Writing about my childhood has been healing. It forces me to dig deep and contextualize my past. Once I hit that "publish" button, I feel liberated like it's all behind me. Last night I had a...
Hi,
I've been very worried lately. About two or three weeks ago, a guy stimulated " fingered me" but before any of that, I have shaved and, after he did it the next day and day after. I shaved...
There have been times in the comment sections here that people have made broad statements about Christians being uniformly sex negative and blindly promoting abstinence-only sex education. When I see...
Hi Betty,
Last year my ex and I were both diagnosed with HSV-1. At the time we were not exclusive and he had just split up with his girlfriend. We tried to make things work between us, as this was an...
It’s finally come to pass. I might actually have an opportunity to have sex – with someone I like – who may end up being someone I keep. This, she says, after one date.
With advancing age comes the...
Hi Betty,
I have been having sex with a male partner for a month or so. I have some questions about safer sex practices. I have found that the best way for me to orgasm is when he rubs the tip of...
Dr. Betty,
I hope you are in good spirits, as you're reading this.
I have met a potential sexual partner, who revealed to me on our first coffee date that he has herpes, and is on daily antivirals....
February 12th marked the beginning of Sexual and Reproductive Health Week; this year’s campaign is Not Everything has to go Viral.
I attended a nursing conference last week that focused on...
I wrote to you a while ago asking you why you thought I was afraid of sex/men, and whether it had anything to do with the pain I'd experienced for years as a result of having a thick hymen, or...
Hi Dr. Betty,
First off (and I know you've heard this from me a million times before): love the site, love the work you are doing, and you are absolutely my #1 sex guru forever. I turn to you again...
My college roommate was dead at 19. So was David. Eric was dead by age 17. Some nights Eric worked till daybreak as a hooker on the Westside piers and then stumbled directly into class. He and I...
I don't know what I love best - the thong guitar, the dancing nipples, the bouncing ball sacs or the shooting penises. This ad by the French Aids support organization is brilliant:
We've heard on the male erectile function drug advertisements on how you should check with your doctor to see if you are healthy enough for sexual activity. We've also heard the urban and not-so-...
The last time I was getting my STD testing done, I asked the doctor if she'd heard recently of drug-resistent forms of gonorrhea or chlamydia. I'd already heard about drug-resistent syphillis...