Kinsey Confidential: Sexual Health Information from the Kinsey Institute

• Examining The Link Between Oral Sex And Oral Cancer

  

  Michael Douglas' statement linking oral sex and oral cancer helped raise awareness that HPV-related cancers affect men as well as women.

• Q&A: How Can I Find Someone Who Shares My Foot Fetish?

  

  There are women in the world who may have never had a partner with a foot fetish but who might be open to it so long as it's presented in a non-threatening way.

• Q&A: How Can I Know If I’m Bisexual?

  

  Not even all scientists who study sex agree on how to best describe or measure a person’s sexual orientation.

• 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.

• Q&A: My Girlfriend Doesn’t Like To Go Down On Me

  

  For some people, oral sex seems very appealing, sexy, and exciting. For others, oral sex may seem unappealing, boring, dirty, or possibly bad tasting.

• Q&A: Do My Wife & I Have Too Many Orgasms?

  

  Although vaginal intercourse is perhaps the most common/frequently practiced sexual behavior among male-female couples, that's not the case for all couples.

• 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.

• Q&A: Cunnilingus, Fellatio, And Safer Sex

  

  For both cunnilingus and fellatio, there is the risk of passing chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV, herpes and most likely even HPV.

• 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: Death Grip During Masturbation – Will It Translate To Sex?

  

  If you’d like to increase your chances of ejaculating from sex with a partner, consider varying your masturbation technique.

• 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: I Suffer From Delayed Ejaculation When I Have Sex

  

  Some men have difficulty ejaculating during vaginal intercourse or oral sex. Other men have difficulty ejaculating during all types of sexual stimulation.

• Q&A: Do Certain Fruits Make You Taste Sweet?

  

  Some books and magazines suggest that certain fruits, such as pineapple and kiwi, will improve the taste of men’s semen or women’s vaginal fluids.

• Q&A: How Do Women Experience Multiple Orgasms?

  

  Some women find that they feel more aroused if they fantasize, use dirty talk, role play, dress up or have sex with lights on or off.

• Q&A: Why Do Some Women Have Orgasms And Others Don’t?

  

  Women who feel more positively about the way her genitals look, smell or taste may find it easier to orgasm.

• “Doing It”: Doing What? What Do We Mean By “Sex”?

  

  "I got to third base last night." "We hooked up." "They did it for hours!" When we talk about sex, what do we mean?

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