On May 26, 2026, Pornhub launched Pornhub Sapphic, a new platform created especially for women. Pornhub Sapphic will be “built for the female gaze,” according to a press release shared with Mashable, and designed for WLW (women loving women) audiences. The ads that appear on the site will be targeted toward women instead of the […]
Ginger root has traditionally been considered an aphrodisiac in Chinese culture. A study by Chinese researchers just published in the International Journal of Sexual Health finds that daily ingestion of ginger supplements has a mildly positive effect on women’s sexual receptivity by reducing feelings of nausea. It improved reaction times for arousal and stimulation short-term, […]
Despite its reputation as a favored destination for both gay and straight sex tourism, due to its permissive attitudes toward sex work and homosexuality, Thailand is in many ways still a socially conservative culture where nudity is considered shameful and taboo. Randy Western tourists, unaware of Thai customs, have in several recent high-profile cases offended […]
China produces over 70% of the world’s sex toys, so it is not surprising that the Adult Products International trade fair opened in Shanghai in April. Chinese firms are inventing new ways of integrating AI with sex toys, creating the new field of “teledildonics.” Vibrator pulses and suction pumps can adapt their intensity in response […]
A study of profiles composed by middle-aged gay and bi-sexual men in Spain who used the hook-up app Scruff reveals that those who characterize themselves in feminine terms use rhetoric implying passivity and openness to degrading or even violent treatment. It correspondingly found that dominant partners express a desire to treat other men this way. […]
Karex, which produces about five billion condoms a year, has warned they will be raising prices by up to 30% because of supply chain disruptions caused by the chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz. The company blamed the war for the rising cost of the raw materials needed to produce condoms, including nitrile and synthetic […]
Labour MP Sarah Niblett has won parliamentary debate time next Fall for her proposal to fund lifelong adult sex education, with the goal of fostering better understanding of consent, abuse, toxic masculinity, and how childbirth, menopause, and medical conditions can affect sexual pleasure. In anticipation of that debate, she has announced a campaign for a […]
Direct from an official press release from the country’s government website: “Building on the Government’s work to tackle violence against women and girls, pornography depicting illegal sexual conduct between family members and adults roleplaying as children will be criminalised.” This legislation is one of several recently proposed pornography bans by the government, including the criminalisation of material depicting choking that we’ve been following here at Hard […]
AI seems to be taking up space everywhere these days. Hard Copy has reported on an AI dating café and now people are reporting “dating” AI companions. So, can it be the solution to the loneliness epidemic or does it isolate us more? In a couples counselling session, celebrity therapist Ester Perel speaks with a […]
You’ve heard of the little blue pill, but have you heard of the little pink pill? Although there are currently 26 drugs approved to address sexual dysfunction in men, only one drug has been approved to address the issue in women. A new documentary, The Pink Pill, looks at the struggle to get the female […]
