Celibacy Plays Key Role in Addiction Recovery, Doctors Say

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Getting sober is no picnic. Staying sober is even less of one, and for recovering alcoholics, navigating the world of dating can add undue stress to their lives.

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Doctor Claims G-spot is a Female Body Part, Sexologists Doubtful

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It's in there somewhere...

A doctor has claimed to have literally discovered the G-spot following a particularly intimate autopsy of a woman's reproductive anatomy -- but researchers and sexologists alike are doubtful of his claim that the G-spot is, in fact, a sexual organ.

In an article published this week in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, Florida gynecologist Dr. Adam Ostrzenski examined the body of a deceased 83-year-old woman soon after her death (before many key distinctions and details had time to fade). The examination was done in Poland, a country with less strict regulations regarding postmortem dissection.

Ostrzenski says he found "small, grape-like clusters" of erectile tissue measuring less than a centimeter across within the vaginal wall that he believes are responsible for the extension, engorgement and ultimate vaginal orgasm that many women experience from internal stimulation.

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Study: Watching Hardcore Porn Makes Women Go Blind (Temporarily)

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Women may have to start watching "Game of Thrones" like this.

A new study from researchers at the University of Groningen Medical Centre in The Netherlands asserts that the part of the brain that processes visual data shuts down in women when they are shown graphic pornography.

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5 Ways to Instantly Know She's Faking an Orgasm

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"Really? That was it?"

The female orgasm is as elusive as it is astounding, with much of the physical results occurring out of plain sight. Aside from the occasional squirt (aka female ejaculation) and flushed face, it's often difficult for men to figure out if an orgasm actually happened.

But many women fake orgasms in order to end an unsatisfactory sex session, knowing that no amount of instruction will get her to peak at that point. And while I don't condone the act, it's something that around 60 percent of women have done in order to make the sucky sex stop.

But it's not that difficult to figure out whether or not your chick is pretending you're her sex god. Here are five telltale results of a female orgasm that, if you don't feel/see/hear them there's a good chance you need to start brushing up on your sex skills -- and start communicating better in the bedroom.

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How Women Orgasm at the Gym: the Mechanics of the Female 'Coregasm'

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Please, please, please.

A recent study has promised scientific evidence that exercise -- yoga, crunches, cardio, etc. -- can bring a woman to orgasm without any digital (i.e. finger) or fantastical assistance.

The findings, published in peer-reviewed sexual health journal Sexual and Relationship Therapy, came from a survey of 124 women who reported having had exercise-induced orgasms and 246 who said they've felt exercise-induced sexual pleasure.

But while the physical activities known to cause these intimate reactions were outlined concisely -- leading me to make an immediate appointment with my big, strong trainer -- the mechanics behind why they occur were left unexplained.

Until now.


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Most Effective Birth Control Method is Actually Made for Men

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Could it be true?

There's a birth control method new to the U.S. that just might change the way men and women look at contraception forever. This procedure is for men, it's pill- and hormone-free, takes around 15 minutes to complete, is inexpensive and reportedly reversible. Oh -- and it's been around for decades.

The practicality of birth control methods for men has been a long-standing debate. Proponents argue that the male species is ready to take responsibility for their procreative abilities, while opponents remind us that if it's difficult enough for women to remember to take a pill each month (we've all been there, ladies), what makes it any easier for a man -- who doesn't have a direct physical consequence to use as a monthly reminder -- to do the same?

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5 Controversial Sex Studies That Will Blow Your Mind

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Thanks to sex science, this woman will be taking her antidepressants vaginally from now on.
"Sex science" isn't some bullshit term a lab geek came up with to justify writing off porn on his taxes. Sexology, the scientific study of human sexuality, has been around for almost 200 years.

Most researchers face some sort of resistance when their studies uncover controversial results, but sexologists face a unique set of challenges in their quest to flesh out of the science of bumping uglies.

Telling people the Earth isn't the center of the universe probably went over a whole lot smoother than telling them that women don't need men to have orgasms. Even in today's vag-flashing, boob-sexting, wiener-tweeting culture, scientific sex studies from decades ago are still getting people's panties in a twist.

Here are 5 of the most controversial studies in the history of sex research:

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Study: Male Fruit Flies Turn to Booze When Sexually Rejected, Just Like Us Humans

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He's definitely thinking about sex...or vodka.

A study published this week in Science magazine confirms that the proclivity to get shit-faced after being sexually rejected isn't exclusive to dive bar sad-sacks.

According to research, male fruit flies do it, too. [Please insert your own "fly walks into a bar" joke here.]

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Study: Female Bonobos Use Sex to Boost Social Standing

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She's next.

Homosexual sex is common between female bonobos, but believe it or not, it might serve more of a purpose than mere physical pleasure. Researchers in Atlanta recently found that female apes use sex to communicate social standing, making noise to advertise their actions to other females nearby.

Dr. Zanny Clay of Emory University has been studying these vocalizations for five years knowing that this species of ape, Pan paniscus, uses sex to "reduce stress and competition, develop affiliations, express and test social relationships and for reconciling conflicts and consoling victims in distress."

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Science: Stem Cells Can Grow New Eggs, Buy Time On Biological Clock

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Keep 'em coming, ladies!

For more than 60 years, common knowledge -- and Hollywood medical dramas -- have led us to believe that women are born with all the eggs they'll ever have. Hell, this bit of female reproductive knowledge is a big plot point for sexy and fertility-challenged doctor Addison in that sexy doctors show Private Practice. But these scripts may be headed for major rewrites based on new research published this month in Nature Medicine.

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