Violet’s storyline reminds us how women over 40 deserve representation as sexually empowered agents – worthy of being seen and valued.
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Sabrina Carpenter’s Man’s Best Friend album cover has fans divided. Where does irony end and objectification begin?
The stigma around anal sex is damaging for women – and diminishes their sexual autonomy
Sadly, the sexual desire of women over 50 is often unrepresented, misrepresented, and shown as comedic in culture – the new Australian film depicts a different reality.
Women’s solo sex can be taboo even today. But in 17th century England it featured in many texts from poetry to medical books, suggesting knowledge or even acceptance of female self-pleasure.
A recent study found that one in three college-aged women prioritized their male partner’s sexual pleasure over their own. Here’s how that might lead to difficulties in saying no.
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