Kinsey Confidential: Sexual Health Information from the Kinsey Institute

• The G-Spot: Magic Or Myth? Some Researchers Say Myth

  

  A recent study by King's College London researchers has declared women's g-spot doesn't exist. However, many skeptics are criticizing the study.

• Q&A: Does Depression Contribute To Erectile Problems?

  

  The mind-body connection is absolutely important when it comes to men’s and women’s experience of sexuality.

• Q&A: I Masturbate While I Sleep. Is This Normal?

  

  Some couples enjoy sleepsex or types of sexual behaviors that occur while one person is asleep and the other is awake.

• Hooking Up: Today’s Rewards For The 1960s Sexual Revolution

  

  The Sexual Revolution of the 1960s, aided by women's and gay liberation movements, have made for greater acceptance of casual sex, or "hooking up", on campuses.

• Q&A: Why Can’t Women Easily Achieve Orgasm?

  

  If only love, trust and a swanky sex position were all it took for a woman to learn to experience orgasm during intercourse.

• Q&A: Boredom and Expressing Desire For More Variety In The Bedroom

  

  Dr. Debby Herbenick answers a reader's question about how to get her fiance to understand her need for greater variety in how they have sex.

• Q&A: Chemical Changes And Emotional Intimacy After Sex

  

  Some people have described oxytocin as a sort of “bonding hormone” that may influence us to feel more emotional or to feel closer or more connected to others.

• Q&A: Vaginal Clamping When Reaching Orgasm

  

  It is unusual to hear of such extreme muscular contractions to the extent that sex is painful for a woman's partner.

• Q&A: Trouble Maintaining An Erection The First Time

  

  Nearly all men will experience difficulties getting or keeping an erection at some point in their lives.

• 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.

• Q&A: Premature Ejaculation And Decreased Arousal

  There is nothing wrong with ejaculating quickly or maintaining an erection after ejaculation.

• Q&A: Orgasm And Desire After Vasectomy

  When it comes to sex, research suggests that men’s sexual desire, satisfaction and erectile function are just as strong after vasectomy as before.

• Q&A: Delayed Ejaculation: Boyfriend Doesn’t Ejaculate During Sex

  People might assume that men always ejaculate during sex, but this reader wonders why her boyfriend doesn't.

• 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.

• Q&A: Masturbation Guilt And Health Problems

  Can masturbation cause health problems? One reader is concerned about masturbating "too much" and possible health problems that could result from this.

• Q&A: Female Ejaculation – How Common Is it?

  A male readers wonders how common female masturbation is and what types of sexual activity might trigger it in some women.

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