Kinsey Confidential: Sexual Health Information from the Kinsey Institute

• December 1st Is World AIDS Day – Some Good News, Yet A Ways To Go

  

  December 1st is World AIDS Day. This time around, we have a few positive steps toward HIV prevention to celebrate, yet much work still remains.

• Q&A: My Husband Tested Positive For Gonorrhea. Did He Cheat On Me?

  

  Gonorrhea is also easily transmitted from one person to another when they have sex. Many people who have gonorrhea don’t show any symptoms of the infection.

• 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.

• Plus-Size Girls Are More Likely To Have Sex Early And Unprotected

  

  A new study finds that overweight teen girls are more likely than thinner teen girls to start having sex earlier and are less likely to use contraceptives.

• 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.

• Switzerland Company Now Sells Extra-Small Condoms For Teen Boys

  

  Recognizing that teens are sexually active and many forgo using condoms because of fit, a Switzerland company sells extra-small condoms for young teen males.

• Q&A: I Am Scared Of Having Sex Because Of Pregnancy and Bleeding

  

  You could consider masturbating using sex toys to help your vagina learn to stretch to accommodate a penis when you're ready to have intercourse.

• Q&A: What Are The Chances Of Contracting An STI From A Sex Worker?

  

  Prostitutes are required to use condoms, which greatly reduces the risk of passing infections between partners.

• Q&A: What Are The Chances She Is Pregnant?

  

  If you find yourself meeting people and hooking up with them, then you might want to carry two or three condoms with you when you go to parties.

• Only One Quarter Of Women Report Using Condoms During Anal Sex

  

  A survey revealed that less than one-quarter of heterosexual women reported using contraceptives during anal sex, compared to the majority of gay/bisexual men.

• The Biggest Penises In The United States?

  

  Condomania, "America's first condom store," has released its sales data, which gives a peek into the sizes of men's penises across the United States.

• Q&A: My Roommate Used My Vibrator Without Telling Me

  

  Sharing sex toys should always be done with care, and borrowing someone’s toy without telling them can be risky.

• Q&A: Why Do I Get So Wet When I’m Aroused? Can I Control This?

  

  Vaginal lubrication comes through the vaginal walls, with the fluids having originally been part of the blood that flows to the genitals during sexual arousal.

• Female Condoms – Has Their Time Come?

  

  Approved by the FDA in 1993, the female condom has never really been promoted. Will it catch on as a safer sex alternative for US women?

• Q&A: Pulling Out During Sex: Does Pre-Cum Pose a Pregnancy Risk?

  

  The withdrawal method probably works very well for men who can routinely and reliably control the timing of their ejaculate.

• Q&A: Can I Get Pregnant If A Guy Pulls Out Before He Ejaculates?

  

  Even if he squeezed what he thought was the rest of his semen out of his penis, he may still have some semen further down his urethra.

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