Dr. Debby Herbenick (M.P.H., Ph.D.)

is a sexual health educator at The Kinsey Institute, Associate Director of the Center for Sexual Health Promotion at Indiana University and author of Because It Feels Good: A Woman's Guide to Sexual Pleasure and Satisfaction.

Recent Posts by Dr. Debby:

• Q&A: My First Sex Was With A Prostitute, I Did Not Get An Erection

  

  Some people feel a great deal of pressure to be good at sex. As a result, some people rush right out and have sex with whomever can have sex with them.

• Q&A: I Have Bladder Prolapse. Can This Be Fixed?

  

  Many women experience bladder or rectal prolapse as they age. It is more common among women who have had multiple births.

• Q&A: I Have Never Experienced Orgasm. Is Something Wrong With Me?

  

  Women vary in how they experience orgasm. Some women feel that orgasm is a distinct event. Other women experience orgasms that are more mild.

• Q&A: He Ejaculated In My Face. Could I Have An STD In My Eye?

  

  A variety of infections can be passed from semen to the eye including Chlamydia, pubic lice, gonorrhea and HIV.

• Q&A: Do Certain Fruits Make You Taste Sweet?

  

  Some books and magazines suggest that certain fruits, such as pineapple and kiwi, will improve the taste of men’s semen or women’s vaginal fluids.

• Q&A: I Tore My Frenulum. Should I Be Concerned?

  

  The frenulum is tissue on the midline of a man’s penis. If it is torn during masturbation or sex, it may result in bleeding and pain.

• Q&A: I Had Never Experienced Painful Sex Until Recently

  

  For some women, sex is painful when they first start having it or if they jump into sex without much foreplay or chance for the vagina to become lubricated.

• Q&A: I Am Interested In The Study Of Sex

  

  Here at Kinsey Confidential, we receive many questions about how to have a career in sex. Depending on what you want to do, there are many options available.

• Q&A: He Masturbates In His Sleep And Says Another Person’s Name

  

  Some people experience sleep disorders that cause them to masturbate or attempt to have sex with other people, while they themselves are asleep.

• Q&A: What Is The Purpose Of Female Ejaculation?

  

  Some researchers still find the entire topic of female ejaculation to be controversial.

• Q&A: I Do Not Experience Orgasm When I Ejaculate

  

  Sex therapists sometimes use the terms ejaculatory anhedonia or anesthetic ejaculation to describe the experience of ejaculation with orgasm among men.

• Q&A: Hand Job, Fingering, And Pregnancy Risk

  

  If you got semen on your hand, but washed your hands well with soap and water, then you likely cleared all of the semen off of your hands.

• Q&A: My Wife Has A Sore Near Her Anus. Could It Be Herpes?

  

  There are various reasons why people get sores on their anal or genital area and not all of the reasons are related to sexually transmissible infections.

• Q&A: Could Natural Supplements Help To Increase My Sexual Desire?

  

  Ever since Viagra was approved for use among men, there has been an increased interest to identify a medication for women that would enhance their arousal.

• Q&A: His Erection Goes Away When He Puts On A Condom

  

  Some men get so upset when they experience erectile problems that they find it difficult to get the erection back.

• So-Called “Desire Drug” Filbanserin Considered for FDA Approval

  

  On June 18, The US Food and Drug Administration will be considering an application for filbanserin, a new drug for possible treatment of low desire among women.

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