Recent content by provocando

Wish it was longer.

Okay, but the acting was a bit much.

Sex is so fundamental to life on Earth that it often feels inevitable—an essential biological truth rather than a strange evolutionary experiment. Yet when examined closely, sexual reproduction is anything but obvious. It is costly, risky, and inefficient compared to simpler forms of...

Communicating sexual desire is a normal, healthy part of adult relationships, yet many people struggle with how to express it clearly, respectfully, and confidently. In Western relationship culture, open communication, consent, and emotional safety are considered essential foundations for...

For most of my adult life, I believed that a healthy relationship automatically required a healthy sex life. When intimacy declined, I assumed something was broken—either in my body, my partner, or our relationship. What I didn’t expect was that stepping away from sex altogether, intentionally...