My mother died in September of 2020. She was 89 years old and more than ready to go, but it’s never easy to lose someone you love, even if they’ve lived a good, long life. To top it off, she absolutely loved Christmas, and Mom’s house was always overflowing with…
You don’t always get an option about who is in your life. Cranky co-workers and nagging aunts may be something that you’ll have to figure out how to navigate, but for the most part, you do have choices about who is in your world. And if you can’t take those…
One of the biggest hot-button issues in polyamory today is the question of couple privilege. This is when a couple, most often one who lives together, decides to enter into intimate relationships with other people but still keep their relationship as primary. Polyamorous partners who aren’t nesting (living together) or…
What is listed below are just a few of our favorite submissions from the past week. Be sure to check out all the wonderful offerings from our talented writers on the main Sensual page.
We’re extending the season of gratitude just a little. Between now and December 4, write an…
What is listed below are just a few of our favorite submissions from the past week. Be sure to check out all the wonderful offerings from our talented writers on the main Sensual page.
We’re extending the season of gratitude just a little. Between now and December 4, write an…
I was 21, newly graduated from college, and living with my parents while I figured how to get a job that would pay me enough to move out and find my own place. My parents were away for the weekend so my neighbor, whom I’d been friends with since middle…
Is sexual monogamy natural? Are men just naturally reluctant to express vulnerable emotions? Are humans, particularly men, naturally warlike and violent? These are just of few of the things that, because they are common, many people believe to be natural.
But the answer to all of these questions is No…
As always, what is listed below are just a few of our favorite submissions from the past week. Be sure to check out all the wonderful offerings from our talented writers on the main Sensual page.
But before we get to that, here are a few additional announcements:
Paul Kivel conceptualized the “Act Like a Man Box” in the early 1980’s, by asking high school boys what the rules were for being a man. It turned out the rules were pretty straightforward. …
According to the Intersex Society of North America, the total number of people whose bodies differ from standard male or female is one in 100 births. About one in every 1500 babies requires a sex differentiation specialist to be brought in to make a determination, but subtler forms of sex…
