Stories by Tracy Clark-Flory

Tracy Clark-Flory is a staff writer at Salon. Follow@tracyclarkflory on Twitter. subscribe to Tracy Clark-Flory's feed

Posted on: May 20, 2012, Source: Salon

Early vibrators were hand-cranked, two-person jobs -- and prescribed by doctors. How far we've come since then.

Posted on: May 10, 2012, Source: Salon

Did breasts evolve for lactation or to enhance sex appeal? A new book explores why they matter.

Posted on: May 6, 2012, Source: Salon

Attempts to ban talk of birth control and homosexuality from classrooms reveal conservatives' deepest sexual fears.

Posted on: Apr 22, 2012, Source: Salon

Could there be real science behind the old cliche of a woman's biological clock? I didn't believe it -- until now.

Posted on: Apr 20, 2012, Source: Salon

Talking to pro-dommes about why some men find escape in submission.

Posted on: Apr 8, 2012, Source: Salon

A push is under way to restrict registrants from social networking, virtual gaming and online dating.

Posted on: Mar 28, 2012, Source: Salon

Sleeping with my favorite male performer gave me new appreciation for the difference between fantasy and reality.

Posted on: Mar 25, 2012, Source: Salon

Is it possible to rid the online classified site Backpage of child trafficking without shuttering its adult section?

Posted on: Mar 19, 2012, Source: Salon

Despite the candidate's rhetoric, his pledge to renew obscenity prosecutions has nothing to do with children.

Posted on: Mar 11, 2012, Source: Salon

The Limbaugh controversy is a perfect example of the complexities of reappropriating, or renouncing, the slur.

Posted on: Feb 19, 2012, Source: Salon

Lux Alptraum, the new head of Fleshbot, embodies how the Internet is changing the face of the adult industry.

Posted on: Feb 6, 2012, Source: Salon

Sex therapist Marty Klein's message is antithetical to the sex advice found everywhere from self-help books to the supermarket checkout line.

Posted on: Jan 24, 2012, Source: Salon

Activists have long combated attacks on LGBT identities by highlighting the science showing that homosexuality is genetic, but there is other research worth considering.

Posted on: Jan 23, 2012, Source: Salon

The specter of cheating looms large. But does it always have to have catastrophic consequences?

Posted on: Jan 19, 2012, Source: Salon

Two religious sex advice books being hyped as edgy and sexy are actually outdated and bigoted – surprise!

Posted on: Jan 16, 2012, Source: Salon

A look at San Francisco's kink community with an assistant anthropologist and author of "Techniques of Pleasure."

Posted on: Jan 10, 2012, Source: Salon

The GOP's leading candidates are becoming more sexually conservative as the rest of America heads in the opposite direction.

Posted on: Dec 25, 2011, Source: Salon

Take a deep breath. Despite the headlines this week, there is no need to panic about kids having group sex.

Posted on: Dec 20, 2011, Source: Salon

From "Dexter" to "Game of Thrones," incest resonates -- not because a taboo has been broken, but because it endures.

Posted on: Dec 16, 2011, Source: Salon

Tracy Clark-Flory talks to the world’s leading experts, answering readers' questions about sex.

Posted on: Dec 7, 2011, Source: Salon

Another media panic about teen sex has been contradicted by an actual study.

Posted on: Nov 29, 2011, Source: Salon

The science behind sex addiction is "abysmal," says clinical psychologist David Ley. Why does the concept continue to resonate?

Posted on: Nov 25, 2011, Source: Salon

Sex questions so often boil down to "Am I normal?" Tracy Clark-Flory explains where individual readers fall on the spectrum of sexual behavior.

Posted on: Nov 22, 2011, Source: Salon

A new blog gives voice to guys who empty their pockets just to see naked flesh, and reveals a lot about male desire.

Posted on: Nov 13, 2011, Source: Salon

Penn State's assistant coach allegedly saw a boy's rape but didn't intervene. An expert explains why.

Posted on: Oct 27, 2011, Source: Salon

Cindy Gallop, founder of "Make Love, Not Porn" talks about how an entire generation has a skewed idea of sex because of hardcore porn.

Posted on: Oct 23, 2011, Source: Salon

As a new report predicts a rise in infidelity, we take a look at contradictory economy-related sexual predictions.

Posted on: Oct 23, 2011, Source: Salon

A trans woman wants to know what kind of men watch "T-girl" porn. Are they the same ones who bash her in real life?

Posted on: Oct 6, 2011, Source: Salon

A popular theory has been criticized as male-centric, but it might have unexpected feminist results.

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