How quarantine has changed our sex lives

The coronavirus pandemic has totally changed the way we live, from how we shop to how we socialize and with whom. Naturally, it’s changed our sex lives, too.

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This week, we launched Risky Business: Love And Sex In A Germaphobic World, a series that explores the way COVID-19 is changing the way we date, have sex and enjoy intimacy. What’s happened to first kisses? One-night stands? Will we be more cautious getting physically intimate with someone new? How are people in open marriages navigating their relationships now?

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To kick of the series, Kelsey Borresen talked to sex therapists about how the pandemic has already altered our sex lives. Keep scrolling for a look at the future of first kisses and one night stands, and I’ll be back next week with more from this series right as summer is getting hot.

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Xo, Ashley Rockman

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Stay-at-home orders, coupled with bar and restaurant closures, have likely made one-night stands more challenging the past several months. But now that businesses are starting to reopen, will casual hookups pick up? It’s certainly not the safest thing to do, but expecting people to go months and months without sex isn’t realistic, either. Here’s how the pandemic may shape the future of casual sex, and some tips on how to go about it as safely as possible.

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FYI:

It may surprise you that, according to the New York City Department of Health, kissing is even riskier than sex as far as contracting COVID-19. They even suggested wearing masks while doing the deed, making kissing definitely off the table. So what’s the future of first kisses? Go here to find out.