Sex columnist

Sex advice columns may take the form of essays or, more frequently, answers to questions posed by readers.

While some are written by sexologists, many are penned by people lacking credentials in human sexuality and relationships, yet willing to divulge their opinions or personal bedroom antics.

[2] One such columnist, Meghan Bainum,[3] at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, placed in the 42nd annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation Journalism Awards Program (2001–2002) for her column.

[4] Anka Radakovich was the first of a new breed of sex columnists for whom "every detail of the writer's psyche is splayed across the page ... confessional journalism at its most intimate".

After James Truman became editor-in-chief and transformed Details into a men's magazine, he offered Radakovich a column in September 1990.