Sex Swings: A Kink-Curious Guide to Elevated Pleasure
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Sex Swings: A Kink-Curious Guide to Elevated Pleasure

For anyone who’s curious about kink but not ready to jump headfirst into ropes, cuffs, or dungeon furniture, a sex swing is an intriguing middle ground and the first step toward exploring elements of bondage or suspension in a playful, approachable way. A swing doesn’t need to feel intimidating: think of it as furniture that just happens to elevate both your body and your pleasure.

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Turning Words Into Foreplay: How Writing Can Rewrite Desire
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Turning Words Into Foreplay: How Writing Can Rewrite Desire

Every long-term relationship hits a point where sex can feel… predictable. It doesn’t mean the love is gone or the chemistry is broken, it just means the usual rhythms no longer shock your nervous system. The good news? You don’t have to reinvent yourself to bring back the heat. You just need to pick up a pen or your phone.

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The Case for Sexual Abundance
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The Case for Sexual Abundance

Scroll through dating TikTok or Reddit threads about sex and you’ll see the same mood: doom. This pessimism has a name: sexual fatalism, the sense that casual encounters are destined to disappoint, that risks outweigh rewards, and that satisfaction belongs only to the lucky few. But what if this story is incomplete? Maybe the real crisis isn’t a lack of adventurous partners but the lens we use to approach sex. That’s where sexual abundance comes in.

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Nathan Lents on the Evolutionary Lessons of Sex and Gender Diversity
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Nathan Lents on the Evolutionary Lessons of Sex and Gender Diversity

Nathan Lents, a professor of biology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, has devoted nearly 15 years to teaching a course on the biology of sex and gender. Those classroom discussions accumulated into his new book, The Sexual Evolution: How 500 Million Years of Sex, Gender, and Mating Shape Modern Relationships. In it, he argues that diversity is not an exception in the animal kingdom but a rule, and that accepting this truth reshapes both biology and culture.

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