Kinsey Confidential: Sexual Health Information from the Kinsey Institute

Recent Posts in the Health & Disease Category:

• Q&A: Should I Have Anal Sex Without A Condom?

  

  If you want to have anal sex without a condom, the most important thing is for you and your partner to get tested for STIs.

• Q&A: My Husband Has Gonorrhea—Did He Cheat?

  

  A wife wonders if a gonorrhea diagnosis means her husband cheated, and another listener wonders if lambskin condoms are worth trying.

• Q&A: Did I Aggrevate My Infection?

  

  Though there is nothing particularly dirty or dangerous about vaginas, it sounds like you already had an infected finger.

• Q&A: Can I Share A Sex Toy With My Partner?

  

  The concern about sharing sex toys has to do with the toy being a mode of transmission.

• Marriage Inequality As A Public Health Issue

  

  Research shows that getting married comes with health benefits. Many doctors believe that legalizing same-sex marriage would be a good step for public health.

• Q&A: I Try To Have Sex While I’m Sleeping

  

  Trying to have sex in your sleep is sometimes called "sexsomnia," and is a feature of some sleep disorders

• A Way To Go In Expanding HIV Testing Access

  

  Efforts to make HIV testing more accessible need to consider privacy, cost and health knowledge.

• Breast Intentions: The Complex Reality of Implants

  

  Breast augmentation is the most common form of plastic surgery in the United States.

• Q&A: I Might Have HPV, But Can’t Get Tested

  

  Men can't routinely be tested for HPV so you may have gotten it from a past partner and given it to your ex-girlfriend or vice versa.

• The Safety Dance: Sex Toy Safety for a New Generation

  

  What on earth are sex toys made of, and are they body safe? Burke Denning writes about the science of sex toy health and safety.

• Erotic Art Celebrates Breast Cancer Survivors, Life, and Beauty

  

  New art series celebrates the beauty of women’s whole bodies, telling stories of breast cancer survival, healing, and sexual liberation.

• The Pros and Cons of Circumcision: Part 1

  

  Can male circumcision really reduce HIV transmission risk by 60% or more? And how can circumcision be used to battle the AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa?

• Using Simulation To Understand STI Transmission

  

  Guest Blogger Emily Nagoski gives a primer on 'agent based modeling' and how it may help to predict STI transmission risk.

• The O-Shot: New Procedure Proposes to Fix your Faulty Vagina

  

  Why you should be concerned and question the science of the newly proposed “O-Shot” procedure.

• Syphilis: It Still Exists and Infections are Rising

  

  Syphilis still exists and symptoms can be very hard to recognize. So hard in fact, that many people aren’t getting tested and remain undiagnosed.

• 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.

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