Kinsey Confidential: Sexual Health Information from the Kinsey Institute

• Monogamy: Long-Lasting Tradition Or Old-Fashioned Restriction?

  

  A recent study in Family Process journal suggests that monogamy is on the rise in the United States. But, what are monogamy and non-monogamy?

• Q&A: Getting Over Shyness About Phone Sex

  

  By looking for new ways to communicate about sex, and to share sex together, you can deepen intimacy and have a more pleasurable sex life together.

• Q&A: How Do I Find Out If My Girlfriend Is A Virgin Like Me?

  

  Scientific research has demonstrated that people have different definitions about what it means to be a virgin.

• Q&A: My Boyfriend Likes It When I Have Sex With Other Men, I Don’t

  

  This is called a cuckoldry relationship, where a woman has sex with other men and her male partner is aroused as a result.

• What Can Sex And Dating Teach Us About Race And Ethnic Relations?

  

  Unlike the role of gender in our sexual orientation, we are less clear in our understanding of other social characteristics, including race and ethnicity.

• The Other “Talk” – By Guest Blogger Hubert Izienicki (M.A.)

  

  The Other "Talk." This is a guest blog by Hubert Izienicki (MA), a sociology instructor and doctoral student at Indiana University.

• Casual Sex: Can It Lead To Long Term?

  

  Casual sex hasn't traditionally been tied to leading to long term relationships. A recent study shows that this may be changing...

• Friends Don’t Let Friends Hook up Drunk…Or Do They?

  

  Is hooking up a "risky behavior" that needs to be avoided? Findings from a recent study seem to imply friends shouldn't let their friends hook up drunk...

• Has All Social Contact Become Technological?

  

  With all of this focus on technology...what is happening to classic human contact?

• Q&A: Dating Women But Fantasizing About Men. Straight, Gay, or Bi?

  

  The idea of having labels to define or describe people’s sexual orientation is freeing for many people.

• Race/Ethnicity Affects Who Responds To You In Online Dating

  

  In October, online dating website OKCupid released an analysis of racial differences in response rates. It seems love isn't color-blind after all.

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