Folk Wisdom: Is Her Straight Boyfriend Gay?

Dear Duana, My presumably straight boyfriend has not only browsed a ton of gay porn on the Internet, he’s also searched on many gay sex topics, focusing mostly on men + anal intercourse. What does it mean when a supposedly straight man watches gay porn…?

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Q&A From "Can Men And Women Really Be Just Friends?"

Wise Readers, As you pointed out, male-female Friendships come wrapped in Caution Tape…are they worth dealing with anyway? Are Boundaries one-size-fits-all? Are men construing every smile as a come-on? And how do people dance around all the Caution Tape? Wise Readers—what do *you* think? Cheers, Duana

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Can Men And Women Really Be Just Friends—and nothing more?

A guy friend of mine made a very hard pass at me. Was I asleep during the men-are-always-interested lecture? How do I make men understand friendship is *all* I want? Dear Anika, When Love Science readers answered informally, most women said Just Friendship is an option…but the #1 answer men gave referenced When Harry Met Sally—where Harry insists that even with unattractive women Friends, “You pretty much wanna nail them, too.” Who’s right—if anyone? Did we *all* miss the opposite sex’s lecture?

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Q&A from “S-E-X: Kids have questions, You’ve got answers”

Our article on Sex Talks received so much feedback, we now need headings for the Q&A topics. Here, a few: What if your kids want details of *your* sex life? What do you mean, kids don’t know what abstinence is?! What about the KY commercials? And explaining gay sex? Read on! Cheers, Duana

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SEX: Kids have questions—You’ve got answers

My husband and I want our kids, ages 5 through 11, to delay sex at least until college. But he thinks it’s too soon to talk, and that The Talk “just gives them permission”. I am hoping you’ll tell me whether, what, when, and how we tell our kids about S-E-X? Dear The Mom, As the t-shirt says, “You can’t scare me, I’ve got kids.” But you *can* scare us about our kids, especially when it comes to their burgeoning sexuality…

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