Any film more than two hours is too long. For me, the ideal flick runs from an hour and a half to two hours. If said picture exceeds 120 minutes, I tear the movie apart and suggest to myself which scenes should have been left on the cutting room floor. Kind of like sex. At least according to new figures from sultry dating site Saucy Dates. After surveying 3,836 people, Saucy Dates announced that people want sex to last for–get this–25 minutes.

If you’ve ever had sex with your partner while she’s on her period, you understand it isn’t the slasher flick nightmare it’s been made out to be. According to data published by Simpatic.us of more than 4,000 users, we’re coming around to normalizing the act. The research found four in 10 men and three in 10 women are interested in having period sex. Additional research found that 30 percent of women want to have sex when they’re ovulating more than any other time.

This story appears in the January/February 2018 issue of Playboy. Subscribe In the summer of 1982 news broke that 29-year-old, Brandeis University–educated Christie Hefner, the first child of Hugh Hefner, had been appointed president of Playboy Enterprises, the $389 million company launched almost 30 years before by her father. The announcement raised eyebrows and red flags.

Americans’ interest in consensual non-monogamy is on the rise. We see this in Google searches for polyamory and open relationships, which are higher than ever, but also in growing media coverage and portrayals of sexually non-exclusive relationships, from shows like You Me Her to Polyamory: Married and Dating.

The holidays are a time for family, friends and food—and sex. Yes, according to the slew of recent studies overtaking my inbox, tis the season for no-strings fornication. Last year, almost half of singles had casual sex with someone when they were home for the holidays and this year, researchers report that figure could jump to 60 percent.

Vintage sitcom producer Paul Henning’s name probably means nothing to you, but once upon a time, he was almost as big a deal as Mark Burnett. As you presumably do know, Burnett is the TV producer who went from creating Survivor to turning Donald J. Trump into a reality-TV star—and presidential timber, not that anyone would have guessed it at the time.

Each relationship is a journey with its own twists and turns, high jumps and quick drops. No one is alike and what constitutes success in a relationship is subjective. What, perhaps, may be the trickiest part of a relationship is what determines the end of it–that too is subjective. It is often said in movies and the tabloids that cheating is an unpardonable offense, but a new survey of nearly 10,000 Americans found there is really no universal rule.

If you’re a loyal Playboy reader, Leah Schrager may look familiar— and that’s because we’ve featured her as a Playboy Muse. Schrager is one of those rare birds who managed a smooth transition from being in front of the lens–as a model and dancer–to going behind the lens as a photographer. In 2010, she began to focus on photography as a way to gain control of her own image.

Who decided being single is so bad? Who is the asshole who decided your life is not emotionally fulfilled unless you have somebody to share it with? Better yet, why are the people who oppose such traditional relations so often looked down upon? Here at Playboy, we’re going to offer a different take on cuffing season: Instead of dating somebody during winter months only to ditch them when the heat returns, just stay single. You know, be selfish. Do you.

You all know by now that Prince William has an ever-growing bald spot and just when you thought his younger brother escaped the hereditary trait, his recent engagement photos with Meghan Markle proved he too has fallen victim.