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Traditional Relationship Values Held Across Gender and Sexuality
When we think the "traditional" values for relationships, like love and commitment, we sometimes rely on stereotypes regarding who holds those values.
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Q&A: How Long Should Sex Last? Can I Learn To Last Longer?
With experience and practice, men often find that they can increase their control over the timing of their ejaculation.
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“Doing It”: Doing What? What Do We Mean By “Sex”?
"I got to third base last night." "We hooked up." "They did it for hours!" When we talk about sex, what do we mean?
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Condom News: Vegan, Pillows & Cuteness (Kawaii)
Another condom update from Natalie, but this time the focus is more on fun and function rather than science or condom restriction.
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Psychologists Say Sexual Orientation Cannot Be Changed
Late this summer, the American Psychological Association voted to denounce the practice of treating clients to change their sexual orientation.
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Withdrawal As Contraception: What We Know
What? Withdrawal? It's not just your grandmother's favorite method of birth control
- Podcast Q&A: Ways To Orgasm Without Having Intercourse
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Pleasure & Orgasm »
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Q&A: Is There A Quick Way To Regain An Erection After Orgasm?
Men have what’s called a refractory period which is the time between one ejaculation and their ability to ejaculate again.
- Podcast Q&A: Should You Take a Break Before Having a Second Round of Sex?
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Common Problems »
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IU Students Get Some Savage Love
Sex advice columnist Dan Savage offered words of wit in a campus appearance at IU
- Podcast Q&A: Do Condoms Reduce Vaginal Wetness?
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Bodies »
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Sins Invalid – Where Sexuality, Disability, and Theater Meet in SF
A review of a "Sins Invalid" performance - a theater troupe in San Francisco who focuses on the intersection between sexuality and disability.
- Blog Post VULVAGRAPHICS: In Honor Of Female Genital Diversity
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Health & Disease »
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Male Circumcision And HIV-Risk Reduction
Are you "cut"/"uncut?" Based on some research, it might have an impact on your risk for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections: the results are mixed.
- Blog Post UNESCO’s Sex Ed Guidelines: Controversial But Necessary Updates
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Relationships & Love »
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Men More Likely Than Women to Accept Sexual Offers
Study on attractiveness reinforces some sex differences, with a few surprises on self-ratings
- Podcast Q&A: Boredom and Expressing Desire For More Variety In The Bedroom
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Sex Research & Therapy »
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My Sociological Imagination: Introducing Eric Anthony Grollman
It's a little overdue, but here it is... introducing one of Kinsey Confidential's new bloggers, Eric Anthony Grollman!
- Blog Post The Kinsey Institute Presents: Conversations About Sex Research
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Sexual Orientation & Gender »
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Q&A: I Think About Women When I Masturbate. Am I A Lesbian?
Few things in life are cut and dry and neither is sexual orientation. Some women who identify as heterosexual have explored sexually with other women.
- Blog Post A More Inclusive View of Sexuality: Race, Gender, Class, Age, Etc.
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Sexual Assault »
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The Vagina Monologues Around the United States
Every year around Valentine's Day, college campuses across the United States put on productions of The Vagina Monologues.
- Blog Post Sexual Assault Prevention On Campus
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 »
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 »
Natalie Ingraham (M.P.H.) is a recent graduate of Indiana University and is now pursuing a Ph.D. in Medical Sociology at University of California San Francisco.
Recent Posts By Natalie »
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.
Recent Posts By Eric »
Samantha Seeger is a recent graduate of Indiana University with an undergrad degree in Gender Studies and a double minor in Psychology and Human Sexuality.
Recent Posts By Samantha »
Jennifer Bass (M.P.H.) is Director of Communications at The Kinsey Institute and founder of Kinsey Institute Sexuality Information Service for Students, now Kinsey Confidential.
Recent Posts By Jennifer »
