In the eternal debate over hookup culture and how it affects our well-being, we all heard the argument or the cited studies that casual sex or sex outside a relationship is a psychological detriment and. Well, it turns out that studies on casual sex have tended to exclude people who, well, actually really enjoy…

A major setback for smarmy dudes who like to brag about the length of their erect cocks: Ladies prefer girth, rather than sheer inches. Sorry, smarmy dudes.

Per to the New York Times, Lulu is the hot new app that all ladies should be downloading. Yes, we're aware — but this is a good time to remember that when it comes to the tech world, the golden goose is apparently creating a dating app that women want to use.

The UK-based dating site Shag at Uni isn't just your regular dating site; according to their homepage, it's sexier version of the site Date at Uni, one that aims to "offer a space for students to get laid any night of the week and not have any of the strings attached with dating." In order to celebrate this…

Yes, it's harder for women to have an orgasm with a partner they don't know well, if at all, according to ample evidence provided by the New York Times' Natalie Kitroeff. Color me shocked, perhaps with some Nars Orgasm and/or G-Spot blush.

Pseudonymous GQ sex columnist Siobhan Rosen, herself A Lady, just penned The Gentleman’s Guide to a One-Night Stand, which, while covering some doy-level basic rules for guys (Use protection! Don’t get so drunk that your parts don't work!) assumes that there are certain things that Ladies—as an amorphous, tank-topped…

Hookup culture is "a girl giving and a guy receiving"? We don't think so.

Research, articles, ubiquitous workshops on the female orgasm all speak to the "orgasm gap," the relative difficulty among women, compared to men, in achieving climax. And research, and articles and let's be honest, personal experience all speak to the prevalence of casual sex. But what does casual sex mean, given…

My first sexual relationship was an affair, and I was the mistress. Perhaps I developed a taste for it, or it's just the blueprint that I started out with, but for me, one of the most appealing aspects of an affair is its casual nature. The subtext is not to fall in love or become too attached. This is a difficult…

Dating apps for mobile devices — your modern-day whozits and whatzits galore — are replicating faster than that super alpha bird flu from Contagion, which means that news outlets have a journalistic obligation to chronicle the latest dating trend, as well as tiptoe around the apparently indelicate issue of casual sex.

A new study shows that having sex may actually reduce teenage misbehavior — but only if teens are in relationships.

Did someone try to talk about young women's sexual politics without getting Caitlin Flanagan on board to showily weep for their bruised morality? Worry not, here she is concern-trolling Karen Owen — and distorting my interview with her.

A new study finds that — shocker — people who have casual hookups aren't destroying their chance of long-term relationship. But that hasn't stopped the slut police.

We've become accustomed to hearing about how "hook up culture" is ruining kids today. But a new study shows that casual sex - wait for it - is totally OK. And not necessarily bad for your mental health.

Few ex-boyfriends appreciate the primacy of laziness on the decision whether or not to sleep with them again. "Emily" and "Brian" were two old flames in the laziest stretch of most educated Americans' post-infant lives: Christmas break home from college.

Imagine the last person you'd ever want to see writing a sex and relationships blog for twenty-something women. Is that individual hook-up propagandist and befuddled old person Laura Sessions Stepp? Then it's your unlucky day.

Tracy Clark-Flory has an interesting piece on Salon today responding to the rash of pro-abstinence books hitting the bookshelves this summer. She defends what she calls her casual sex life against the hordes of abstinence-advocates who say you won't ever get a boyfriend if you sleep with men on the first date (in…