24 Min Released Apr 14, 2017

The Dangers of a Too-Clean Dick

A listener calls Sex Lives with a harrowing story about accidentally destroying her husband's penis with Lysol, and Maureen enlists Ask a Clean Person columnist Jolie Kerr to help her sort out the ensuing mess. Also up for discussion: sex stains, masturbation messes, sexual etiquette for houseguests, and a theory about why Oscar the Grouch would make a great husband? To leave a voice message for Sex Lives, call .

New York Magazine's Sex Lives

New York Magazine's Sex Lives

New York Magazine writers dish about sex, lust, dating, technology, coupling, porn, fetish and freakiness.

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