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• The science of what excites kinky people doesn't end with armchair psychology | Nichi Hodgson

  14-02-2015 14:15
  
  Though popular tropes all hold that people interested in BDSM were all abused or are disturbed, the biological basis of kink deserves more studyWhen it comes to explaining the how and why of sexual desire, there are few answers more reassuring than “because it’s in our DNA”, or “because we’re wired that way”. From why men love boobs to why both partners start wanting to scratch other sexual itches after seven years, a plausible-sounding biological explanation for our sexual predilect
  
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• Why I want to find a date for Mum this year

  14-02-2015 09:00
  
  Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett is on a mission to play cupid for her mother – and it turns out she’s not the only one. She meets the matchmakers looking for love for their parents I’m on the phone to my mum. “So, how was the date? Was it everything you hoped it would be?”“It was fine. He was a lovely guy. There just wasn’t any… spark. I just didn’t fancy him. There was no sexual chemistry.”There are 2 million single parents in the UK. I’m not the only one desperately seeking love o
  
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• Finding love online: study reveals how to get that first date

  14-02-2015 09:00
  If you are one of the millions of people in the US trying online dating, read on. A new study reveals the best - albeit unexpected - ways to bag that first face-to-face meeting.
  
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