Salon -- After Dark

My favorite john: My very own “Pretty Woman”

Hector was a handsome Argentine. I was the male escort he hired. What happened next surprised us both

Rusty McMann Tuesday, Apr 17, 2012 3:59 AM UTC
Life LGBT, My Favorite John

“Troubling” fantasies

"Am I Normal?": A woman worries about only being able to orgasm alone while fantasizing about gay male sex

Tracy Clark-Flory Friday, Apr 13, 2012 12:00 AM UTC 27
Life Salon -- After Dark

Rebel girls

Being an openly bisexual teen in my small town wasn't easy. But I had a great role model: My mom

Melissa Febos Tuesday, Apr 10, 2012 3:59 AM UTC
Life Salon -- After Dark, Sex, LGBT

I want to explore

"Am I Normal": A married reader is unsatisfied with his sex life and feels the itch to stray

Tracy Clark-Flory Friday, Apr 6, 2012 12:00 AM UTC 62
Life Salon -- After Dark

Is everyone doing that?

"Am I Normal?": A reader asks if he's weird for not wanting to give his girlfriend a "facial"

Tracy Clark-Flory Friday, Mar 30, 2012 12:00 AM UTC 33
Life Am I Normal?

Rest stop confidential

Across America, countless men are meeting up for sex in highway bathrooms. I'm one of them. Here's why

Conner Habib Thursday, Mar 29, 2012 3:59 AM UTC 173
Life Salon -- After Dark, Sex

Working the coregasm

New science sheds light on the unexpected pleasure that some women feel during exercise

Lucy McKeon Tuesday, Mar 27, 2012 3:59 AM UTC
Life Salon -- After Dark, Sex

Boys like me

It took traveling halfway across the globe to meet a gay male. And to realize I was one, too

Sam Biederman Saturday, Mar 24, 2012 3:59 AM UTC 29
Life Salon -- After Dark, LGBT

Sex after sexual abuse

"Am I Normal?": She was assaulted in a past relationship. Now she wants to know how to find pleasure again

Tracy Clark-Flory Friday, Mar 23, 2012 12:00 AM UTC
Life Salon -- After Dark

Sex, lies and the boomerang generation

More and more young adults are moving back home after college -- and it's hurting their sex lives

Max Rivlin-Nadler Thursday, Mar 22, 2012 3:59 AM UTC 63
Life Salon -- After Dark, Parenting

“Are you on the cover of a magazine?”

During a trip to the bookstore, my mom wandered into the gay section -- and saw my face

As told to Salon by Samuel Colt Tuesday, Mar 20, 2012 3:59 AM UTC 29
Life Salon -- After Dark

Vibe to it

Most guys are ashamed to talk about using sex toys in the bedroom. I can tell you from experience -- it's brilliant

Joe Blair Saturday, Mar 17, 2012 3:59 AM UTC 33
Life Coupling, Salon -- After Dark

Sex after a stroke

"Am I Normal?": A woman whose husband is recovering from a brain hemorrhage wants to reignite their love life

Tracy Clark-Flory Friday, Mar 16, 2012 12:00 AM UTC
Life Salon -- After Dark

After the climax

New science offers tantalizing insights into the meaning of what we do post-sex, from sleeping to cuddling

Katie Ryder Thursday, Mar 15, 2012 3:59 AM UTC 12
Life Salon -- After Dark, Sex

The male sex toy revolution

As high-end brands make sleeker, sexier products, attitudes toward men's solo pleasure products are slowly changing

Tracy Clark-Flory Wednesday, Mar 14, 2012 12:00 AM UTC 66
Life Salon -- After Dark, Sex

Awkward in groups

I went to the orgy hoping to hook up with other guys my age. Instead I found old men -- and an endless poker game

Matthew Lawrence Tuesday, Mar 13, 2012 3:59 AM UTC 21
Life Salon -- After Dark, Sex

I date much younger men

"Am I Normal?": A 50-year-old woman feels "guilty" about her exclusive taste for guys between the ages of 19 and 35

Tracy Clark-Flory Friday, Mar 9, 2012 1:00 AM UTC 77
Life Salon -- After Dark

Baby talk

I'm a seasoned sex writer, but when a lover asked me to play his "mommy," I was stunned -- and pleasantly surprised

Rachel Kramer Bussel Wednesday, Mar 7, 2012 6:30 AM UTC 30
Life BDSM, Coupling

Cruising the street view

A blog uses the Google maps function to scope out cute guys. Is it fun, art -- or a creepy invasion of privacy? SLIDE SHOW

Lucy McKeon Wednesday, Mar 7, 2012 4:59 AM UTC 47
Life Salon -- After Dark

The Sugar Daddy recession

The economic downturn has forced some women into arrangements with unsavory men, and made desperation into a fetish

Laurie Penny Tuesday, Mar 6, 2012 4:59 AM UTC 62
Life Salon -- After Dark, Sex

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