Kinsey Confidential: Sexual Health Information from the Kinsey Institute

• Q&A: HPV And Genital Warts: Are They Contagious?

  

  HPV is extremely common and, although most sexually active women and men have been exposed to HPV, not everyone who has HPV knows that they have it.

• 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.

• Q&A: Strong Genital Odor And Oral Sex

  

  All women have some type of vaginal odor. Interestingly, doctors are trained to be able to distinguish common odors from odors that signal a health problem.

• Q&A: Is It Too Late For Abstinence?

  

  Just as people have different definitions of what it means to “have sex," there are also varied definitions of abstinence.

• Q&A: Ways To Orgasm Without Having Intercourse

  

  Even though your girlfriend has not had sex, she is still likely capable of experiencing orgasm from different types of sexual stimulation.

• Female Safer Sex Pack From The (UK) Lesbian & Gay Foundation

  

  The UK organization The Lesbian and Gay Foundation recently announced the creation of a Female Safer Sex Pack for bisexual and lesbian women.

• Q&A: Gonorrhea Or Chlamydia From A Soda Cup?

  A podcast busts some myths about gonorrhea and chlamydia. Unfortunately for the reader, this includes her boyfriend's story that he got it from a soda cup.

• Communicating About Sex: You Know It Matters, But How To Do It?

  

  We all get it: talking about sex is critical for safer, more pleasurable sex. But how do you actually do it?

• Q&A: Multiple Orgasms In Women – Developed Or Natural Ability?

  A male reader wonders if his girlfriend was born with the ability to have multiple orgasms or if someone could develop this ability.

• Sex And Mardi Gras – Throw Me Some Beads, Mister!

  

  This week marks Mardi Gras and its notorious celebrations in New Orleans. IU researchers asked, "Do large festivals bring out sexual behavior in people?"

• Q&A: Pregnancy And Infection Risk From Lesbian Sex

  A question from a female reader about possible pregnancy and infection risk from sexual contact with another woman

• Q&A: Yeast Infection From Oral Sex?

  Information about the various causes of yeast infections and the possibility of cunnilingus causing a yeast infection in a female partner.

• Q&A: Frustrated By Long Blowjob With A Virgin

  Dr. Debby Herbenick answers a question from a frustrated female reader who wonders why it takes her boyfriend so long to orgasm during oral sex.

• The BBC On How To Better Enjoy Oral Sex

  An article from the BBC addresses issues around oral sex and gives advice on how to better enjoy oral sex.

• Q&A: Refractory Periods: Why An Erection Remains After Ejaculation

  Why do refractory periods occur? To be honest, science has not completely answered this question.

• Q&A: Penis Size: Am I Big Enough To Satisfy A Woman?

  A male reader asks about average penis size and whether 12 cm is enough to satisfy a woman. He also asks about penis enlargement pills.

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