Each week, sex columnist Maureen Matthews answers your questions about sex, intimacy and relationships.
A What a delicious idea! This deserves some careful planning. Christmas is the “season to be jolly”, so plan a fun day.
It might be nice to go to a hotel, if you can afford it, so that you can escape from all the mundane aspects of home. If you are going to spend the day in your own bed, take the time to make it special. You don’t want to come home to the limp sheets you left that morning. Buy yourself some luxurious new sheets - maybe satin. If the budget’s tight, at least put clean sheets on. Read the rest of this entry »
A SOCIOLOGY researcher at Brigham Young University has found that today’s college students are much more accepting of pornography than their parents.
John Carroll and his colleagues surveyed 813 students online. The results of the study show that almost all young men and nearly half of young women believe that viewing porn is an acceptable way of expressing sexuality. Only 37 per cent of fathers and 20 per cent of mothers that were surveyed agreed with the younger generation’s prevailing attitudes.
Not too surprisingly, the study suggests young people might have been influenced by the easy availability of X-rated pornography on the Internet, even via wireless technology on handheld mobile phones. Read the rest of this entry »