In the film ‘Doc Hollywood’ Bridget Fonda coquettishly asks Michael J Fox, playing the young doctor, whether doctors know more about sex than other people do.

This is a natural mistake to make

The proposal of the sexual revolution was that, in a modern society with reliable contraception, every sexually ‘normal’ woman would enjoy sexual arousal and orgasm during sex just as men do.

Unfortunately, although

Since the experts I talked to had rational explanations, I decided to do my own research by talking to women I met in everyday life.

I quickly learned just how excruciatingly embarrassing it is

Sexual desire is associated with ‘sex drive’. The male sex drive is a man’s biological drive to procreate by thrusting into a woman’s vagina until ejaculation (usually co-incident with male orgasm).

Before Kinsey (1953)

When I was 21, I met an Italian boy during a stay in Rome. Alfredo was tall and slim. He cared about how he dressed and would often check his appearance in the mirror

One of the reasons that adults find it difficult to discuss sex openly is because of the personal nature of sex. It’s important to consider how other people might feel as a result of

Imagine the scenario: a woman, wearing a skirt and no panties, climbs a ladder. A man below enjoys a clear view of her genitals. Imagine now that the genders are reversed: my point

It is highly misleading to tell women that lack of orgasm during sex is a sexual dysfunction… It is simply the way things are for many women who hope for orgasm from their

When a man is stimulated sexually by a partner he finds it difficult to avoid becoming aroused. Similarly, if a woman’s response to penile thrusting (or any other physical stimulation technique) was automatic then