Read my article in Volonte about sex and love during Covid.
How can I meet someone new and fall in love? Is it even possible these days?
What if you can’t be physically together? What to do to keep it interesting during time apart?
Ways to connect with your partner whilst separated during...
If you have ever been interested in exactly how open relationships work or why casual sex isn't something to be ashamed of, this episode of True Sex and Wild Love podcast episode #26 is a must listen. Dr. Zhana Vrangalova is a developmental psychologist, sex researcher, and a human sexuality NYU...
Every time Dr. Zhana teaches about almost any topic, someone asks a question about squirting, often referred to as female ejaculation. It seems like squirting is having a moment right now, with everyone and their mother wanting to know if all vagina-owners can squirt, what the ejaculate is made...
In episode Dr. Zhana and Joe talk to Dr. Amy C. Moors about her research on non-monogamy!
Listen to the Science of Sex Podcast Episode 35 HERE.
Non-monogamy often gets a bad rep in our society, but also in academia. A lot of research conducted on polyamory has been biased, showing...
Episode #3 of the Science of Sex podcast is up! Remember my recent Forbes article about the study that found that non-monogamous men’s brains responded differently to romantic images than monogamous men’s? This week, Joe Pardavila and I talk with Dr. Lisa Dawn...
Threesomes get held up as the typical male fantasy fairly often in media. But, what does the research suggest about who actually shares this fantasy, and how many people are actually having threesomes?
Luckily, a new study just came out about this exact topic (and more!):
With a new ...
Are some people “wired” for nonmonogamy? Do nonmonogamous people’s brains work differently from monogamous people’s?
A new study has studied brain responses to men viewing sexual, romantic, and neutral images and found that there are some differences in how monogamous vs...
Check out the New Yorker’s piece, Casual Sex: Everyone Is Doing It, to find out more about my research project The Casual Sex Project, what it does, and how I got started on it!
How do you go about the business of obtaining and providing enthusiastic consent in real-life sexual encounters? This week, I wrote an article about sexual consent piece on for a Teen Vogue campaign, Not Your Fault, that aims to educate people about the...
As polyamory and other open relationships options become more visible, more and more people are wondering if that could be the right choice for them. And for a good reason: Poly is really not for everyone (nothing sexual ever is, really): It’s socially stigmatized, emotionally...
A guy once told me he’d rather get hit by a car than get oral herpes. Thinking rationally, that makes absolutely no sense. A car hit can kill you or permanently injure you, affecting dramatically your quality of life. Oral herpes–the virus that causes cold sores on the...
Casual sex has long been portrayed as a societal sin. watch my TedX talk as I weigh in on the topic.