Marnia's blog

Is VICTORIAN sex the key to a more passionate love life? (The Daily Mail)

Marnia's picture
Submitted by Marnia on

Is VICTORIAN sex the key to a more passionate love life? Controversial technique from the 19th century promises to improve any relationship

  • The practice of karezza encourages a focus on intimacy rather than orgasm 
  • The phrase, which is taken from the Italian word for 'caress', was coined by Chicago obstetrician and gynecologist Dr. Alice Bunker Stockham in 1896
  • By not having a 'finish line' couples will experience sexual energy for longer

Could this Victorian sex move revitalise your sex life?

Marnia's picture
Submitted by Marnia on

Sometimes in a relationship, sex can get a little stale.

It’s perfectly normal, but as a sex writer the number one question I get asked is ‘how do I get those first time feelings back?’ The honest truth is that you can’t. There’s no way of making things totally new again. But there are plenty of ways of making them deeper, more passionate and more exciting than ever before. And isn’t that just as good?

"The emergence of the 'pornosexual': internet users who shun sex with real people"

Marnia's picture
Submitted by Marnia on

[This may be of interest to some.]

A phenomenon dubbed "pornosexuality" has emerged where people prefer online porn to sex with real people, it has been claimed.

The term describes someone whose "sexual orientation is linked solely to porn", according to Medical Daily.

One self-identified pornosexual quoted by the website said: "If I had to choose to have one or the other for the rest of my life, I would choose porn over real sex any day."

Improvements in gender equality and decades of sex ed have not made women more orgasmic

Marnia's picture
Submitted by Marnia on
Interesting new study finds that - contrary to the sexology advice of the last decades - more masturbation and more partners do not increase women's ability to orgasm during partnered sex. How much do sexologists really understand about human sexuality/orgasm/sexual pleasure and their connections with wellbeing?

Pages