By now, it’s a fairly certain fact that pursuing a friend with benefits (FWB) situation-ship is a slippery slope. Both people enter for carnal satisfaction with no strings attached, but one often leaves frustrated when he or she inevitably catches feels. But what if I told you there’s actually a science to navigating a healthy FWB relationship? According to research published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior this month, there is.

In early July, trans activist and writer Zinnia Jones wrote a tweet about attraction between straight cis-men and trans women. “I don’t see a problem with telling straight guys who are exclusionary of trans women partners that they should try to work through that,” Jones said. Jones wasn’t saying that straight men have a moral duty to date trans women; she was pointing out that who is and isn’t considered attractive is often tied to social or cultural prejudices.

Last year, the Women’s Index Study found that three-quarters of women believe the 21st Century is the best time in history to be female, with nine in 10 women identifying femininity with strength. But while there’s no denying women have made great strides toward equality, there’s still much work to be done.

Anyone who’s ever had casual sex or a one-night stand knows those encounters rarely end up being as casual as their names imply. Even if you and your partner agree to keep things commitment-free, no strings attached, you have need to follow some pretty strick guidelines to avoid catching feels or accidentally tripping into a relationship—or at least, making your partner think you’re in one. That truth is at odds with another universal truth about sex, however.

Big news, everybody: Since there’s a day for literally everything, today is National Orgasm Day. So if you’re hard-pressed for post-work activities this evening, consider your orgasm a civic duty for your prostate. In light of this unexpected holiday, LELO, the world’s leading designer brand for intimate products, has published results of a new survey they had conducted of 2,200 respondents from 21 different countries.

Considering all the booze, drugs and scantily clad millennials at these things, it should come as no surprise that people are having tons of sex at music festivals. Heaps of it. Though it was something of an assumption, Lovehoney recently confirmed this insight with a nationwide survey of over 1,100 people. According to results, one in four Lollapalooza attendees want to get it on at this year’s music fest, which kicks off this Thursday.

Q:I hate dating dog owners. I love animals, but getting close to a woman with a dog seems impossible. Hear me out: The animal always comes first. Where and for how long we go on a date depends on when her pet needs to be walked, played with or fed. She can’t sleep at my place because she has to “take care of the dog.” I’ve recently been hooking up with a woman I really like, and she’s hinted at getting serious. I would…but she has a dog.

When Lynsey G. took a job reviewing porn DVDs at the age of 24, she didn’t think she was stepping into a new career. More than a decade later, she’s written a memoir about her life as a feminist porn journalist.

You know how in spy movies, in order to gain access to some super-secret underground headquarters, operatives must first get past a retinal scan? It’s essentially the same scanning technology your iPhone uses to unlock, right? Okay, now imagine unlocking something with your penis instead of your retina or fingerprint. No, I’m not writing about this because I just saw some long-buried deleted scene from Austin Powers.

How excited should America’s libtards be that Bernie Sanders is sizing up the idea of running for president again in 2020? If you ask us, it’s a toss-up between the moment in vampire movies when Dracula’s coffin lid creaks open and a child’s traumatizing discovery that what’s left of Santa Claus is still clogging the chimney on St. Patrick’s Day. But we don’t live in Iowa.