Figures confirm that less than one in five members of congress and one in 15 Fortune 500 CEOs are female. Data also shows, in the best case scenario, women only earn 80 percent of what men do, and the gap only gets worse as women age. These are cold hard facts, yet Americans remain divided as to whether gender inequality still exists in our nation. The line in the sand seems to be drawn by one’s political affiliation.

Last month, the CDC released its 2016 STD Surveillance Report accompanied by a press release claiming that sexually transmitted infections (STIs, also known as STDs, or sexually transmitted diseases) in the United States are at a “record high.” This bold claim earned national attention and generated tons of media headlines about the dangers of sex.

Online dating has grown to become the second most popular way American singles meet. These days, more than one-third of marriages begin online. While a stigma still exists, online dating has become a far more accepted way to find a partner. Turns out, this might be a good thing. New research published in the MIT Technology Review posits relationships that begin online are stronger than bonds made offline.

The number of sex-related injuries among middle-aged men has quadrupled in the last five years. Now, if you were to guess, which kind of sex do you think is the most dangerous? While we recently reported doggy-style is most menacing to a man’s penis, the research didn’t account for shower sex, a class of fornication Stephen Makinde, clinical director of Perfect Balance Clinic, insists is the most prevalent sex-related ailment as evidenced by the bevy of men he treats.

Next year, on the first of July (Canada Day), weed will officially become both medically and recreationally legal in Canada. As the law stands, citizens ages 18 and older will be able to grow four plants of any size in their homes. Pending legalization, however, a burgeoning underground program, known as the Green Market, is beginning to emerge rather rapidly across the nation.

According to a federal study, two-thirds of men don’t wear condoms (and more people than ever are using the pullout technique), an insight that is not only surprising, but dangerous. With such concerning numbers, the state of unsafe sex in this country is seemingly becoming an epidemic.

Pornhub celebrated its first decade earlier this year, and to commemorate the occasion, the streaming adult site published startling information that confirmed Pornhub is not just a porn site, but a vast library of anthropological data on the human race. The website hosts 173 years’ worth of content, which makes it impossible for any one person to view all of the site’s clips in his or her lifetime.

Romance is dead, as they say. Bromance, however, is thriving. New research published in Men and Masculinities has found men benefit more emotionally from male friendship than they do from heterosexual relationships. Researchers predict this trend will endure and reduce the likelihood of men and women pairing up at all in the future. Dr. Kat Van Kirk, sex and relationships expert at Adam & Eve, agrees that the closeness of male friends can have an impact on how men and women interact.

In all these years, we’ve yet to figure out how we can help women orgasm as often as men. A national study from 2010 found 85 percent of men had climaxed the last time they had sex compared to just 64 percent of women. The 21 percent discrepancy represents the–still sizeable–orgasm gap. Most articles, pundits and YouTube sexperts blame men for this gap, labeling the entire gender lazy and selfish in the bedroom. Women, however, are postured as helpless victims of the patriarchy.

[Editor’s Note: ‘Scandal’ season one through six spoilers ahead.] The seventh and final season of ABC’s Scandal is launching tonight, and we’re betting anything you’ll be puzzled to hear that we at playboy are looking forward to it. Otherwise, like the manly men we are, we don’t exactly consider ourselves prisoners of Shondaland. In case you don’t know, that’s the name of series creator Shonda Rhimes’s production company.