I can’t maintain an erection with my new boyfriend
Pamela Stephenson Connolly: I’ve been engaging in random sex with people I don’t know. Now I’ve met this guy and we’ve decided we quite like each other. But sex has become impossible
I’m stressed at home and work, and now I can’t maintain an erection
I’m 24 and my sex drive has diminished after a stressful and frustrating few months. What can I do? Pamela Stephenson Connolly advises a reader
The claims against Jian Ghomeshi show we still need to talk about sexual consent
Kitty Stryker: It’s too easy for abusive people to leverage the idea that consent and communication isn’t ‘sexy’ against their victims
‘Today we’re talking masturbation’: sitting in on a sex education class
As bill to make sex education a statutory requirement gets its second reading in the Commons, Sally Weale attends a lesson
How household plastics could ruin your sex life
Paula Cocozza: Phthalates are found in numerous items around the home, and even in food packaging. So it’s a little worrying that they are being linked to, among other things, a decrease in libido in women
Just how ‘gay’ is anal play, really?
Zach Stafford: The kind of sex that gay men are having isn’t exclusive to the LGBT community. It’s just that few straight people admit having it
Men deserve everything women get: waiting periods, purity control and science-free sex education
Jessica Valenti: It’s time to end the battle of the sexes and protect men with the same zeal as we do women
Sex therapy: Stop trying to be ‘normal’
Three experts talk to Anna Moore about how sexual expectations are changing and the issues that they are asked to address
Sex Uncovered: austerity-hit Britons have sex less than once a week, poll finds
Observer sex survey finds sharp fall in reported sexual activity since last study in 2008
I have cancer and feel guilty for losing my libido
I am about to start a sixth course of chemotherapy. I haven’t wanted to have sex for two years, and I worry about neglecting my husband