The Future of Intimacy
Read entries from Dr. Brandon's popular Psychology Today blog – The Future of Intimacy – focused on straight talk about sex.



June 22, 2021
June 22, 2021
From an evolutionary perspective, orgasming quickly has a clear advantage. But our modern ideals about sexual performance are based on a different reality.
June 4, 2021
June 4, 2021
Refocusing yourself on these points can reduce your motivation to cheat.
May 31, 2021
May 31, 2021
Identifying what's interfering with your enjoyment of partnered sex is the first step to improving your love life.
May 7, 2021
May 7, 2021
There's a lot you can do to increase your sexual pleasure. And the good news is, if it's good for your sex life, it's usually good for you and your life more generally.
February 16, 2021
February 16, 2021
The evolutionary purpose of passion isn’t to keep a couple together for decades. That poses a challenge.
January 14, 2021
January 14, 2021
People avoid therapy because they see no benefit to talking about their struggles. But therapy can help change your relationship to even "unfixable" problems.
December 15, 2020
December 15, 2020
Surveys suggest that at least 10 percent of men struggle with low sex drive. There are multiple potential causes, as well as a variety of ways to address them.
October 29, 2020
October 29, 2020
Our culture is transforming faster than at any time in the history of humankind. Rather than be passive bystanders, let's actively write the story of the Future of Intimacy.
September 29, 2020
September 29, 2020
Sexbots are more than science fiction, and they are among the most controversial inventions we will be confronting in the next few decades.