For as much sex as we see everyday--the Marc Jacobs and Dolce & Gabbana ads, the Victoria's Secret models wearing nothing in the windows, the fact that I saw a guy masturbating on Tell Me You Love Me (sure, it was cable, but still!)--we still aren't very good at talking about it. If you live in a blue state, high school health class teaches you how you get pregnant and how you get STDs, but little else. I mean, who ever tells you that sex is great, funny, messy, scary, tender, the best fun you'll ever had and maybe once or twice the most boring thing you'll ever do? In this information vacuum, not all of us have good and knowledgeable friends or sisters to talk to about all things sexual. And even then, we tend to share the messy parts, or the things that confuse us, and not talk about how great sex can be.

The Internet in general is such a mixed bag for accurate information, about anything--for every good site you find, you'll find three that will scare the bejesus out of you. I have lots of patients who come see me about a condition (diagnosed by another doctor) that they've then researched on the web. Inevitably, they're now terrified and think they're diseased, dirty, infertile or dying. So you know, sites run by the CDC, the Department of Health and Human Services, and Planned Parenthood are full of good information. But even those reputable sites don't give you the complete picture that is sex. And that's the goal with the gang here at the Daily Bedpost. As your gyno-in-residence, I'll be blogging about all sorts of issues, from sex itself to pelvic exams to infections to breast health...and even your health in general, both physical and emotional. And if I pique your interest, please ask me about more information for anything I talk about here...or about something scary you read elsewhere.  Info relaying and myth debunking, at your service.  Heard any good ones lately?