This month I am focusing on the controversy around sexual addiction. In the psychotherapy field the debate is whether or not this is really an "addiction". Raising the conversation to a new level is clinical psychologist David Ley whose upcoming book "The Myth of Sex Addiction" is being released soon, click here. There is also a [...]
Joe Kort, Ph,D, writes for Attitude Magazine in the UK Dear Attitude, I have always had an active sex life. Throughout my 20's, I was proud never to end an evening without having picked someone up. Apps such as Grindr have only made this easier, but I find myself continually scouring the internet for any encounter [...]
Dear Attitude, I'm in a long-term relationship with a man I'm absolutely crazy about but I have a problem in that I keep cheating on him. I never mean to do it and always feel dreadful afterwards. I always vow I'll never play away again, so I've never told my partner. I'm terrified of hurting him [...]
Dear Attitude, I’d really like to find a boyfriend but I’m not into having guys go down on me. I know it’s kind of weird but I just don’t like it. Every man I’ve ever had sex with seems to want that more than anything else and I have started to feel insecure about it. I [...]
Adam 'Beresford EXPLORES THE STORIES OF FOUR COUPLES WHO MADE THE LEAP FROM RELATIONSHIP TO FRIENDSHIP. HE STARTS WITH HIS OWN STORY Andy Gordon and Adam Beresford, both 35, London Matt Tilley, 42, Perth, Western Australia The Bad Idea Bears are, on the surface, just two adorable little teddy bears. Princeton, the main character in the [...]
Dear Attitude, I am 18 and recently plucked up the courage to tell my best friend that I'm gay. She was completely fine with it, but I'm not entirely sure how to tell some other people, who I know are homophobic. I'm going to university in September. I have never had a boyfriend or any sexual [...]
In the privacy of their own bedrooms, lesbians are watching gay male porn videos, surfing gay porn web sites and looking at gay porn magazines. This is true! When a lesbian friend first disclosed her love of gay porn to me, I thought she was a rare exception, but over the years, more and more lesbian [...]
For every female who exhibits this disorder, there are 20 males who do, so most of this discussion will revolve around men. A fetish is defined as erotic or sexual significance being projected onto some (ordinarily!) nonsexual inanimate object. Targets of fetishists' desire can include shoes, stockings, jockstraps, underwear and practically anything not typically considered to [...]
Gay men and Open Relationships Dear Attitude, I was having sex with my boyfriend one night when he drunkenly suggested getting a third party in for a threesome – and I went bananas. I’ve always made it clear that I would never, ever consider it. I know that it often splits relationships up, and I just [...]
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