Even when we’re supposedly the ones being pleased, we still feel our duty is first and foremost to please our partners. About a year ago, I ran into a guy I’d been on two dates with at a Metric concert. I’d declined the third date because I wasn’t really feeling it, but that night I […]
Understanding our sexuality is a life-long journey. “Mom, what’s sex?” “We aren’t talking about that. Ever.” And so began my halting journey into sexual education. I started asking questions when I was 8. My mother refused to talk about it. My school told me abstinence was the best option and glossed over condoms. No one […]
When a man says “I like going down on a woman,” there’s very often a subtext of “Doesn’t that make me awesome?” We’re starting to talk more about giving equal weight to women’s pleasure in man/woman sexual encounters, and that’s awesome. As a woman, you’d think I’d be all for focusing more on women’s pleasure in sex. […]
