Tag Archives: sex

Confessions of a Hinge Power User

By his own estimation, JB averages about three dates a week. The majority are the result of successful matches on Hinge, but also Tinder and Raya. “It’s gonna sound wild,” he confesses, “but I’ve probably been on close to 200 dates in the last year and a half.” There was …

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Sexist Myths Are a Danger to Health

In 2013, the US Food and Drug Administration made an unprecedented recommendation, advising that women should receive a lower dosage of the insomnia drug zolpidem than men. The rationale behind it was that medication seemed to affect women for longer periods, which could become a safety issue. However, in 2019, …

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The Rebirth of Queer Cruising Apps

One night this past February, over drinks and moody bar lighting, Eric Green and his friends were swapping stories of their recent hookups when one mentioned they’d used the app Sniffies to have public sex. A 30-year-old tattoo artist who works in Bushwick, Brooklyn, Green identifies as a bottom, is …

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Boomergasms Are Booming

Eury Jones was 58 the first time she pegged a man. It was May of 2021. She was coming out of a long-term relationship and entering a new life chapter. “I did a bit of Googling about threesomes and chanced upon Feeld,” she says of the dating app for free-spirited …

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Stop Misunderstanding the Gender Health Gap

In many areas of health, women receive worse care, and suffer worse outcomes, than men. Women experience higher rates of adverse drug reactions. Across hundreds of diseases, they are diagnosed later than men. Women are more likely to suffer from common mental health conditions. In moments of acute pain, women …

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