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If one of your 2017 resolutions was to dive into the dating pool, then there’s one day in particular you might want to look out for when it comes to love. According to Tinder, the first Sunday of each new year typically sees the highest amount of swiping following an influx of new users on January 1st.

This year, “Dating Sunday” falls on January 8th, so there are only a few days left to put the finishing touches on your spanking new profile — or bring your old one out of retirement.

“With the close of o

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Anyone on that long-distance relationship grind deserves a standing ovation. Not only are you committing to putting in that extra effort every day, you’re also steeling yourself for months or even years without IRL sex. Of course, sex is not required for a strong and healthy relationship, but if you’re going from 100 to zero in the bedroom department, you’re bound to feel its absence. Luckily, now more than ever, couples can live far away from each other and still have a fulfilling sex life — it just involves getting creative, thi

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We’re big fans of starting over every new year, but some things are just unrealistic. If you’re anything like us, those books you promised to read will start to gather dust and the meditation app will be used maybe once. How about trying some New Year’s resolutions you’ll actually want to keep? Sure, they may not make for a good Facebook status (hi, mom!), but the newly-minted 2017 is as good an excuse as any to re-up your sex life and make some resolutions with your partner(s) — or yourself.

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At first glance, female masking may seem like a form of cosplay or crossdressing, since the fetish involves donning latex masks of women’s faces and assuming female alter egos. But according to photographer Corinna Kern, who shot a photo series on female maskers last year, it’s far more complicated than that.

To start, unlike many people who engage in cosplay or crossdressing, female maskers don’t tend to

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No matter how many dozens of Netflix-and-chill nights you and your long-term partner have had together, there’s something that keeps you tuning in for more. But just as individuals age and change over time, the same goes for your sex life: What turned you on when you first made it Facebook official might not be the same for you now.

Experts say that the key to a happy, fulfilling sex life with a long-term S.O. is changing things up and making your own new sex “rules” as you go along. But of course, these “rules” aren’t hard and fast, and they don’t stay stagnant; they grow and change with your relationshi

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Those who choose to take the hormonal birth control pill know it sometimes feels like Russian roulette when it comes to the side effects. Sometimes, you feel nothing. Other times, you’re bloated and moody and all sorts of messed up. Luckily, a recent study suggests that your sex drive isn’t actually affected by the Pill, despite longtime suspicions.

To be

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Scientists say that in five years there could be a heat-activated penis implant for those suffering from erectile dysfunction. Unlike pharmaceutical options such as Viagra, the implant is made from nitinol — a nickel-titanium alloy. It expands and becomes erect when exposed to heat.

Researcher Brian Le of the University of Wisconsin-Madison explained to the International Business Times that he and his team are now working on a remote-controlled heating device to accompany the implant. It w

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My last “serious” relationship ended roughly two years and seven months ago, and I’ve been single ever since. In that amount of time, four of my cousins have gotten engaged, two of them have gotten married, and one of them has had a baby. I, on the other hand, moved into my own apartment, got my dream job, and carried on a six-month affair with a guy whom I’d never call my boyfriend, but who would order Ubers to my place on the Upper East Side of Manhattan at 11 p.m. so that I’d make the late-night trek to his apartment in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn.

But he wasn’t the only guy I’ve dated during this time. I’ve be

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Amsterdam’s sex industry can be divisive; for tourists, the flagrancy with which the city’s brothels line the streets give the place a sense of either allure or seediness. You might walk past a worker in one of the Red Light District’s glowing red windows and think: “What a liberal place that they can do their work in the open like this!” Or you might – arguably more likely – think they look a little bored.

It turns out that the sex industry in Amsterdam can be equally as divisive for its workers. Just like any other job, there are the good days and the bad days, and the mundane ones in between. According to Hella and

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Believe it or not, you can find plenty of sexy items at your local drugstore. Sure, they might not be what you’d call “luxurious,” but there’s something delightful about being able to pick up some cotton balls, toilet paper, and a sex toy all in the same errand. In honor of bargain-priced bullet vibes and store-brand massage oil, we’ve rounded up 30 of our favorite finds right here.

Beyond the items that are, you know, actual sex toys, we found quite a few products whose sexy uses require a little bit of imagination (and maybe also a sense of ad

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If we were to point to one New Year’s Eve tradition that feels more like a requirement than anything else, it’s the midnight kiss. After all, it turns out that the “revelers” you see in Times Square every year are actually paid to swap spit.

We’re all adults here and can probably agree that one late-night kiss shouldn’t be such a big deal. But how did this kiss become the expected start to each year?

It’s believed that this custom began in Europe, <

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In case you hadn’t heard, Prince Harry is currently taken — and by a pretty stellar lady, might we add.

While this certainly isn’t the first time Prince Harry has dated someone who isn’t a fellow royal or from a “noble” family, his relationship with actress Meghan Markle has alre

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We’ve already pointed out that sex toys are easily mistaken for SFW items, like kitchen appliances and pool accessories, but one Twitter user showed us that it can go both ways. This past Christmas, 18-year-old Shelby Donovan mistook an innocent gift from her mother for something much more adult.

Donovan shared photos of s

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Sure, our horoscopes are interesting to read, but do our signs really reflect our specific habits and proclivities? That may be nearly impossible to tell — perhaps because there isn’t actually any science behind any of this — but that doesn’t mean it’s not fun to try. In fact, one infidelity app found a few interesting links between horoscopes and cheating patterns.

Victoria Milan, a dating app specifically for extramarital affairs and anonymous hookups, used its user data to determine the sign that was most li

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If there’s one thing that feels better than an orgasm, it’s probably laughter. That’s why sex becomes extra special when something undeniably hilarious happens.

Sex can often be fun, but what makes sex actually fun ny? Knowing how candid people tend to get on Reddit, we visited the site to find out what real people cite as their funniest sex stories. And, as we expected, they did not disappoint. From spontaneous bodily sounds to unexpected fluids to a couple of way-too-friendly pets, these stories put our own sexual crack-ups to shame.

If you’ve ever had an awkward moment or surpr

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In the years that Londa Schiebinger has been teaching a class on sexuality at Stanford, she has noted that “most” of her male students “can tell you the length and diameter of their penis, both flaccid and erect.” Meanwhile, her female students tend to have “no idea” how big their clitoris is, nor of the variation in size of the clitoris among women. When the magazine Science published an article titled “How Big Is the Average Penis?” in 2015, it remained among the most popular articles on their website for months.

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My dad got me the best Christmas present I have ever received this year. pic.twitter.com/uGcvWdsUxI

— BadBee 🌵 (@SatanKotah) December 25, 2016

When Dakotah Whitcomb asked her father for a pride flag for Christmas, she didn’t have high hopes. “I just assumed I probably wasn’t going to get one because it was so last-minute,” she

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This Woman Won Her Breakup In The Best Way After Her Fiancé Dumped Her Via Text

by Natasha on December 28, 2016

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Her fiancé dumped her VIA TEXT before finding out she bought him Cowboys tickets for Christmas. She’s doing fine. pic.twitter.com/z4YtBAaKcD

— Alex McDaniel (@AlexMcDaniel) December 27, 2016

Brenna Clanton’s experience with heartbreak may be a cautionary tale for anyone thinking about breaking up with their partner via text message right befor

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Despite what the media might have us believe, sexuality isn’t just something enjoyed by young people. Many continue to have active sex lives later in life — and exciting ones at that, according to a study in the Journal of Sexual Research.

Researchers from the University of Minnesota and Stony Brook University analyzed data from 6,278 people collected between 1995 and 2013 for the Midlife in the United States study.

While the quality of people’s sex lives did decline as they got older, this wasn’t always

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Tell me. Has this ever happened to you? You wake up in the middle of the night, roll over, check your phone and see this:

No Caller ID? That must be your ex, right? You are filled with excitement. You believe they want you back. You are ecstatic. You have hope. YOU ARE LOVING LIFE.

Your inner voice starts to say, “What do they want? Why did they call? I knew they would call.”

You go to work/school thrilled that morning. You start asking your friends what the meaning could be behind all of this?

“Why did she call me? If that mea

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No matter how many dozens of Netflix-and-chill nights you and your long-term partner have had together, there’s something that keeps you tuning in for more. But just as individuals age and change over time, the same goes for your sex life: What turned you on when you first made it Facebook official might not be the same for you now.

Experts say that the key to a happy, fulfilling sex life with a long-term S.O. is changing things up and making your own new sex “rules” as you go along. But of course, these “rules” aren’t hard and fast, and they don’t stay stagnant; they grow and change with your relationshi

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They say having a baby changes everything. But does it? Yes, a new mom is bound to be a sleepier, more forgetful, slightly crankier — and, if she’s a birth mother, a sore and waddling and possibly pee-sneezing — version of her former self. But does having a baby make her relinquish all her former opinions, habits, and interests? Will she suddenly become a vegan, or vote Republican (please, not this year, think of the children), or decide she is no longer extremely excited for the Gilmore Girls reunion series? Of course not. She is the same person she always was. She just has a new, cute/loud, important, very expensive new person

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A few thousand years ago, when Indian writer Vatsyayana was putting pen to paper and writing the text that would be known as the Kama Sutra, he couldn’t have foreseen the impact that his work would have on the world. In the modern era, the words “Kama Sutra” are a synonym for sex. A number of outlets have used “Kama Sutra” to signify “crazy ways to do it,” from the (very earnest) Cosmo Kama Sutra to the (highly unaut

Kudos To >> http://www.refinery29.com/2016/12/133798/womens-sex-toys-clitoral-stimulation-suction?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss Tell someone you’re buying a sex toy, and chances are good they’ll assume you mean one thing, and one thing only: a vibrator. Though vibrators are hardly the only pleasure product on offer — dildos, butt plugs, cock rings, masturbation sleeves, and kink toys routinely line the aisles of sex toy…

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It probably doesn’t come as a surprise that sexting can be great for your relationship. Whether you’ve been in a relationship for a while or you’re just starting something new, sending flirty, dirty messages is a great way to spice things up and keep them fresh — especially if you and your partner are long-distance.

If you’re not sure how to start (or continue) a sexting session, though, it can be difficult to overcome the initial awkwardness. That’s wh

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Sex between humans and machines isn’t just a possibility in Westworld anymore. Robots are getting more and more realistic, and according to research presented at the Love and Sex with Robots conference in London this week, people want to take advantage of that.

“We react towards computers and machines as we do with human beings,” explained researcher Jessica M. Szczuka, according to