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How to Choose a Birth Control Method That Fits Your Life42.8 million US women use birth control, but the most popular method isn't the most effective. Compare your options and find one that fits your real life.
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Can You Get an STI From Oral Sex? The Real Risk for Each OneYes, you can get several STIs from oral sex, often with no symptoms. HIV is the rare exception. Here's the per-infection risk, both directions.
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How Often Should You Get Tested for STIs? By SituationMost STIs cause no symptoms, so feeling fine tells you nothing. How often to test depends on your situation: the CDC schedule, plus window periods.
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Sex Ed You Missed: How Consent Actually WorksConsent is more than a single yes. Here's how consent actually works — the 5 elements, why "no means no" falls short, and what 33% of men still get wrong.
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What Is Arousal Non-Concordance? When Mind & Body DisagreeArousal non-concordance is when physical arousal doesn't match mental arousal. Genital response overlaps subjective arousal just 26% in women, 66% in men.
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Masturbation Myths: What's True and What's NotMasturbation doesn't cause blindness, infertility, or hairy palms — but one myth holds a grain of truth. 9 myths settled with research.
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The Menstrual Cycle and Libido: What's Actually HappeningYes, desire rises near ovulation, but estradiol and progesterone drive it, not testosterone. Across 26,000 diary entries, here's what the research shows.
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What Is the Refractory Period? How Long It Lasts & WhyThe refractory period is the recovery time after orgasm, lasting minutes to 24+ hours and lengthening with age. Here's the science, and why it's normal.
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