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Men unzipped: Me and My Penis, the TV show where masculinity goes commando

Channel Four’s bold new documentary confronts anxieties about the male member. We go behind the scenes – and meet Ajamu, the artist and ‘sex activist’ who gets men to reveal all

I don’t regret my abortion. But the coronavirus lockdown made it a guilty secret

I got pregnant when I should have been social distancing. So now I can’t tell my friends or family about the termination

Covid and sex: charity issues guidance on reducing infection risk

Terrence Higgins Trust advocates face coverings and not using face-to-face positions

My life in sex: the man who finally opened up about his erectile dysfunction

Because I kept buying her flowers and putting off being intimate, she thought I might be having an affair

The power of touch: having sex with another woman shook my brain and restarted my heart

I had known her for a month or so, and ending up in bed seemed inevitable. The experience elevated touch to a whole new level

‘My parents helped me pack lube’: from sex toys to bidets, the lockdown businesses that boomed

While some firms have been devastated as Covid-19 grips the planet, others have seen their sales go off the chart. How have they coped?

Dutch official advice to single people: find a sex buddy for lockdown

Those without a sexual partner asked to come to mutually satisfactory agreements

Sexual healing: using lockdown to ignite desire

This could be the perfect time for couples to boost their sex life

My life in sex: the man with a small penis

‘I’ve heard of women rejecting a guy for his size, then making fun of him to others’

Condom sales down as lockdown limits sex lives, says Durex maker

Physical distancing rules to limit coronavirus spread taking toll on ‘number of intimate occasions’

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