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- February 2, 2026
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New Study: Male Sexual Desire Peaks in Middle Age

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A recent article in Scientific Reports utilizes detailed data from over 67,000 individuals in the Estonian Biobank to determine which demographic characteristics correlate with greater sexual desire in both men and women. Men reported higher sexual desire than women across most ages. Despite common perceptions that men are horniest when young, male desire actually appears […]

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- January 15, 2026
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No Ifs, Ands, or Buttplugs!

Bonjibon co-founders Grace Bennett and Katie Aitken (Photo Credit: Peter C Tai)

Bonjibon is an online sex toy business based in Toronto, Canada. It was recently warned by the US Department of War not to send “pornographic items” to the US military base in the Kingdom of Bahrain, where they are illegal. A package containing a butt plug and bullet vibrator, detected by Bahrain Customs, was returned […]

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- January 15, 2026
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Sex Lives of the Disabled

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The new play, (We indulge in ) a bit of roll play, will have an exclusive run at Tramway in Glasgow, Scotland. Produced by Birds of Paradise Theatre Company, the play is designed to provoke frank discussions around sex and disability to counter narratives around disabled people needing charity or pity, and instead show lives that […]

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- January 15, 2026
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Cataract Surgery for Better Sex

Self-portrait by Émilie Charmy (Credit: Galerie Bernard Bouche, Paris /Photo Credit: Studio GIBERT)

A study of 66 Turkish women in their 40s and 50s published in BMC Public Health showed that cataract surgery led to a significant improvement in their sexual desire, lubrication, and self-reported satisfaction (up around 17%); arousal and ability to reach orgasm improved by about a third, and feelings of pain or discomfort during sex […]

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- January 1, 2026
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The Kink Community Responds to BDSM Depiction in Pillion

Credit: Alexandar Skarsgard and Harry Melling in Pillion (Picturehouse Entertainment)

The new film, Pillion, which Hard Copy reported on last June, is starting to receive positive reviews. The film tells the story of the relationship between Colin, a timid man, who is swept off his feet by Ray, an enigmatic and impossibly handsome biker. Ray, a dom, takes Colin on as his submissive. After opening […]

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- January 1, 2026
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2025 Year in Review and Trends for 2026

With the end of the year comes lists of trends from the past year and trends for the upcoming year. Grindr has provided an extensive overview of the trends and “best of” for 2025 in Grindr Unwrapped 2025. Favorite stats include most searched profile tag (“hung”), country sending most nudes (Finland), most proclaimed “daddies” (USA). […]

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- January 1, 2026
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Less Sex, More Divorce, and Other 2025 Intimacy Trends

Avi Wolfman-Arent and Cherri Gregg, hosts of Studio 2, a podcast on WHYY-FM out of Philadelphia, discuss sex and romance trends with guests: Debby, Lauren Harris, and Andrew Hatherley. In this episode they talk about the sex recession and why later-life divorce is trending upward. The sex recession is seeing less partnered sex and less […]

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- January 1, 2026
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AI Dating Café Opens in NYC

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EVA AI opens in New York City this month, a physical location with romantic lighting where lonely people can choose a table with an illuminated phone screen showing different AI companions with whom they can pretend to have a date. While this venue could help the socially awkward feel more comfortable being seen in a […]

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- December 15, 2025
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Highlights from Pornhub’s 2025 Report

Pornhub’s annual report yields valuable insight into evolving sexual interests of men and women (who are 38% of Pornhub’s audience), gay and straight, different generations, countries, and US states. Perhaps most remarkable is the rise in appreciation of mature women, now the third most viewed category by men; “MILF” is the second most searched term, […]

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- December 15, 2025
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Pencil Me the Fuck In!

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Is there a world in which scheduling sex is sexy? A new study by researchers from York University in Ontario, Canada has found that doing so can actually lead to more sex, as well as less obligatory sex, reducing sexual subjects’ overall relationship anxiety. The study consisted of more than 500 participants from Canada, the […]

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