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What Is Transphobia? And, What Is Cissexism?
Transgender and gender non-conforming people face pervasive prejudice, discrimination, and violence around the world.
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College Growing Pains: Ending High School Relationships
For better or worse, if you tried to keep a relationship going after high school, college often means the end of that romantic relationship.
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The Kinsey Scale: Its Purpose And Significance
The work of Dr. Alfred Kinsey, including his Heterosexual-Homosexual Rating Scale ("the Kinsey scale"), continues to be significant in society and culture.
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What’s “Normal” When It Comes To Pubic Hair?
Guest blogger Aliza Saraco-Polner lays out the low down on pubic hair preferences.
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How Often Do We Think About Sex?…Results From A New Study
Findings from a new study indicate that women and men tend to think about sex often, but perhaps not as much as old stereotypes would have us believe!
Kinsey Confidential Asks:
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Hormonal Birth Control & Sexual Functioning–What’s The Deal?
Recent research suggests that using a hormonal method of birth control is associated with decreased sexual functioning...what's the deal?
- Blog Post Sex Ed: Teaching Abstinence Is Not The Problem. “Only” Is.
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Pleasure & Orgasm »
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Q&A: Why Do I Have So Much Pain During Sex?
Please know that sex doesn’t have to hurt and there are often good treatments and therapies available to help improve your sexual experiences.
- Podcast Q&A: Maximizing Sexual Pleasure Through Masturbation
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Common Problems »
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Q&A: 21 Years Old, Having Trouble Getting An Erection
Often, young men have erection problems that are largely caused by performance anxiety.
- Podcast Q&A: Are There Adverse Effects To Frequent Masturbation?
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Bodies »
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Q&A: Concerns About My Uncircumcised Penis
Although most men have retractable foreskins by the time they are 18 years old, some men have conditions that keep the foreskin from retracting.
- Podcast Q&A: Do Nocturnal Emissions Cause Memory Loss?
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Health & Disease »
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Q&A: Cunnilingus, Fellatio, And Safer Sex
For both cunnilingus and fellatio, there is the risk of passing chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV, herpes and most likely even HPV.
- Book Review What They’re Reading: Elizabeth Webb
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Relationships & Love »
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Relationships: Two Years Plus Or Minus Six Months Guideline
It can be hard to know when you should make a lifetime commitment to a romantic relationship. Some love and attachment science offers guidelines.
- Blog Post The Allure Of Secret Relationships
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Sex Research & Therapy »
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How I Became A . . . Sex and Relationships Researcher
The story of one researcher's path into the elusive field of sex and relationships.
- Blog Post A Woman’s Orgasm Mapped Using fMRI
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Sexual Orientation & Gender »
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What They’re Reading: Mary Gray
Book recommendations from experts in the fields of sexuality, gender, health, science and relationships
- Blog Post Life At The Intersection Of Gender Identity/Expression And Race
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Sexual Assault »
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First College Course: Consent 101
One In Five Women May Be Sexually Assaulted During College Years and 40% Of Men Admit to Using Coercive Methods
- Blog Post What’s The Deal With Rape Fantasies?
Dr. Debby Herbenick (M.P.H., Ph.D.) is Associate Director of the Center for Sexual Health Promotion at Indiana University where she is also a sexual health researcher and educator at The Kinsey Institute.
Recent Posts By Debby »
Adam Fisher (M.A.) is a Ph.D. student in Counseling Psychology, and an instructor for the Student Academic Center at Indiana University. Adam’s clinical practice interests are in evidence-based couple and sex therapy.
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Kristen Jozkowski received her Ph.D.in Applied Health Science at Indiana University in May, 2011, and now teaches at University of Arkansas (yes, there is life after college). Kristen's research focuses on sexual communication and consent, desire and pleasure, sexual function, and women's sexuality.
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Eric Anthony Grollman is a Ph.D. student and instructor in Sociology at Indiana University focusing primarily on sexual identity and sexual orientation, race and ethnicity, gender, and social psychology.
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Kristen Mark (M.Sc.) is a Ph.D. student and instructor in Applied Health Science at Indiana University where she is also a project coordinator for the Center for Sexual Health Promotion.
Recent Posts By Kristen »
J. Bradley Blankenship (M.S.) is a Ph.D. candidate in Higher Education and Student Affairs at Indiana University where he is also a project coordinator for the Center for Sexual Health Promotion.
Recent Posts By Bradley »
