What Do Women Want?: Adventures in the Science of Female Desire by Daniel Bergner – review

On prosmiscuity, porn, monogamy ... this study of female sexuality overturns some tenacious assumptions, writes Emma Brockes

Genital herpes is putting a dampener on our marriage

No sooner are we free of herpes than one of us infects the other and we have to abstain from sex until it clears up

I said no sex to my husband until he goes back to his AA meetings. It feels ridiculous, but what will it mean if I break it?

I am currently undergoing chemotherapy and was circumcised as a child. Can you advise me?

He is Patient Zero for sex addiction and now a public-service announcer regarding the link between cunnilingus and cancer

Holly Baxter: The film star may have retracted his remarks about cunnilingus but he has raised awareness about this natural part of sex

New tablets for women could be available on prescription by 2015, but are they really helpful?

Michael Douglas, who was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2010, says oral sex was the cause. But what's the risk?

Emma Woolf's study of our obsession with being thin should serve as a wake-up call to all women, writes Barbara Ellen

Naomi McAuliffe: Thanks to 'female Viagra' and government regulation, we women can enjoy sex again – just hopefully not too much