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Condom too tight - maybe you're too big?

Safe Sex
Size does matter. Yes, we are talking about condom size! Condoms are more likely to break if too tight or slip if too loose says Theodoor van Boven, who runs the Condomerie, the "world's first specialised condom shop" in Amsterdam.

Living a silent lesbian life in Pakistan

Sexual Orientation
Fatima leaned in to share a secret she had revealed to only a few people: "I'm lesbian," she said hesitantly. "I think I knew since a very early age. It felt quite isolating. Like, I didn't see people or kids around me feel the same way."

Men allergic to own sperm get after-sex flu

Male body
Imagine if every time you had an orgasm it made you ill for a week. That’s just what happens to men with ‘post orgasmic illness syndrome’, or POIS, say Dutch scientists – they’re allergic to their own semen.

Avoiding India’s gropers

Sexual Harassment
Every single girl I talked to had been groped, fondled, or pinched sometime or the other. When I asked my girlfriends if they’d ever had an experience with someone ‘copping a feel’, the memories came flooding out .

‘Masturbation can save lives’

Ways to Make Love
Masturbation is a great way to have safe sex and a cheap way to save lives. But countries who stand to gain the most from promoting it are often the ones where masturbation is the biggest taboo.

Are two mums better than one?

Sexual Orientation
Children raised by lesbian parents are brighter and happier than kids in families with both a mum and a dad, US-Dutch research discovered. The researchers followed the children of more than 150 lesbian two-mum families from birth to adulthood.

Can marrying your cousin keep your kids healthy?

Marriage
Marrying your cousin might help keep your family healthy, a new Dutch study found. This might come as a surprise, because it also means your children are more likely to have birth defects.

More sex for a happy marriage?

Marriage troubles
Lots of sex can save neurotic people from divorce, say psychologists from the University of Tennessee. What moody nail-biters need to keep their relationships rosy is plenty of sex, a new study found.