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An exciting, safe, and fun guide to a spicier side of sex. Kink For Dummies is a safe, positive, and easy-to-read roadmap to expanding (and exploring!) your sexual and personal horizons. It walks you through kink basics, shattering stigmas and myths as it goes, and explains how you can integrate these unique-to-you desires into your life using a mutual consent and respect framework.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 10-06-2025
Despite its loud detractors, kink offers a widely cherished, compelling set of intimate and sexual practices that create ecstatic connections among its devotees. Kink For Dummies can help you figure out whether the desires you may be hiding or struggling with can be joyfully realized through kinky play and relationships.
Article / Updated 09-05-2025
When one ventures into sexual activity, it can be daunting to hear about things like the Kama Sutra and tantric sex. In reality, the basic sexual positions have a lot of advantages — otherwise, so many people wouldn’t rely on them so much. While there’s no “right way” to have sex, a little information can help you understand the pros and cons of the most common sexual positions.
Article / Updated 09-05-2025
Anybody can teach you how to make love, but I, Dr. Ruth, want you how to become a great lover. I want you to have terrrrific sex, and to do that you have to find out how to roll your Rs and heed the following tips.Be a good kisser.Don't have sex on your first date.Set the mood as far in advance as possible.Find out what your partner needs.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 03-03-2025
Gender Transition for Dummies covers a huge amount of material about transgender and non-binary people and gender transition. This Cheat Sheet takes a closer look at gender-neutral language and intersex folks and the issues they face. It also contains some information about how to make bathrooms more inclusive.
Gender transition is different for everyone—get the support you need for your unique journey Gender Transition For Dummies is an essential resource for transgender and non-binary readers who are considering the various elements of what is often called gender transition. It starts at the beginning, answering questions like, “What is transgender and what is non-binary?
Cheat Sheet / Updated 12-09-2024
Just as monogamy works for countless people, polyamory is a joyful and generative way to love and make family for many others. Polyamory literally means to love more.Like other forms of open relationships, polyamory involves having multiple lovers simultaneously. But polyamorous people often create deeper bonds than hooking up or friends-with-benefits arrangements.
A clear breakdown of polyamory for beginners and the newly polyamorousPolyamory literally means “more love”. Twenty-first century polyamory is the practice of engaging in multiple intimate relationships at the same time, with the full consent of all partners. Polyamory For Dummies gives you the lowdown on this expansive form of consensual non-monogamy, so you can go forth and prosper in whatever ways you choose.
Article / Updated 06-28-2023
Dr. Ruth, America’s favorite psychosexual therapist, talks about the new forms of rejection—ghosting, benching, orbiting, and breadcrumbing—in a new edition of the fun and comprehensive guide to sex. As app dating has evolved, so have those who abuse this new method of finding a partner. Not only do you need to know how to deal with rejection, but you have to know how to deal with it on social media.
Article / Updated 06-21-2023
You’ve probably noticed people are using a variety of terms these days to describe gender and sexual identities. As more people become comfortable talking about their personal experiences of gender and sexual orientation, we see there’s a broad spectrum that stretches far beyond male, female, straight, and gay.
