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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Psychology Today gives us a taste of our own medicine

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We often think we can do a better job at answering tough sex questions than other writers out there, hence our regular feature "Sex Advice Review," in which we obnoxiously critique what we think they got right and wrong (see Worst Booty Call Tips Ever, How to Write a Naughty Email and Am I Having an Orgasm?).

Well, the Psychology Today blog has just put us on the receiving end of a similar kind of smack down. Remember when we, along with other sex writers like Dr. Ruth and Dan Savage, admitted in Slate.com's "Don't Ask the Sexperts" article what we've never been able to figure out about sex? Our own personal stumper was why virginity is still defined strictly in terms of penile penetration. So the evo-psych know-it-alls over at Psychology Today decided to enlighten us...

Their response to our virginity conundrum is pretty interesting, if slightly annoying in its smugness. And we're always wary of evolutionary psychology's explanation for bad modern behavior (see The Caveman Mystique). Still, it's a good read.

Now maybe we'll be a little nicer in our own Sex Advice Reviews... Oh, who are we kidding?

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