Kinsey Confidential: Sexual Health Information from the Kinsey Institute

• Oral Sex During Hookups? Unfortunately, Not So Much For Women

  

  A new study highlights that the ambiguity of hookups means women usually do not receive cunnilingus, even if they have performed oral sex for their partner.

• Do Our Evaluations Based On Sexual Orientation Vary By Race?

  

  A new study reveals that the effect of sexual orientation on our evaluations of others may vary by race.

• Q&A: I Feel Guilty About My Same-Sex Attractions

  

  The way people live their lives and the way they feel doesn’t always line up into mutually exclusive boxes.

• Q&A: How Can You Tell If You’re Asexual?

  

  Asexual individuals may either experience no sexual attraction, or else very low levels of sexual attraction when compared to most other people.

• What Is Sexual Orientation Discrimination?

  

  Sexual minorities continue to be the targets of sexual orientation discrimination, which results in negative economic and health consequences.

• Today Is National Coming Out Day. What Does It Mean To “Come Out”?

  

  October 11 is National Coming Out Day, a day celebrated by lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and gay people, and heterosexual allies. What does coming out mean?

• What Is “Sexual Identity”? Is It The Same As Sexual Orientation?

  

  What is sexual identity? How is it related to sexual orientation, and how is it different from it? It is quite complex, multidimensional, and fluid.

• A Research Review Of Heterosexual Anal Sex

  

  Although widely practiced, little research has been dedicated to the study of anal sex in a heterosexual context.

• 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.

• 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.

• Evidence That Sexual Orientation Is Not Synonymous With Identity

  

  A recent study reveals same-sex sexuality is not uncommon among young people who identify as heterosexual.

• Q&A: I’m Attracted To Both Trans and Genetic Women. Am I Bisexual?

  

  Some people consider a person’s sexual orientation to be defined by the pattern of romantic and sexual attractions that they experience.

• Q&A: I Think About Women When I Masturbate. Am I A Lesbian?

  

  Few things in life are cut and dry and neither is sexual orientation. Some women who identify as heterosexual have explored sexually with other women.

• Male Circumcision And HIV-Risk Reduction

  

  Are you "cut"/"uncut?" Based on some research, it might have an impact on your risk for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections: the results are mixed.

• How Is The Kinsey Scale Used In Regard To Sexual Orientation?

  

  The Kinsey Scale got a mention on a recent Oprah episode about sexual fluidity. Read more here about the scale and how it relates to sexual orientation.

• Q&A: The Kinsey Scale And Kinsey Test

  

  A reader asks how one knows where he or she falls on the heterosexual/homosexual rating scale and if there is such a thing as the "Kinsey Test"

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