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Sex Research Considerations: Collecting Data From Couples

Some sex research benefits from collecting data from couples rather than individuals. However, doing this takes some methodological considerations.
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.
Q&A: Anal Sex And Long Term Health Concerns

As far as we know, regular anal sex is not likely to damage a person’s anus or rectum or to cause significant health problems.
Q&A: I Experience Pain During Sex. How Can I Learn To Relax?

Often, women who feel that they are not able to experience vaginal penetration are given a diagnosis of vaginismus.
Q&A: The Missionary Position, What Am I Supposed To Be Doing?

Dr. Debby Herbenick answers a question from a reader who asks about what she should do when having sex in the missionary position
Q&A: Avoiding Boring Sex In Lesbian Relationships

A female reader in a same sex relationship asks about how to avoid redundancy with sex within a committed relationship
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: I Don’t Enjoy Touching My Husband Or Giving Him Oral Sex.

I’ve worked as a sex researcher for nearly 12 years and at the heart of most people’s questions is a desire to know whether or not they are “normal.”
Q&A: My Wife’s Fantasy Is To Have Four Guys Ejaculate On Her Face

Although some women and men fantasize about bukkake, which is the practice of several men ejaculating on a woman, you are wise to consider the risks involved.
Q&A: My Boyfriend Doesn’t Want To Have Sex With Me

If you are able to talk to each other about your sexual interests, you may find ways to create a shared sexual experience that you both enjoy.
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: Could I Be Pregnant From Dry Sex With Underwear On?

If you were wearing underwear, your chances of becoming pregnant from dry sex – also called dry humping – border on “low to no chance.”
Q&A: How Common Is the “Swing” Lifestyle?

There are very few good studies on the swinging lifestyle. The data that we do have suggest that swinging is relatively uncommon.
Q&A: Why Does My Boyfriend Masturbate To Porn So Often?

Many boys are raised to believe that it is common or normal to watch porn and that it can make masturbation or sex more exciting.
Q&A: I Masturbate While I Sleep. Is This Normal?

Some couples enjoy sleepsex or types of sexual behaviors that occur while one person is asleep and the other is awake.
Q&A: My Wife Is Uninterested In Certain Sexual Activities

Many couples have different levels of sexual desire as well as different types of things that they enjoy doing sexually.