http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/?service=Rss http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/helen-croydon-reading-between-the-sheets-1826639.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/helen-croydon-reading-between-the-sheets-1826639.html <p> Erotica is, by definition, literature or art of a sexual nature. Unlike pornography, it doesn't necessarily have the aim of arousing sexual desire. That makes last weekend's Erotica '09 exhibition in London inappropriately named. </p> Opinion Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:25:27 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/romance-passion/dear-john-the-flock-is-doing-fine-the-dying-art-of-the-billetdoux-1824081.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/romance-passion/dear-john-the-flock-is-doing-fine-the-dying-art-of-the-billetdoux-1824081.html <p> When it comes to love, the great and witty manual remains Ovid's The Art of Love. There's one couplet that would make any modern Casanova or Casonovette laugh knowingly. "Et quotiens scribes, totas prius ipse tabellas," warned Ovid in Book 2. "Inspice: plus multae, quam sibi missa, legunt." To translate, "Whatever you write, make sure all previous letters have been erased from your tablets. Many girls read more than was ever sent to them." Or, more colloquially: be careful to delete those emails and text messages.</p> Romance & Passion Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/consummation/laying-bare-the-myths-of-safe-sex-1824750.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/consummation/laying-bare-the-myths-of-safe-sex-1824750.html <p> More than one in 10 people (11 per cent) do not realise a woman can get pregnant if she has sex standing up, according to a poll out today. </p> Consummation Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:55:14 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/men-women/charlotte-philby-what-could-i-learn-from-the-love-guru-1822296.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/men-women/charlotte-philby-what-could-i-learn-from-the-love-guru-1822296.html ]]> <p>Our eyes first meet on a poster for his forthcoming London seminar, "Matthew Hussey's Secrets of Attraction". "WANT TO HAVE ASTONISHING RESULTS IN ATTRACTING THE RIGHT MEN?" the advert screams. "LEARN THE SECRETS OF MALE ATTRACTION THAT 99% OF WOMEN DON'T KNOW ABOUT!" </p> Men & Women Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/consummation/father-of-belle-de-jour-admits-using-prostitutes-1821891.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/consummation/father-of-belle-de-jour-admits-using-prostitutes-1821891.html <p> The estranged father of a research scientist who outed herself as former call girl and blogger Belle de Jour revealed today he had used more than 150 prostitutes himself and had even introduced his daughter to some of them. </p> Consummation Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:01:26 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/consummation/now-you-can-have-what-shersquos-having-1821576.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/consummation/now-you-can-have-what-shersquos-having-1821576.html ]]> <p> As the old joke has it, men can be turned on with a simple flick of a switch while women require attention to a battery of dials and buttons. Today the debate over how to stimulate female sexual desire is set to be reopened with the discovery of a drug described as “Viagra for women”. </p> Consummation Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:20:36 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/big-think-why-some-women-cant-orgasm-1821629.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/big-think-why-some-women-cant-orgasm-1821629.html <p> That some women can't achieve orgasm is a mystery that Rutgers psychology professor Barry Komisaruk is trying to solve. Men appear to be immune from the problem. </p> Health News Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:35:06 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/men-women/sex-addict-confessions-of-a-toxic-bachelor-1813573.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/men-women/sex-addict-confessions-of-a-toxic-bachelor-1813573.html ]]> <p>I met a Parisian woman in London in my early 20s who looked every inch the French film star. She told me she had a boyfriend back home and a lover on the side. She was perfect. There was no doubt in my mind that I would get her into bed. My confidence with women had moved seamlessly from awkwardness to arrogance in a few short, promiscuous years. While lying next to her after sex I went through the well-worn routine of amazement, emptiness and dread. This toxic combination of emotions always led to the eject button. </p> Men & Women Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000