I've already told you why guys who don't want head are a dealbreaker for me, but what about guys who just aren't into sex? Yes, they exist. Anyone who tells you otherwise—that all men are 24/7 sex fiends—is either lying or has just been lucky enough not to meet the kind of guy I'm talking about: the sexless guy.I've dated several guys who, from what I can tell, have a take it or leave it attitude toward sex, with an emphasis on leaving it. Why, you may ask, did I, someone who writes about sex almost every day, wind up … Read More

Counting down the days until the Twilight premiere?

I am, too, and I'm enjoying all the media attention the books and movie are getting.

But a recent Gawker post about the Stephenie Meyer series ticked me off.  In "Vampire Chastity Belts: Anticipation for Sex That Never Comes is the Highlight of Twilight," blogger Alex Carnavale complains that the lack of sex in the book series is unrealistic, especially since the two main characters pine over each other for hundreds and hundreds and hundres of pages. Given the fact that Meyer is a Mormon, Carnavale seems concerned her … Read More

Fancy a shag with Dave Eggers, Diablo Cody or David Sedaris? Better check the Guardian's list of Top Ten Literary Virgins first!

Yes, some of the great writers of Western civilization lived most or all of their lives sans carnal knowledge -- including romantic scribe Jane Austen. The Guardian writes:

Despite the "quite a bit of sex" smeared on [Jane Austen's] life and work by the biopic Becoming Jane and virtually all the recent screen adaptations (notably the obnoxious Mansfield Park), the author of Pride and Prejudice (invariably voted best ever English novel) died intacta. All six of her major … Read More

There's no easy way to sugarcoat this, so we'll just say it: British men don't like sex. At least that's what an article in the Daily Mail is intimating. Evidently, relationship counselors have seen a serious spike in English dudes that have 'gone off' sex. They used to have an empire to run, we wonder what the excuse is now.

There are 2 main theories as to why this is happening, stressful working conditions and widespread depression. We're guessing that things were probably slightly more depressing in Dickens' era and Widespread Depression would be a good name for … Read More

Domo arigato… fer nuttin! According to a few surveys here and there, it looks like Japan is the world’s least sexy country. Or perhaps the world’s least sex-having country. Their birth rate is among the lowest in the world and it’s being blamed on the low frequency of intercourse. According to a study by the World Health Organization (WHO? The World Health Organization, we thought you knew), 25% of married Japanese couples have not had sex in the last year. And apparently, it gets worse as they get older (which stands to reason).

We read somewhere that the Japanese preproduction … Read More

You may have read Genevieve’s recent “sexless marriage” post; cnn.com has run a pretty thorough companion piece worth mentioning. The basis for their “Surprising Reasons You’re Not Having Sex” article is this stat:

“Women today have less time for sex than their 1950s counterparts. And it's estimated that 40 million Americans have what experts call a sexless marriage (having sex less than 10 times a year).”

Okay, that does not sound good. Check out the article for common problems, such as body-image issues (duh), to not-so-common, like you’re bedroom’s way too boring (huh).