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Pandemic dating: ‘Sorry I can’t see you anymore, I’m in a bubble with my mum’

Finn McRedmond broke up with her boyfriend two weeks before lockdown 1.0. After a year of pandemic dating,…

By Finn McRedmond

EDITORIAL

‘I can’t enjoy sex as I always feel like I’m about to pass wind’

In our Hit Me Up series, resident agony aunt Rhona McAuliffe offers advice to a reader who is…

By Rhona Mcauliffe

SELF

Mika Simmons: How to make your vagina happy

Mika Simmons is passionate about vaginas. The filmmaker founded the Lady Garden Foundation and hosts The Happy Vagina…

By Edaein OConnell

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SELF

It’s time to talk about the pleasure gap

In heterosexual sexual encounters, men have more orgasms than women, writes psychosexual and relationship therapist, Aoife Drury. So how…

By IMAGE

EDITORIAL

Gywneth Paltrow talks loss of libido during lockdown (and we’re all listening intently)

In a new video with her husband Brad Falchuk, Gwyneth Paltrow opens up about family and intimacy issues…

By Edaein OConnell

EDITORIAL

Unlucky in love: Online dating just not working? Here’s another idea…

For a lot of single people, online dating has lost its swipe spark. But if you're still struggling…

By Jennifer McShane

Every Tinder Relationship in 91 Seconds

EDITORIAL

What’s your opening line on dating apps?

In anticipation of a date, have you ever rehearsed a conversation in the mirror? It probably doesn’t happen…

By Louise Bruton

Painful sex

EDITORIAL

When love hurts: Durex’s new ad wants women to talk about painful sex

Being a woman, simply uttering the word "vagina" or "vulva" can prompt a degree of embarrassment, depending on…

By Jennifer McShane

EDITORIAL

‘I love my partner but I don’t think I’m attracted to him anymore’

Each week, our agony aunt answers a reader question. This week, a reader who is no longer attracted…

By Rhona Mcauliffe

EDITORIAL

Everything I learned in the first year of a relationship

It’s a good kick in the ass when you realise that a relationship is not a rolling montage…

By Edaein OConnell

India

EDITORIAL

Celebrations in India as gay sex is legalised after 157 years

Today is a momentous day in Indian history as the country’s supreme court has finally decriminalised gay sex.…

By Grace McGettigan

EDITORIAL

Love Island is a lesson in rejection and a reminder of the lies we all tell

Louise Bruton explains the fascination with Love Island, and why it can teach us all a valuble lesson Go…

By Louise Bruton