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Stories by Josey Vogels

Can Drugs Make You Love Someone You Don't?

Research into the chemicals that control love, lust and attachment could eventually result in drugs that would make you fall in love and bond with another person.
Posted on Oct 22, 2009, Source: My Messy Bedroom

Therapy to Help Couples Break Up?

Counseling can't keep some couples together. But it can help them break up.
Posted on Oct 1, 2009, Source: My Messy Bedroom

Why One Night Stands Are Good for You

Casual sex isn't for everybody, but there is a lot to be learned about yourself through purely physical-based encounters.
Posted on Aug 28, 2009, Source: My Messy Bedroom

Beyond Vanilla: Spice Up Your Sex Life Without Freaking Out Your Partner

Bored with your sex life? Trying something new just might be the thing to get you excited about sex again.
Posted on Jul 16, 2009, Source: My Messy Bedroom

SexPot: Want to Have Great Sex? Smoke a Joint

Marijuana has been used as an aphrodisiac for thousands of years. So what exactly is it about weed that turns people on?
Posted on Apr 18, 2009, Source: My Messy Bedroom

How We Ended Up With Such Vile Ideas About Marriage

Historian Fran Dolan talks about how marriage developed into an institution in which one partner is expected to let go of their needs and desires.
Posted on Mar 5, 2009, Source: My Messy Bedroom

Why Is Everyone So Obsessed With Women's Virginity?

The hymen is useless, vestigial tissue. Yet this little piece of membrane has taken on huge societal, religious and moral significance.
Posted on Dec 18, 2008, Source: My Messy Bedroom

The Thrill of the Bar Hook-Up

What exactly do people get out of cruising for inebriated strangers in bars?
Posted on Nov 13, 2008, Source: My Messy Bedroom

Are Dry Spells Character Building?

Dry spells are hard. Suddenly, 18-year-olds don't seem like such a bad idea, and grey hair is more carefully considered.
Posted on Oct 2, 2008, Source: My Messy Bedroom

Eat Me: In Defense of Sex and Bacon

Sarah Katherine Lewis' new book connects the dots between food, sex, and our relationships with our bodies.
Posted on Jul 28, 2008, Source: My Messy Bedroom

Working Out the Kinks

Why are balloons, pies or being stuffed in the oven like a turkey such a sexual turn-on for some and not others?
Posted on May 15, 2008, Source: My Messy Bedroom

Fun in the Anal Zone

Feminist Tristan Taormino, known to some as the Anal Advisor, has teamed up with a cast of traditional porn makers to film "The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women" -- a video that subverts porn stereotypes by putting women in control.
Posted on Aug 7, 2000, Source: NOW