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Consummation

Judging by the booming numbers attending parties such as tonight's - Killing Kittens alone boasts 6,500 members, 70 per cent of whom are women - we are witnessing something of a sexual revolution, or at the very least, a new age of female sexual assertiveness.

Consummation: A very peculiar practice

The act of sex is as likely to be ridiculous as sublime. Hannah Betts considers the paradox of consummation
From The Independent's guide to Love and Sex, free glossy mag tomorrow with the print edition

Inside Consummation

'Daily sex for week boosts conception chance'

Tuesday, 30 June 2009

Daily sex keeps a man's sperm spry and is recommended for couples wanting a baby, research has shown.

Female ejaculation: Does it exist?

Friday, 29 May 2009

Our sex columnist Catherine Townsend looks at the debate

Belfast scientists develop ‘sex spray’

Wednesday, 8 April 2009

A new spray to help men with premature ejaculation problems has been developed by scientists at a Belfast hospital.

Anna Richardson, presenter of the Channel 4 programme 'Sex Education' wants to offer teenagers a more realistic view of sex than they are getting from viewing pornography

Anna Richardson: Talking straight about sex

Tuesday, 23 September 2008

The show's frank content has caused outrage. But it's all for our own good, the presenter of C4's Sex Education tells Esther Walker

Arms everywhere: some octopi partake in fondling

The facts of life: consummation

Monday, 15 September 2008

You can tell if a woman is having good sex by the way she walks. Scientists had a success rate of over 80 per cent in identifying women who normally have orgasms and those who don't, by observing them walk for a few hundred metres. Those who are more satisfied have a more "free and sensual" gait.

Sleeping around: A big issue

Monday, 15 September 2008

'Women often say that size doesn't matter, but this is just a white lie'

The art of love: Kitagawa Utamaro

Monday, 15 September 2008

A moment of exquisite subtlety

Questionnaire: Are you sexually confident?

Monday, 15 September 2008

For most of us, consummation is the peak of pleasure and devoutly to be wished. But many new lovers are anxious they won't measure up to their partner's expectations. The worst cases of non-consummation end up in court because, to this day, no marriage remains complete without full sexual intercourse. Consummation's older meaning surrendering virginity on your wedding night has effectively disappeared because "first sex in British marriage is now practically unknown" according to the 1994 Wellcome Survey. But what about your own consummation concerns? Opening night nerves are entirely natural, but are you in danger of letting them get the best of you? Tick your two likeliest answers to each question.

Sex doctor: Five steps to a great sex life

Monday, 15 September 2008

Sex is a bit like typing. Anyone can sit down and bash something out using two fingers, but you'll never be as good as someone who uses 10 and took the touch-typing course. This step-by-step guide is the equivalent of the touch-typing course except a lot more fun.

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