Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. The “desire gap” refers to differences in the level of sexual ...

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Ask yourself who the most famous living psychologist is right now, and you’d probably land on Esther Perel. Her podcast, Where Should We Begin?, in which she speaks to one couple per episode in an ...

Every spring, I look back over the previous year's cases. And while some issues come and go, one thing is consistent year after year: I always see a lot of couples in conflict about each other's ...

Did you know that nearly half of women report having at least one problem with sexual function -- whether its low desire, loss of arousal, trouble having an orgasm, or pain during sex? Probably not, ...

Sexual intimacy plays an important role in emotional intimacy and relationship satisfaction. However, when sexual desire is mismatched between partners, the resulting dynamics can be complex and ...

Researchers have discovered the location of male sexual desire in specific regions of brain tissue where an important enzyme called aromatase is present. Share on Pinterest Aromatase may play an ...

Sexual desire is a fundamental part of being human and a driving force in many relationships, yet we still don't fully understand why it varies so much from person to person. In a large-scale study ...