Kinsey Confidential: Sexual Health Information from the Kinsey Institute

• Q&A: Is My Lubricant Making My Vagina Dry?

  

  It’s possible that you’ve irritated your vagina in some way, such as by rushing into sex before you were well lubricated.

• Q&A: How Can I Learn To Orgasm With My Partner?

  

  It’s very common for women to have questions about how to learn to experience orgasm alone or with a partner.

• The Pros and Cons of Circumcision: Part 2

  

  New research from Denmark suggests that male circumcision affects sexual function--in men as well as in their female partners.

• Q&A: What’s Up With Online Dating Sites?

  

  For-profit sites are businesses and so they certainly exist to turn a profit just like any other for-profit business.

• A Woman’s Orgasm Mapped Using fMRI

  

  One woman's orgasm is mapped out on an fMRI to help us understand how the brain functions during orgasm.

• Q&A: My Stamina Bothers My Sexual Partners

  

  We don’t know the ratio of women who want or need one orgasm to feel satisfied with sex compared to those who enjoy multiple orgasms, or even no orgasms.

• Q&A: My Girlfriend Ejaculates When She Orgasms

  

  Chemical analyses of females ejaculation have indicated that the fluid is not urine and so there’s no need to worry that urine is getting into your mattress.

• Q&A: I Have Never Experienced Orgasm. What Do You Suggest I Do?

  

  With time, patience and practice, most women are able to learn to orgasm so the chances that you will, too, are certainly in your favor.

• Are You Curious About the Clitoris?

  Many women and men are curious about a woman's clitoris - after all, it is sometimes described as a woman's "pleasure center."

• Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome: 200 Orgasms a Day???

  Dr. Sandra Leiblum has done some research on PSAS, or Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome. Some women with this condition can have up to 200 orgasms a day.

• Q&A: Is it Possible To Delay Female Orgasm?

  Q&A about the possibility of delaying female orgasm and why coming too quickly isn't only a problem for men.

• Q&A: My Girlfriend’s Vagina Becomes Sensitive After Orgasm

  Whenever I give my girlfriend and orgasm she always tells me to stop because her vagina becomes too sensitive to touch. Is this normal? Should we be concerned?

• Q&A: Anti-Depressants, Sexual Side-Effects & Ability To Orgasm

  Dr. Debby Herbenick answers a reader's question about the possible sexual side effects of anti-depressants and the ability to orgasm

• Q&A: Achieving Female Orgasms During Intercourse

  A female reader asks about ways to attain orgasm from vaginal intercourse and if it is normal form women to have trouble reaching orgasm.

• Q&A: Can An Anti-Anxiety Drug Interfere With Having An Orgasm?

  Q&A about how medications (for anxiety and irritable bowel syndrome) can impact the ability to orgasm.

• Q&A: Can Masturbation Cause Physical Damage To The Clitoris?

  A reader asks about the possibility of the clitoris being desensitized from over stimulation and how to help his girlfriend achieve orgasm

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