Sex-free bliss? By Stephen G. Bloom
Depressed people often have to choose between drug-induced happiness and sexual fulfillment. (05/17/00)

Memoir of the Spanish Civil War By Laurie Lee
A moment of passion before she left to become a soldier: An excerpt from "Erogenous Zones: An Anthology of Sex Abroad." (05/13/00)

The tantric moviegoer By Ray Sawhill
New media has hurt sex on film, but there are ways to watch movies in an erotic frame of mind. Second of two parts. (05/10/00)

Movies in heat By Ray Sawhill
Films used to erotically seduce us; now they tend to sedate instead. Part 1 of two parts. (05/09/00)

"Digital Diaries" By David Bowman
Natacha Merritt's photographs of herself giving head are a high-tech display of sexual narcissism. (05/06/00)

Snacking By Dylan Edwards
If only women would trust men's genuine desire to give oral sex, instead of presuming it's all about intercourse. (05/02/00)

Going upstream By Roland Wall
It was lovemaking with the landscape. (04/25/00)

Make talk, not love By David Bowman
David Allyn talks about his history of the sexual revolution, in which he says talking about sex is sexier than sex. (04/22/00)

America's greatest sexologist By Daniel Harris
A new biography of Alfred C. Kinsey shows he not only studied many forms of sexual behavior, he experimented with them as well. (04/15/00)

Facts of life By Stephen G. Bloom
One wonderful, confusing, sweaty summer in Miami, I got my first lessons about sex from my pal, my dad and a Jersey girl. (04/11/00)

The man who made gays macho By Michael Alvear
A new book about artist Tom of Finland says the artist was the first to show homosexual masculinity. (04/08/00)

The conversation By Jenn Shreve
There comes a time in every relationship when I've got to talk about my rape. (03/28/00)

Stop raping my loved ones By Andrew Strickman
Dating a victim of sexual assault means learning, awfully, how rape touches everyone. (03/28/00)

Sling shot By Suzi Parker
My sexologist date put me in a leather sling, in the hopes of inducing the elusive female ejaculation. (03/25/00)

The voices in my head By Cary Tennis
The therapist, my wife and the woman with her legs in the air. (03/18/00)

The father of modern fetishism By Denise Dowling
Illustrator John Willie elevated spanking and bondage to erotic distinction. (03/11/00)

Sinnin' and Fornicatin' By Suzi Parker
Sex is so much sweeter when the preacher is damning you to hell. (03/04/00)

I like 'em short By Julie Manis
What short men lack in height, they make up for in might. (02/29/00)

Future sex By Stephen Lemons
For proud owners of a $5,000 Realdoll, she's always ready when you're ready. But it takes a special kind of man to get ready for a hunk of silicone with three holes. (02/26/00)

Brit's-eye view By Cathy Young
The specter of American gender extremism is making ripples across the Atlantic. (02/19/00)

Strangers in the night By Christine Schoefer
Europeans have such a flair for flirting that it must be transmitted via breast milk. Why don't Americans get it? (02/15/00)

Love is just a moment By Cathy Young
Forget about finding Mr. Right. Finding oneself is more exciting than romance. These celebrated feminists sound more like hosts of "The View" than sisters of the struggle. (02/05/00)

Pimpin' is hard work By Denise Dowling
Managers of the flesh compete for pimp of the year. It's like the Academy Awards: If you win, you get more girls and your light be able to shine. (01/29/00)

Video loopy By Gabrielle Walter
For a shy gal with secret fantasies, that strange little room in the video store can open some doors. (01/22/00)

Maxed out By Evan Wright
Max Hardcore and other XXX pornographers awakened something dark in me. Or perhaps it was already there. (01/18/00)

Whip me, spank me, gentrify me By Annalee Newitz
A strange new romance is brewing between bourgeois taste and S/M styles. (01/15/00)

Soaplands and love hotelsBy Roland Kelts
Weaving kitsch, honesty and lather, sex in Japan is as complex as the country itself. (01/08/00)

Best sex of the millennium! Submission! By Urge readers
Some still reeling, readers share their best sexual experiences of the millennium. (01/04/00)

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