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According to Freud, oral pleasure is the first desire we have as a babe nursing from our mother’s breast.  He believed that children who were not fed enough—or alternatively too much—would develop an oral fixation as adults and hunger for activities involving the mouth such as eating and sucking.  The dichotomy of food consumption and dieting/body image in women’s magazines perpetuate two common stereotypes.   On the one hand women should be great cooks in order to snare a husband.  On the other hand, women should avoid rich foods to keep a slim figure.  Food is both a taboo and a sensual experience....

New in-house blogs have been unleashed and hopefully more will follow. This move is to promote new writing and provide more exposure for writers to explore sexuality and write great content. Two new Lucrezia Blogs have made their debut: Pop My Cherry and Conversations with Bod.

Many consider shopping a superficial exercise, and while it can be superficial it can also be philanthropic with the increasing group of companies and fashion designers making an effort to contribute to significant issues affecting humanity.

If you are an avid shopper who would like to make a difference and support causes that are important to you then read on.

Some women are fantastic with blenders, knitting needles and recipe books. I'm great with one night stands. I believe I have it all down-pat. Nothing fazes me, and while many may frown upon the sinful deed that involves few commitments, other than sexy lingerie or going commando, I feel that more should be done to encourage sex positivity in this area.

Casual sex can be the staple in many porn films. Each sexually active, and assertive, woman is depicted enjoying random escapades with a random lottery of partners. The women within these films don’t knock back a man with a sizeable shlong. In fact, the least attractive he is, the higher the chance of sex.

Setting out to investigate the sex lives of women is a daunting task but it ultimately provides insights that may be culturally significant within certain countries,as well as confirming the commonality of sexual behavior around the world.

Jamie couldn’t help prematurely blowing his smoke out, laughing. “I don’t know what’s more ridiculous,” he answered in his southern drawl, giggling, “your question, or you saying ‘make out.’”

With his ego slightly bruised by the laughter, Stephen grabbed the joint and took a hit, and debated whether he still felt like “making out” with Jamie.

John Santerineross is a New York based “image maker” who has been referred to by the media as “the world's leading neo-symbolist photographer of our time.” Like the symbolists of the past, John’s controversial photographic art explores ageless taboos using a combination of dark themes and sexuality which are inspired by subconscious dream imagery, religious iconography and Jungian archetypes.

Oh, boy. You've heard something like this before, right? Someone of the male persuasion (a friend, maybe even yourself?) talking about how he had some girl crawling up the walls from super human hump action. Yeah, right. I'm a hot-blooded man, too. And I know that during most rump sessions we men tend to have two-minute alarm clocks.

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Ever since Dr Grafenberg located the doorway to feminine sexual pleasure – the G Spot – the zone has been well documented around the globe. There are techniques and ergonomically designed sex accessories aiming to hone in on this feminine hot spot and most recently, science has moved in to offer women a stress-free journey to pleasure via the G Shot® or G-Shot Amplification® technique and no surgery is required.

Shutting the door behind her, Michelle asked, “Are we really going to do this?”

“Yes,” Jack breathed into her ear, warm and damp, locking it behind her, “we are.”

Cherie Feather has penned a passionate tale that successfully weaves together the separate stories of two sets of lovers spanning more than a century apart yet are inexplicably intertwined by passion, love and art.

Paparazzi photography took an immense beating in the wake of Princess Diana's death in 1997. While no photographers were ever convicted, the subject of on-the-move photography, in pursuit of a photographic exclusive has been the subject of ongoing debate. Some celebrities, following Princess Diana's death, haven't been kind in their description of contemporary paparazzi: Russell Crowe has compared paparazzi to parasites, Elton John has called them 'rude, vile pigs,' and model Giselle Bundchen described them as 'nightmare people.'

Twelve Catholic bishops have demanded Geoffrey Robinson, a retired auxiliary bishop, avoid their dioceses and cancel his US book tour due to his controversial position on church celibacy.

Molly Crabapple's professional travels rival a veteran. She has illustrated for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Playgirl, Marvel Comics, Harper-Collins, Avalon Publishing and $pread Magazine, to name the few. She has written a book (Dr Sketchy's Official Rainy Day Colouring Book) and founded Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School, a cabaret life drawing class with almost 50 worldwide branches - all by the age of twenty-four.

How typical, I thought. The city. What is it about Sex and the City? It isn't any city, it is a city that would break my water tank budget and along with that budget, there are other budgets that I handle as the all-in-one domestic treasurer:

The school fee budget
The gas budget
The utility bill budget
The grocery budget

If you or your partner has a latex allergy, then you probably already know about non-latex condoms. Non-latex condoms offer a host of advantages over their latex cousins. Should you be using them, even if you don’t have a latex allergy?

Years ago, non-latex meant lambskin condoms, also called natural skin or natural membrane condoms. Yes, they really are made of lambskin, specifically from lamb intestines. While they don’t cause problems to people with latex allergies, they don’t protect against sexually transmitted diseases, either.

The new alternative to latex is polyurethane. Polyurethane condoms are available in both male and female varieties. According to the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States, there are at least five good reasons to prefer polyurethane male condoms to latex. They’re thinner, stronger, resist deterioration better, have a less constricting fit, and may enhance sensitivity. In other words, polyurethane male condoms feel more natural than latex.

A word about the less constricting fit: while a "looser" fit may be more comfortable, it may also be less safe. The less constricting fit allows for a greater possibility of exchanging body fluids.

Polyurethane is better than latex at transferring body heat, which is part of what makes it feel more natural. Another reason to like polyurethane: because it’s not latex, it doesn’t smell like latex. One study of non-latex condoms reported that "substantial proportions of participants" preferred them over latex and would recommend them to others.

Pick up a box of Trojan’s polyurethane line, Trojan Supra, and you’ll find a warning label:

"The risks of pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), including AIDS (HIV infection), are not known for this condom."

That label is required by the FDA, which requires extensive testing on non-latex condoms. It’s true that because polyurethane condoms have only been available in the U.S. since the 1990s, their effectiveness has not yet been studied as extensively as that of latex condoms.

This doesn’t necessarily mean that polyurethane condoms don’t protect against STDs. The female polyurethane condom (sold under the name Reality), has been tested for effectiveness against HIV and hepatitis B. It was found to reduce the risk of these STDs by 97.1%. By comparison, male latex condoms have been shown to be up to 99% effective in preventing HIV transmission with consistent, perfect use.

Despite the warning label’s strict wording, though, polyurethane male condoms are generally thought to reduce the risk of pregnancy as well as latex condoms. One study found that the EZ-On brand of male condom was less effective as contraception than its latex counterpart. It’s unclear, though, whether that difference was because the condom was made of polyurethane or because of its unusual design (it doesn’t roll on like typical condoms).

The female polyurethane condom is thought to be about 95% effective in preventing pregnancy if used properly. Its big disadvantage is that some women have trouble inserting it properly. It’s also fairly expensive, about $3 per condom. And you can’t use a male condom as a back-up when using a female condom.

Male polyurethane condoms are also typically more expensive than latex, about $1.50 per condom.

Polyurethane condoms do have their advantages. They’re a good alternative for couples who have latex allergy issues. Their more natural feel makes them a good choice for monogamous couples who aren’t concerned with their STD risk. However, they are more expensive and haven’t been on the market as long as latex condoms. Research on polyurethane condoms is ongoing, and until the results are in, it can’t be said for certain that they protect against STDs as well as latex condoms.

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© 2008 Erin O'Riordan

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Erin O'Riordan's fiction, essays and articles have appeared in webzines such as Clean Sheets, The Erotic Woman and Oysters & Chocolate. Recently, her work has been accepted by Playgirl (June 2008 issue) and the anthologies Love Bites (Torquere Press) and The Mammoth Book of Erotic Confessions (Carroll & Graf). Visit her online at aeess.com

He withdrew the small square of paper from the glass jar, unfolded it, and still looking at the paper, smiled.

“Which one?” I asked, anxious to know.

His eyelashes flicked upwards, his dark eyes, narrowed, met my widened blue ones. “It’s the wild card,” he said. “I get to make it whatever I want, and you have to go along with it. Whatever my mood is. But,” he said, tossing the paper up onto the nightstand and placing the jar back into the drawer in which we kept it, “I have to go to work first, and so do you. You – and I – won’t know what I get to do to you until tonight.”

Spencer Tunick is a contemporary artist who makes the world sit up and take notice. Using the most natural content for his images - the nude human body - his portraits are groundbreaking, and unfold at most corners of the world. His images offer a fresh perspective on nudity, against interesting backdrops.

His latest project, a body and landscape sculpture in Dublin and Cork.

When we interviewed Alessia Brio for our February issue, Coming Together: With Pride, was being edited. The anthology is now available to purchase. A review of this anthology will appear in Lucrezia Magazine soon, but in the meantime head over to the official page for an introduction to Alessia and the contributing authors.

I am yearning for my boyfriend's graceful lovemaking skills and passion. He's been on a business trip for the last two weeks, and during that time, my sexual energy is raging out of control. I recognize nothing can replace his companionship – his presence – but surely I can sexually please myself until he comes home. Problem is, my body is aching to experience the thrill of a new sex toy, so one of my older adult toys will not do.

It’s 1 AM and Stephanie’s been out all night. Her and her “crew” (a group of women she went to college with) have been club hopping and have stopped in at an all night breakfast diner.

Every woman may be different but every goddess has something stashed away that is sure to put her or her special someone in the mood.

I grew up with basic Christian beliefs and fundamentals but I did not have them shoved down my throat. We hardly ever went to church but my mother and I said prayers together every night. I grew up in a feminine household with my grandmother and mother. The God I learned about through them was kind, loving and forgiving. I guess it was basically non-denominational Christian morals I was raised with.

Who’d have guessed the man with more quirks than an obsessive-compulsive pigeon trainer would turn out to be the world’s all-time greatest cunnilinguist?

Yes, the Best Head Ever Award goes to my new lover, the sweet transvestite. It actually makes a lot of sense that a man so in touch with his “feminine side,” as he calls it, would be so kick-ass at giving head. If a woman knows what a woman wants, a cross-dresser’s well on his way.

The first book in Sarah McCarty’s Wild series is actually three interlocking tales in one. If you are into alpha males with wolfish charm you are going to love this trio of stories about dominant werewolves (two brothers and their cousin) and the three stubborn and unbelieving sisters they fall in love with. McCarty weaves a fascinating paranormal tale with a new version of the werewolf male that is highly erotic and extremely protective.

It was early summer, a couple of weeks or so past the solstice, and the sun was still high and strong in the cloudless sky. It was early afternoon, with the sun perhaps ten degrees or so past its zenith and shining almost straight down on the world. Leonard was soaking in his hot tub out in the atrium, sitting directly under the summer sun. Since he was living on a large tract of land out in the countryside, he liked to enjoy his stays in his tub without wearing anything.

In the corner of every few pages of Dirty Girls is a smudge: the fingerprint of an eager reader who has dipped into the smut of its pages and is combing through it excitedly. This little design element perfectly captures the experience of reading Dirty Girls: Erotica for Women, Rachel Kramer Bussel’s latest and greatest compilation of titillating short stories.

Just before she retired for the night, my mother used to sit on the edge of her bed, naked, with her nightgown lying over her lap. She faced the large flaking mirror that sat on her bureau. Her reflection was clear but whatever she saw was not in that mirror. She sat silent, lost in thought, and unmoving except for her right hand, which cupped her left breast. Her fingers gently, rhythmically stroked her nipple. I think what she did had more to do with comfort than with sexual pleasure.

She was drunk, she was very drunk.
Alec wasn’t exactly sober himself; hell, no one at the bar was. But Bunnie was far gone. He didn’t even know her full name, just that she’d been very friendly all evening, and readily come home with him. Neither did he know how they had gotten to the topic they were talking about now, but it was strangely fascinating.

I met the love of my life in Saigon during the spring of 1970 when I was working as an army nurse in one of the largest military run hospitals in South Vietnam but didn’t know it until the day I lost my best friend.
I was married back then. My husband was a civilian administrator at the Armed Forces Radio and Television station; the demands of his job, the long hours and my schedule allowed us very little free time.

Men love blow jobs and when it comes to sex, it is the one thing they repeatedly ask for and the one thing they would really love more of. There are tips, tricks and techniques that can turn a ho-hum hummer into a va-va vroom wild ride. By mixing things up he’ll never know what to expect and you’ll have his knees weak before your lips ever touch him. Most guys will say that any blow job is a good one but if you want to keep him coming back for more and coming for you and you alone try these tips and tricks that’ll drive him wild.