Having sex for the first time can feel like a huge deal, and you may have tons of questions racing through your head. If you haven’t had sex yet, you’re probably wondering what your first time will be ...

When you are thinking about “having sex” for the first time, the stakes can seem really high. After all, the society and pop culture around you have been telling you that at some point in your life ...

Large gender differences in satisfaction with one’s first experience with intercourse are a common finding in sexuality research. Women tend to have more negative physical and emotional experiences ...

Oddly, the issue of what to tell a young person who is about to have sexual intercourse for the first time came up twice in my practice this month. While there are unlikely to be many sexual virgins ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. A person’s first sexual experience is often regarded as a ...