Why are humiliation and/or degradation sexually exciting for some? [more inside]
posted by thrasher on Oct 10, 2012 - 18 answers

[Psych filter] I'm a few months out of a relationship that wouldn't have happened if I'd been honest with myself from the start. However it led to me questioning more than just my motives... do I need to talk to a pro, or just rest, relax and not make such a big deal of life? Of course there's [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 28, 2011 - 7 answers

I dissociate during sex, but I haven't been sexually abused or assaulted. What is my problem? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 30, 2010 - 14 answers

Can you recommend a book chapter or article that summarizes the biological and/or psychological perspectives on gender without devolving into straw-man attacks or interdepartmental backbiting? [more inside]
posted by arcticwoman on Aug 8, 2010 - 20 answers

Dominant in bed, submissive in life - how to get over feeling like a weirdo? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jun 9, 2009 - 11 answers

Is the theory of sublimation—the idea of channeling sexual energy into creative or physical output—still considered valid? Is there evidence that it "works"? [more inside]
posted by Busoni on May 10, 2009 - 16 answers

I'm having pervasive sexual thoughts. How do I make them stop? (NSFW) [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Feb 12, 2009 - 36 answers

Does porn benefit society? Over the years we've read a lot about the ills of pornography but the world doesn't seem to be falling apart any faster than it was before the internet came along. What's the latest thinking on this? [more inside]
posted by vizsla on Jun 18, 2008 - 22 answers

Where can I find therapy which will allow me to understand / cope with / overcome a fetish? [more inside]
posted by ninepin on Nov 1, 2007 - 25 answers

Is the type of person you're attracted to or consider attractive hard-wired in you during childhood? [more inside]
posted by whitneykitty on Apr 4, 2007 - 42 answers

So, despite no one having told me this through high school, now that I'm in college I've been informed that everyone, everywhere, thinks I'm gay (and high school friends have confirmed this, now that I've asked). Men, women, doesn't matter. I am aware that I have a (very) slight lisp, which I hate because I can't control it (from birth). I am aware that I'm upbeat and tend to talk fast when excited. My body language is probably somewhat submissive, but I don't think it's THAT bad. I'm shy around a lot of women, don't make eye contact a lot, and a lot of guys don't like me because I'm not that into the "guy topics of conversation". Aside from, you know, how EFFING HOT random girl #43 is. (Cause she was!) The point is, I'm disturbingly straight and finding out what everyone really thinks has thrown me for a huge loop--not only am I being perceived as something I'm not, but it's also been (continually) detrimental to my success with women and social acceptance by guys... and I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. [more inside]
posted by dmaterialized on Dec 10, 2006 - 68 answers

Wow. My sexuality is really messed up. [more inside]
posted by Jake Apathy on Jun 17, 2006 - 32 answers

BSDMFilter : Is it true that there are far more male bottoms then there are female tops? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jan 20, 2006 - 14 answers

When we have sex it is usually women who utter the most vocal noise. What are the possible evolutionary origins of this? [more inside]
posted by 0bvious on Jan 10, 2006 - 54 answers

Need help in choosing a psychologist. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 2, 2005 - 13 answers

Note: I'm asking the following on behalf of a friend...

How do you confront your SO about trolling for sex on the internet? [more inside]
posted by jpoulos on Oct 4, 2004 - 37 answers

Why are sexually promiscuous men "studs" and sexually promiscuous women "sluts"? And on that note, is it studly or slutty to hook up with one person on a Monday and go out with a different person on a Tuesday? Just asking.
posted by adrober on Dec 16, 2003 - 19 answers