Ginger. Redheads. Fire Crotches - YES
Gingers was one of my favorite films from the Berlin film festival. The director shared how he came to the UK and saw his first red-haired man and was overwhelmed with desire. His film sexualizes...
View ArticleNipple Hair
1096467.jpgI love this piece "Nipple Hair" by Elinor Carucci because it turns male fantasy on its head. A simple image can reclaim women's bodies. Just the other day I noticed that there was all this...
View ArticleHere I Am in a Relationship with Someone I Love But I'm Starting to Hate...
Dear Betty,I feel like Ive written this email in my mind about 10,000 times in the 3 years I’ve been following your blog. No one gives guidance and advice like you do, so I’m really looking forward to...
View ArticleMore Abortion Restrictions Passed in Last 2 Years Than Ever Before
abortion_states.jpgAs we gear up for election season, we should acknowledge that the War on Women is far from over. In the last two years, states have passed more laws restricting abortion than during...
View ArticleI'm Having a Hard Time Lasting Long Enough to Make Her Come
Hi Dr. BettyI am a young man seeing a girl the same age as me. We have only recently started having sex and I am having a hard time lasting long enough to make her cum. I find her to be wetter then...
View ArticleVogue Lingerie Shoot Featuring Plus-Size Models...I'll be Damned
www.vogue_.com_.jpgI never thought I'd see a plus-sized woman grace the pages of Vogue but here it is. Their latest lingerie edition included plus-size models and the images are beautiful. Maybe the...
View ArticleWhat Degree Do You Recommend for a Prospective Sex Therapist Focusing on...
Dear Dr. Betty,My name is M and I am interested in the field of human sexuality, particularly female sexuality. I studied Somatic Psychology at Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies for my...
View ArticleBetty & Roy
34.Betty_Roy.jpgThis is one of the pictures Betty dug up to include with the revised version of her memoir (due out the first of the year). I believe Grant took this photograph of Betty & Roy in...
View ArticleI've Never Felt Aroused or Any Pleasure From Touching Myself
Hi Dr. Betty,I am a 23 year old woman who has some sexual experience (but never penetrative sex or masturbation). The biggest problem, though, is that I've never felt aroused/any pleasure from it!...
View ArticleBecause Orgasm is Self-Knowledge
Video: Orgasm is the essence of who we really are as human beings.
View ArticleIt was a Beautiful Weekend with Eight Beautiful Souls
My pregnancy has been bliss but, now that I'm in my 7th month, I'm noticing that I don't have the energy or mobility that I used to - I kind of lumber about and things take a bit longer. After running...
View ArticleI Never Feel Any Sort of Release
Dear Dr. Betty,I am 32 years old. I have never had an orgasm. My boyfriend really wants to make me cum and we have tried everything but it doesn't work. When he gives me oral stimulation it feels...
View ArticleGet a Second Opinion Before You Cut
the_great_foreskin_debate.jpgWhen I tell people that I'm having a baby boy, the first question they ask is whether I'm going to circumcise - I answer with a resounding "no". Then they'll share some...
View ArticleMedicalizing Female Sexual Dysfunction Under the Feminist Banner
Pink-pill-lips.jpgLeonore Tiefer is a friend and colleague who's spent the last decade of her life fighting Big Pharma to keep women safe from the all-consuming pursuit of "pink viagra" - the tiny...
View ArticleThe First Gender Neutral Sex Toy
2346555300000578-2839739-The_company_built_prototype_after_becoming_frustrated_with_produ-4_1416388206648.jpgA Swedish company has launched the Transformer - the first gender neutral sex toy. It...
View ArticleIntercourse is Not Pleasant for Me
Dear Dr. Betty,I am a 27 year woman who has not had a lot of intercourse in her life- I am talking about penis-in-the-vagina type of intercourse. For a few years now I have been masturbating and (I...
View ArticleFemale Sexual Pleasure Mattered to the Victorians
prostitutes.jpgWe always think of the Victorians as total prudes who wore huge underwear but that wasn't exactly the case. According the historian Fern Ridell, pleasure was quite important especially...
View ArticleGirlfriend's Vagina Gets Ticklish During Sex
Dear Dr. Betty,I was a virgin before I met my current gf so I'm inexperienced when it comes to sex. We've been together close to 2 years now and regularly have sex. In the beginning I noticed she would...
View ArticleNaked From Below
1096470.jpgJenny Saville is known for painting large female nudes. For her latest series Closed Contact she did this self-portrait. Fashion photographer Glen Luchford took shots of Saville from below...
View ArticleShe Says It Tickles When I Stimulate Her Body
Video: It's probably an orgasm...she needs to meet the feeling and masturbate regularly.
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