sexuality

Lifestyle

New study reveals what has changed in French people's sex lives

A wide-ranging French study published this week reveals ‘major changes’ in people's sexuality over the last ten years. Here are the key takeaways.

15/11/2024

Cinema

Film of the Week: 'Emmanuelle' - An aimless erotic reboot

Award-winning French director Audrey Diwan updates the original 70s erotic film with a strangely dispassionate and pointless drama that proves to be one massive anti-climax.

27/09/2024

Culture Series

Meet the exiled photographer capturing masculinity in a new light

After his first book gave a voice to young Russian men navigating their sexuality in a repressive environment, Vlad Zorin now turns his erotic lens on France.

16/08/2024

Culture Series

Eva Szombat's colourful exploration of womanhood in Hungary

A project to photograph women and their sex toys became a colourful exploration of womanhood in modern Hungary. Discover Eva Szombat's award-winning photo series, "I want orgasms, not roses".

14/02/2024

Lifestyle

Watch: This pole dancing group is helping to break taboos in Lebanon

Pole Fit Lebanon, founded by Laura Ayoub, has revolutionised pole dancing in Lebanon, expanding to six locations in under a decade and recently launching the Lebanon Pole Championship.

13/02/2024

Culture news

Vatican doctrine chief’s book describing orgasms divides Catholics

Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez’s 1998 book about mystical-sensual experiences with God describes orgasms in graphic detail. It’s exposing rifts within the Catholic Church.

11/01/2024

Lifestyle

2023 study: Which European country watches the most online porn?

What were 2023's hottest trends? Which country watched the most porn this year? And how has Nintendo’s Mario gone from saving princesses to stirring loins?

15/12/2023

Lifestyle

Nigerian influencer offers a glossary of modern sex words in new book

In a post-#MeToo world, author and influencer Camille Aumont Carnel questions what the words we use convey about our sexualities in her new book.

09/10/2023

Culture news

‘We love a big opening!’ Inside the relaunch of London's Vagina Museum

Thanks to a successful crowdfunding appeal, the world's first museum dedicated to vaginas is relaunching in November.

09/10/2023

Culture news

Here's what orgasms look like according to artificial intelligence

Orgasms like you’ve never seen them...

29/09/2023

Culture news

'Is foreplay sex?': 'Sex Education' and French family planning team up

"Is foreplay sex?" Sex Education and a French family planning agnecy, Le Planning Familial, have joined forces and created a hotline to answer some questions...

25/09/2023

United Kingdom

How have social attitudes changed in the UK over the last 40 years?

Brits today think about many things differently than they did in the 1980s, but some views remain deeply entrenched.

21/09/2023

Culture news

OnlyFans billboards ruled 'not overtly sexual' by UK ad watchdog

Eliza Rose Watson's OnlyFans billboards have been cleared. "If a gambling or alcohol company can run their ads, which have far more devastating impacts, why not me?"

23/08/2023

Culture news

National Orgasm Day: What don't you know about the Big 'O'?

Happy National Orgasm Day, one and all.

31/07/2023

Health news

These pioneers are testing out new methods of male contraceptive

From homemade jockstraps to a shoulder gel that slashes sperm counts, these new male contraceptives look to better share the burden of birth control.

19/04/2023

Culture news

Everything you wanted to know about Japan’s Penis Festival

Every spring, thousands of tourists flock to Kawasaki, Japan, to celebrate one thing – the penis.

03/04/2023

Culture news

Why more older women are choosing to have extramarital 'grey affairs'

Author and relationship expert Susan Shapiro Barash says more woman over 55 are having affairs than ever before - and feeling less guilty about it than you might expect.

25/03/2023

Culture news

‘Hardcore yet wholesome’: Is audio erotica the porn of the future?

Seen as more ethical and less heteronormative than mainstream porn, audio erotica is turning on women and non-binary folks in Europe and beyond.

18/03/2023

Health news

France will make condoms free for those under 25 to fight rise in STIs

The French President hailed a “revolution” for contraception that aims to tackle a rise in sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

10/12/2022

Health news

Beyond condoms: How birth control is now becoming a male affair

From a male birth control pill to reversible vasectomy and a hormonal shoulder gel: what’s in the works for male contraceptives?

14/09/2022