any issues until the client feels ready to terminate.’”
+ At Oh Joy Sex Toy, Erika Moen discussed yeast infections.
+ Abstinence-only sex ed is terrible.
+ Sleeping alone is better for you.
+ You are having great sex if you can ask for what you want, say no to stuff you don’t want, try new things and more. (One other way to tell if you’re having great sex is, I suppose, not needing a list to confirm it.)
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