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# Sex/Relationships


## Sex/Relationships


* ![Online dating app relationship.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt82ea5b556d909cd7/698a00ab16d8847b54c36c2c/dating-apps.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 31, 2019  
## [How Often Do People Lie on Dating Apps? Here's What Two Researchers Found](https://time.com/5638981/lying-on-dating-apps/)  
by The Conversation
* ![Greg and Olivia Brunner](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7cc20279cc84af07/698946eb096a9423cc6a4c3d/greg-olivia-brunner.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 4, 2019  
## [Why Do So Many Couples Look Alike? Here’s the Psychology Behind the Weird Phenomenon](https://time.com/5553817/couples-who-look-alike/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Jamie Ducharme
* ![Contraceptive pills](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33d8c17791403a4d/698947248fd2ee84f135dfe5/male-birth-control-pill.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 25, 2019  
## [A New Male Birth Control Pill is Being Tested. Here's What to Know](https://time.com/5556193/male-birth-control-pill/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Jamie Ducharme
* ![Couple holding hands](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea41d87900e56b83/69894523929fad1b31bf2b34/couples-oxytocin-activities.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 14, 2019  
## [This Type of Date Night Activity Could Make You Feel Closer to Your Partner](https://time.com/5529510/date-night-activities-oxytocin/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Jamie Ducharme
* ![Idea for Valentines Day messages, loves. Love story concept.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt09a3272fe106e719/698944af656a3f6235bd694d/digital-love.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 14, 2019  
## [4 Digital Rules You Should Follow When You're in Love](https://time.com/5516735/healthy-digital-relationship/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Jamie Ducharme  
* ![IUD birthcontrol](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfffc9dffd9430b02/69877df65f570f94ccb1521e/iud.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 4, 2019  
## [IUD Insertions Spiked After Trump's Election, Study Says](https://time.com/5520212/iud-contraception-trump-election/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Jamie Ducharme
* ![First aid kit standing on a blue and white background TIME health stock](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt11e539440670afa3/6988c135ab6d7793a76ad785/time-health-stock-first-air-kit.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 3, 2019  
## [I Spent My Fertile Years Training to Be a Surgeon. Now, It Might Be Too Late for Me to Have a Baby](https://time.com/5484506/fertility-egg-freezing/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Arghavan Salles
* ![TIME.com stock photos Birth Control Pills](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt20b89acac69ee4c3/6987788606f2c181f13333e7/birth-control-pills-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 19, 2018  
## [The Most Common Type of Birth Control In the U.S. Might Surprise You](https://time.com/5482918/female-contraception-us/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Jamie Ducharme
* ![40's Couple In Apartment TIME health stock](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83c0e8c59b086e65/6988c13d86f68ec1e76e41c1/time-health-stock-couple.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 13, 2018  
## [Sex Really Does Make Your Life Better—Even As You Age](https://time.com/5478725/sex-aging-older-adults/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Jamie Ducharme
* ![Two hands holding broken paper heart](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt48cf61074f8b8fc7/69893b8c22fb851299e26c9a/breakup.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 4, 2018  
## [The Best Way to Break Up With Someone, According to Experts](https://time.com/5406794/how-to-break-up-with-someone/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Jamie Ducharme  
* ![Margaret Sanger Clinic](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted09c8c5861d8b9d/69893b1922fb852e8fe26bf5/sanger.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 26, 2018  
## [What to Know About the Surprising Modern History of Contraception](https://time.com/5405987/history-of-contraception/)  
[HISTORY](/section/history/)  
by Lily Rothman
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3b913c48943f40cc/6988cc0dfb4eac2c45891d8f/time-health-stock-pregnancy-13.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 25, 2018  
## [Syphilis Rates In Babies Are At a 20-Year High, CDC Says](https://time.com/5406134/congenital-syphilis-cdc/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Jamie Ducharme
* ![TIME.com stock photos Condoms Sex](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef7384384760440d/6987788c0b72e312986dcfd0/condom-sex-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 29, 2018  
## [Why STD Rates Are Higher Than They’ve Ever Been](https://time.com/5381625/std-rates-funding/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Jamie Ducharme
* ![TIME.com stock photos Condoms Sex](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc95ff195039e0a2a/6987788d06f2c104f33333f0/condom-sex-4.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 28, 2018  
## [Americans Are Getting STDs at Record Rates](https://time.com/5379165/std-rates-sex/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Jamie Ducharme
* ![Mixed race woman taking broken paper heart](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf85a9e54eb970016/698938ac0a4a2279359d386c/broken-heart.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 27, 2018  
## [Why Getting Back Together With Your Ex May Be Bad for Your Health](https://time.com/5377841/off-on-relationships/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Jamie Ducharme

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