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'I'm campaigning to be the first Bachelorette with a disability. Here's why.'

by Isabella Ross

'I teach young men about respect. Here's what I tell them about domestic violence.'

Renee McBryde's dad was a murderer. She worried she was going to 'pass the gene on' to her kids.

"We didn't get dressed for 40 hours." 13 women share their wildest sex confessions.

'Only wear floral dresses.' 5 women on the worst dating advice they've ever been given.

'I’ve just fallen victim to an elaborate Bitcoin scam through Instagram. Here's what happened.'

"That's when I get the nipple clamps out." 8 women share their exact masturbation technique.

As a child, Renee thought her dad worked for Cottee's cordial. He was in jail for 2 murders.

From a tenant eviction to a secret affair: 13 women share their messiest paths to love.

'My daughter lives with Borderline Personality Disorder. This is what I want you to know.'

'I’m a queer woman and I was sexually assaulted by another woman. People laughed when I told them.'

"One word: Grinding": Tracey Cox shares her top 4 tips for peri-proofing your sex life.

'I left my abusive partner last year. My family is still in contact with him.'

'I'm in my 50s and love my husband. But I also love having sex with other men.'

British backpacker Ellie came to Australia on holiday. 3 years later, she’s working at a cattle station.

After an abusive relationship, I lost all my confidence. Here's how I found myself again.

'I want to help people.' Why Lisa Curry needs to talk about her daughter's death.

'My mum knew about my DV relationship. But she didn't have the words to help me.'

Geraldine Bilston

"It was like a toxic beast." Lisa Curry on her daughter Jaimi’s addiction.

"I didn’t trust myself to drive after." Mamamia reviews the Baci Robotic Clitoral Stimulator.

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'I teach young men about respect. Here's what I tell them about domestic violence.'

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Sex

"We didn't get dressed for 40 hours." 13 women share their wildest sex confessions.

"That's when I get the nipple clamps out." 8 women share their exact masturbation technique.

"One word: Grinding": Tracey Cox shares her top 4 tips for peri-proofing your sex life.

'I'm in my 50s and love my husband. But I also love having sex with other men.'

"I didn’t trust myself to drive after." Mamamia reviews the Baci Robotic Clitoral Stimulator.

What exactly happens at a sex club? A sexologist explains.

'I caught my boyfriend masturbating to photos of his Facebook friends.'

SEX DIARIES: 'I let my husband live out his cuckold fantasy. Here's what happened.'

'I was a virgin until I was 26. I felt like an outsider.'

'I used to tell men mine was odd-looking.' Porn made me hate my vagina.

Mary Rose Madigan

I teach young men about respect. Here are 10 things I tell them about sex.

‘He asked me how many people I’d slept with. I lied.’

'I told my partner I wanted to use sex toys in bed. His reaction scared me.'

“I dislocated my jaw giving a blowjob during a threesome.” 10 sex stories that ended in medical attention.

'No fancy moves, positions or dirty talk.' In defense of vanilla sex.

Mary Rose Madigan

“As a sex writer, here are my top 10 public places to get naughty – without getting caught.”

"I thought it made me unlovable." Here's how I fixed my relationship with casual sex.

Mary Rose Madigan

SEX DIARIES: 'I finally understand what it means to "make love". It's the best sex of my life.’

Okay, it's time we explained pegging: The sex move everyone is googling right now.

MAFS had a good old chat about period sex. We asked 1000 women how they really feel about it.

'Only wear floral dresses.' 5 women on the worst dating advice they've ever been given.

From a tenant eviction to a secret affair: 13 women share their messiest paths to love.

'My boyfriend cheated in his last relationship. I can't shake the insecurity that he'll do it again.'

Couples

'I spent years trying to fix it.' The relationship lesson I wish I learned years ago.

Tara Blair Ball

'I'm 43 and just married my much younger husband. It's made me worried about ageing.'

'My boyfriend's sexual past bothers me - even though I know it shouldn't.'

From never arguing to being 'best friends': 5 surprising things that are bad for your relationship.

How to tackle that one thing you and your partner always fight about.

Tara Blair Ball

"Jealousy does NOT go away." 5 people on what it's really like being in an open relationship.

Shannen Findlay

4 things to do when you and your partner have VERY different love languages.

The simple exercise every couple should do before getting engaged.

'I have a loving male partner and a girlfriend. This is how we make it work.'

Jessica Renaglia

I'm a relationship coach. These are the 7 things healthy couples don't do.

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"I cheated on my husband, and now I’ll never love someone again for their potential."

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'I dodged a bullet!' 15 women on the red flags they found when meeting their partner's family.

"The first year of marriage is the hardest." 20 women on the worst marriage advice they've ever heard.

'My husband and I have a boring relationship. But that doesn't mean it's dull.'

Tara Blair Ball

Carrie, Big, and the 'endgame' relationships we need to stop rooting for.

"My partner and I are always on our phones, so we tried this experiment for a week. Here's exactly what we learned."

'I decided to do a personality quiz with my boyfriend. The results changed everything.'

Anisha Premawardhana

Is it ever okay to track your partner? 33 women share their thoughts.

"Marry the everyday." 23 of the best pieces of relationship advice everyone needs to hear.

"I began focusing on myself." What being single for a decade has taught me.

Greyson Ferguson

'I'm 39 with 2 kids and I just had an abortion. I shouldn't have to explain why.'

Ellis Gunn met a man at an auction. For the following year, he stalked her every move.

Marie met someone 17 months after her husband died. Friends told her it was too soon.

There are only 2 types of friends everyone needs in their life, according to a psychotherapist.

'My boyfriend cheated in his last relationship. I can't shake the insecurity that he'll do it again.'

Holly Wainwright: These are 5 of my biggest regrets.

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‘After a disagreement, my best friend deleted me from her life. It was a relief.’

"He had little hands." 31 women on the pettiest reason they've broken up with someone.

Shannen Findlay

'I spent years trying to fix it.' The relationship lesson I wish I learned years ago.

Tara Blair Ball

What exactly happens at a sex club? A sexologist explains.

Comedian Alexandra Hudson has a disability. She's not your 'inspiration porn'.

At 19, food "rules" controlled my whole life. Here's what I'd say to myself now.

"You’d be even hotter if you lost weight." The post-sex comment that changed the way I saw myself.

Mary Rose Madigan

"You won’t regret as much as you think you will." 36 life lessons I've learned at 36.

Mia Freedman: These are my 7 biggest regrets.

'I have been mistaken for the #WrongAsian. There's nothing funny about it.'

'I'm 43 and just married my much younger husband. It's made me worried about ageing.'

'I caught my boyfriend masturbating to photos of his Facebook friends.'

Be a ‘grey rock’. 7 tips from an expert on how to deal with a narcissist.

'I've been diagnosed with cancer twice. Here are 12 things I wish I knew before treatment.'

'I suck at dating profiles so I got an expert to do mine. My matches have skyrocketed.'

"A cheese platter is a perfectly acceptable meal": 7 women share the best piece of advice they got from their mum.

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'I was a virgin until I was 26. I felt like an outsider.'

'When my daughter died, I thought I'd never recover. Here's how I learned to live again.'

"I didn't give him my bank details but I felt stupid." We need to talk about micro-catfishing.

Mary Rose Madigan

'My boyfriend's sexual past bothers me - even though I know it shouldn't.'

"I was in another place." How Holly Wainwright and Jessie Stephens got through their most painful moments.

Sophie Delezio survived two horrific accidents as a child. She just celebrated her 21st birthday.

'Having kids is too hard on low income earners. So I got a vasectomy at 22.'

'I used to tell men mine was odd-looking.' Porn made me hate my vagina.

Mary Rose Madigan

Last month I lost my dad. There are 4 aspects of grief I didn't expect.

'I'd been chatting to Stelios for months when I sent him a nude video. He wasn't who he said he was.'

Torrie Marshall

"Do you really need that biscuit?" I'm regularly fat-shamed at work. I'm done laughing it off.

Mary Rose Madigan

'I've had alopecia for 21 years. No hair on my face, head and body. This is what I want you to know.'

'I've been harassed in the boys' bathroom': What it's like to live as trans in Australia.

Trans Day of Visibility: What it's like coming out as trans in Australia.

'Like Chris Rock, I’ve been slapped in the face while doing my job. It was utterly humiliating.'

'For years I dated men and felt nothing. Then in lockdown, I added girls to my dating app preferences.'

I teach young men about respect. Here are 10 things I tell them about sex.

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