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June 23, 2025

 

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27 Ways to Have Much Better Sex We asked real-life hot people and other experts about how to meaningfully have a better time boning.

By Isle McElroy

Illustration: Lia Kantrowitz

Even if your sex life is generally good, there are always new things you might try to make it better. Based on my experience teaching a sex writing course, ho phasing, and talking endlessly to friends about sex, I’ve encountered a lot of different strategies and approaches for getting laid with renewed vigor.

For even more context, I’ve asked dozens of people — psychologists, parents, influencers, bottoms — about their pragmatic advice for improving your sex life, based on their own experience and expertise. As adrienne maree brown, author of Pleasure Activism, told me, “Sex is one of the ways we get to practice our aliveness and our togetherness.” To that end, here are tons of ideas to test out for yourself.

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