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What is Virginity: Top Facts

Making Love
In most cultures, including ours, first-time sex comes with a significant amount of taboo, mostly focused on the notion of virginity. It is a concept full of myths and is wrongly considered to be a women-only problem. Read our top facts to clear the misconceptions and learn all you need to know about virginity.

Top tips to find love in 2019

Love and relationships
If you’re on a mission to find love, science has a few hacks or love tips for you. Here’s to a happy and romantic 2019!

Can I lose my virginity if he goes down on me?

Making Love
Hi Auntyji, my partner and I want to have oral sex but I am scared. I wonder if I will lose my virginity through oral sex. Can you please advise? Sneha, 18, Kanpur.

I put ad for my own wedding in the paper

Love and relationships
To escape the whole ladki dikhana routine, Chandrika decided to put her own matrimonial ad in the local newspaper. 'Independent, working girl looking for a partner; caste/ community no bar, men believing in an equal relationship with trust and love need reply'. Did Chandrika find her soulmate?

You want to have sex, but are you really ready?

Making Love
Sex and sexual expression is a beautiful but a deeply personal gift. In all the excitement surrounding sex, it is important to remember that you, and only you, can determine when you’re ready to have sex. In case you need some help, here are some things to keep in mind.

How to know if your parter is ready for sex?

Love and relationships
Just because a girl wants you doesn’t mean she wants to have sex with you. Recent research reveals why many guys confuse sexual interest with consent and what you can do about it.

Unmarried and scared to go to the gynae, help!

Our Bodies
Hi Aunty ji, I recently went to a gynecologist (female doctor) for exploring contraceptive options and the first question she asked me was – are you married? I felt really embarrassed. How should I deal with such a situation in the future? Shristi, 21, Gurgaon.

Feeling sad after good sex? You are not alone!

Making Love
So you just had fantastic and very satisfying sex with your partner moments ago and now you are feeling sad, low and depressed. This could be post-coital dysphoria (PCD), commonly known as post-sex blues. Love Matters brings you some facts on this rather common condition.