In a post from Psychology Today, sex educator and therapist Niki Davis-Fainbloom explains how sexual fetishes develop. Some may come from repeated exposure to ordinary objects in contexts where they are connected with sexually alluring figures (classical Pavlovian conditioning), but often they emerge out of a single first-time sexual experience that is particularly exciting when […]
Consent Confusion, Male Shame, and the Sex Recession
The murky circumstances around the recent Cornell group sex scandal, which featured conflicting statements about consent from the victim and evidently false assumptions about the intoxicated victim’s availability to all from the young men, suggests to some the urgent need for more sex education about consent. But could the way consent education is already taught […]
More on the Orgasm Gap
Hard Copy reported a Swiss study regarding the orgasm gap between cisgender men and women in our last edition. A new Italian study looks at the same gap. Study author Cristina Civilotti of the University of Turin and her colleagues examined how often people experience orgasm and which factors are associated with it in a […]
Pro-Family Group Claims Religious Couples Have More Sex
A new report issued by the Christian conservative Institute of Family Studies aims to counter the common perception that religion and sexual satisfaction are antithetical. Drawing on data from both the General Social Survey and a survey the Institute itself administered to 3,125 married respondents aged 18 to 54, they found that 62% of those […]
Fuckboys on Speed Dial
A recent study in Sexuality and Culture by Dr. Carey M. Noland, Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, claims to be the first empirical examination of “roster” relationships. Rosters can be defined as forms of casual sexual relations in which one person maintains multiple simultaneous and non-committed (aka: “no strings […]
Sexual Pleasure and Menopause
Obviously, we at Hard Copy are sex-positive and believe everyone has the right to sex. And besides being fun, a healthy sex life is also good for your physical and mental health. Unfortunately, the symptoms of peri-menopause and menopause can make sex painful and the sex drive plummet for women experiencing those symptoms. With scientific […]
Exploring the Orgasm Gap
It has long been known that women do not experience orgasm as often as men do. A new study of 2,272 cisgender heterosexual Swiss and EU subjects (mostly female, well-educated, and under 30) delves into the subject and reveals some surprises. 56.3 % of the women and 94.2% of the men reported “frequent” orgasm when […]
Going Too Far with Sex Toys Can Put You in the Hospital
Thousands of Americans a year wind up in the hospital for misusing vibrators or dildoes. It is most often young men under 30 who have an object lodged so far up their rectum that it does not come out. Toys stuck in vaginas are less common. The resulting injuries can be serious enough that nearly […]
High-End Sex Ed for Adults
In Berkeley on Sept. 25 to Sept. 27, Slutcon, a sex education convention organized by the online sexographer Aella, will hold dozens of events facilitated by sex educators, sex workers, a philosopher, a doctor, a therapist and others. The ticket prices range from $3,000 to $18,000, based on the exclusivity and personalization desired by the […]
2026 Sex Census: Young Australians are More Traditional Than Boomers
The lifestyle website Body + Soul has published the results of their 2026 Sex Census, based on its survey of over 2000 sexually active Australian adults, asking about sexual positions they have tried (only 52% admit to having tried oral sex, 30% anal sex, 24% table-top sex, 33% sex while standing up) and favorite fantasies […]