Articles By Jon Pressick
Jon Pressick is the sex community's international gadabout and Cherry Banana's writer in residence. An award-winning sex writer and blogger, Jon is the editor of the critically-acclaimed Best Sex Writing of the Year, Volume 1. He is a frequent contributor to Cherry Banana with a range of sex-related content and his writing has appeared in numerous magazines and books, as well as all across the Internet. Jon is also a co-host and producer of the long-running sex radio show Sex City. You can keep up with his many sex-related articles here at Cherry Banana or at his own blog, Sex in Words.
There’s just no denying our reliance on our personal technology. It used to be that people had to go sit at a desk, dial a modem and wait for a connection to access the internet. There was a concerted effort. Nowadays, everything has changed. People can be online at any given moment. Got a question? Look it up. Need an address? Map it. Have a foo...
‘Tis the season of good times and good cheer. Is there any better way to ensure there’s a smile on your face at all times throughout the holiday season than by putting an awesome vibrator under the tree?
Having a versatile array of vibrators in your pleasure chest can bring you many different kinds of sexual satisfaction. Vibes have moved pa...
The holiday season is a great time to spend time exploring new and sexciting adventures with your partner. There is a general sense of good feeling in the air and it is bound to rub off on the two of you at home—and will hopefully lead to the two of you rubbing each other. Whether you’re in a long-term partnership or newly connected, there is n...
Sex is good for us. Really! I’m serious! Some might think a statement like that is just some kind of come on or justification. But it is true, sex can be beneficial to our health. Unfortunately, we cannot claim that sex can cure disease, but, on a base level, sex can greatly reduce stress that manifests in headaches, sore muscles, menstrual disco...
Somewhere along the way, hairy bodies became undesirable. Particularly for women, but men have been catching up in the smooth revolution of late. Despite being a perfectly natural part of our bodies, the idea of hairy in certain regions has become so unacceptable that we’re doing everything we can to get rid of it. Shave it, pluck it, wax it, las...
Q: Okay, I realize I might be making a much bigger deal out of this than I need to. I am in a long-term, awesome, committed relationship. My girlfriend Jenn is amazing. We never fight. We rarely disagree. We have open and considered conversations. The sex is fantastic. We always have lots of fun. But I also have the biggest crush on my coworker. Wh...
Think about your mouth for a second. What do you use it for?
Well, you eat with it. You put all manner of food and drink in there and then you mash it all up, swirl it around and manipulate it with your tongue until it is ready to slide down your gullet. Of course, you eat a few times a day.
Another thing is breathing. In combination with you...
It is hard to believe that we have known a world that experiences HIV and AIDS for almost 40 years. For someone who has only been alive a few years longer than that, I really can’t remember a time when HIV wasn’t a thing. And certainly there are many people out there who only know this world.
Even though it has been close to 40 years since w...
Back in the day, breast implants were all the rage—and I mean that in two distinct ways.
Of all the things the 1980s gave human society, easy-to-access plastic surgery has endured as a means to our outer appearances to the ideal in our minds. There are, of course, two ends of the scalpel. Some people get plastic surgery to correct legitimate m...
In some senses, there’s nothing new about anal sex. People have been enjoying the pleasures of the bum for centuries. I imagine the first anal sex session went something like this: Tried that spot, was good. Look there’s another spot, looks good too! And so on and so forth. Of course, political agendas around, you know, having babies and such h...
We spend far too much time maintaining too many assumptions when it comes to sex. Guys are always interested. Women act like they do in porn. Men don’t need emotional connection. Women automatically get wet when they are aroused.
While all of these topics could warrant a blog post of their own (and maybe someday they will!), we’re going to f...
Q:Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: My wife and I just celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary and we’re looking to spice up our marriage. We’ve got a great sex life, very fulfilling and very adventurous. That’s the thing, we’re always looking for more. The other night, she asked me what I thought about swinging. I confessed I hadn...
Picture this: A romantic scene. Two lovers embrace. He grasps her hips firmly, pulling her close. She throws her arms around his shoulders. They gaze directly into each other’s eyes as their bodies come closer. He pulls those hips to meet his, pulls their sex directly. She leans forward, wanting, and touches his lips with hers, their bodies entwi...
Okay, let’s set the scene. You’re at the gym, working out. You’re getting sweaty and pumped up. There’s a whole lot of testosterone floating in the air. Things are getting pretty physical and you’re feeling good.
So you stick your dick in a weight.
The first part of that scene is something people participate in every day. Working to...
It is all too easy for us to try and fit things in neat little boxes. And yes, we’re going to talk about vibrators today, but we’re not talking about boxes. Quite the opposite, rather. Let’s take a look at why vibration toys are great for everybody to play with!
If you take a look back at the history of sex toys, the invention of the vibra...
For some folks, hooking up is just a way of life. A great, sticky fun way of life. They can meet new people, discern with whom they want to have a sexual encounter and then proceed or proceed depending on what criteria they have for whether that hook-up should happen. Some might need a certain physical attraction, a compatible personality or just t...
It really seems like sex should be the most simple of life’s pleasures. It should be something delightful and easy, something that you and whomever you choose to play with enter into with care and consideration because you’re both trying to have a great and sexy time.
But, as with most things in life, sex is almost never that simple because ...
What the duck! There are many problems with our current sexual climate. Consent, sexual assault, predatory behaviour, coercion, toxic masculinity... the list, sadly, goes on and on and on. And somehow we think we so very evolved from our animal cousins. But have you heard about some of the mating habits of ducks?
Yes, ducks, the quackers. A gene...
There is no denying the power and hold Youtube has over us. Created in 2005, the video hosting and sharing platform has significantly transformed how we consume many different types of media. Back in the day there were the dominant television networks. First they took a backseat to cable outlets, and now, arguably, everyone has been left in the dus...
We live in a great time of sexual exploration. These days, people can discover and enjoy so many different types of activities—some that are just emerging, but also others that have been around for years, but maybe haven’t been clearly named. One of these amazing acts is pegging. Some might think that this delightful activity is a new thing tha...
