Tag: normal sex

Sex and relationship expert, Dr. Trina Read, is ready to answer your questions, but first, let's start with some stats.

The Kinsey Institute asked more than 6,000 men and women aged 14 to 85 extremely intimate questions about their sex life. Here are a few highlights from the study.

There is enormous variety in the average person’s sexual repertoires with more than 40 combinations of sexual activity.

The second you hang your shingle as a sexuality resource, the questions start coming. Just ask anybody who sells sex toys, makes condoms or lubricants, writes a sex blog or book, offers sex therapy, hosts a radio show on relationships… and they’ll tell you the questions won’t quit. In my 15+ years of experience as a sexuality educator, I’ve fielded a ton of questions from passengers on planes and trains, websites I’m an affiliated with, publications I write for, and students during class and office hours.

There are two camps when it comes to sex addiction: those who believe it’s a real affliction and those who don’t.

I’m in the "don’t" camp. Sexual addiction is, in my opinion, an easy and convenient label for a very complicated problem. As it stands, there is a lack of empirical evidence and scientific agreement on whether such a condition exists.

The trick to what makes up a sex addiction is defining what are "normal" sexual pursuits. An exercise in subjectivity, as every person has their own comfort level and preference: