My boyfriend, like every other straight dude alive, really wants to have a threesome with another girl. I’m not entirely against the idea but I’m a little worried about the risks involved. What do you think I should do? Is this a good idea or a really bad one?
The only way that you’ll find out whether a threesome is a good idea or not is to—like everyone’s favorite child-abusing sweatshop says—just do it. University is the perfect time for this kind of experimentation; you aren’t the first undergrad to play …

I come from a redneck family. I just asked this girl I really like out and she said no. I think it’s because she believes that I am this tough bastard. What can I do?
Stop acting like a tough bastard. A certain amount of being rough around the edges can be attractive – women and gay men can attest to the smoking hotness of a cowboy a la Heath Ledger (RIP) or Jake Gyllenhaal – but just like Mr. Ledger’s character, too much of the tough-guy act can leave you …

It is painstakingly difficult to say anything about Valentine’s Day that isn’t clichéd. Either it’s drippy romantic gestures akin to the gurgling noises people like to make in front of babies, or it’s the opposite end of the spectrum: cynicism. Go ahead, be really original—point out that it’s all engineered by Hallmark and scoff at those gooey couples playing into the commercial scheme like puppets. Yeah, we’ve heard it all before, whether it’s the engagement ring at the bottom of the champagne glass or the sarcasm found in the dregs …

After last week’s slightly disconcerting discussion on monkey sex, I was going to follow up with a more focused piece of advice for the orgasm-deficient. Then I realized that a) I already wrote one of those columns last semester and b) I can be incredibly concise on the subject. Thus, the short version:
Mainstream culture represses female sexuality (among other things). We would like this to be different, of course, but if you’re gonna wait for the death of sexism to un-inhibit yourself, you’re gonna miss out on good sex. However, …

82% of women who responded to the Meliorist poll a couple weeks ago said that they have had trouble reaching orgasm. That, I think we all can agree, sucks. In the interest of deconstructing this conundrum, I did some research, and I think it prudent to start at the beginning, rather than jumping right into the thick of it. Enemy to our cause: the historical paucity of sexology research for women. The field is, and remains, largely male dominated. Fortunately for us, however, in recent years, there has been a …