Kinsey Confidential: Sexual Health Information from the Kinsey Institute

• Are Women Faking It In Bed? A New UK Study Says Yes, Sometimes.

  

  A study of 71 women finds that women are least likely to orgasm during sexual intercourse, yet sometimes fake orgasms due to boredom, discomfort, or fatigue.

• Q&A: He Masturbates In His Sleep And Says Another Person’s Name

  

  Some people experience sleep disorders that cause them to masturbate or attempt to have sex with other people, while they themselves are asleep.

• Q&A: I Do Not Experience Orgasm When I Ejaculate

  

  Sex therapists sometimes use the terms ejaculatory anhedonia or anesthetic ejaculation to describe the experience of ejaculation with orgasm among men.

• Prejudice And Attraction: Is Beauty Really In The Beholder’s Eye?

  

  Many of us are attracted to people on the basis of age, race and ethnicity, body shape and size, and even social class, religion, culture, and nationality.

• Plus-Size Girls Are More Likely To Have Sex Early And Unprotected

  

  A new study finds that overweight teen girls are more likely than thinner teen girls to start having sex earlier and are less likely to use contraceptives.

• Switzerland Company Now Sells Extra-Small Condoms For Teen Boys

  

  Recognizing that teens are sexually active and many forgo using condoms because of fit, a Switzerland company sells extra-small condoms for young teen males.

• Q&A: Is It Unhealthy To Fantasize About My Ex When I Masturbate?

  

  You may have come to associate feelings of arousal with your ex. It’s not unusual, then, that when you masturbate, you think of your ex.

• Q&A: I Am Scared Of Having Sex Because Of Pregnancy and Bleeding

  

  You could consider masturbating using sex toys to help your vagina learn to stretch to accommodate a penis when you're ready to have intercourse.

• Q&A: I Can’t Orgasm When I Masturbate In Front Of My Boyfriend

  

  Sex is full of a range of sights, sounds and scents. These can greatly enhance people’s sexual arousal but they can also influence people’s worries.

• Q&A: My Wife’s Fantasy Is To Have Four Guys Ejaculate On Her Face

  

  Although some women and men fantasize about bukkake, which is the practice of several men ejaculating on a woman, you are wise to consider the risks involved.

• Q&A: I Only Get Sexually Turned On When I’ve Been Drinking

  

  If your boyfriend is like most people, he will want you to enjoy the types of touching and sexual intimacy that you’re engaged in.

• 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.

• Tough Crowd? College Students’ Attitudes Toward Casual Sex

  

  Some young people and scholars have begun celebrating the emergence of the new "hook up" culture. A new study indicates these celebrations may be premature.

• Q&A: Is It Possible To Orgasm By Intense Concentration Alone?

  

  We don’t fully understand why some people can orgasm from intense concentration and focus without any type of physical touching happening.

• Q&A: My Roommate Used My Vibrator Without Telling Me

  

  Sharing sex toys should always be done with care, and borrowing someone’s toy without telling them can be risky.

• Q&A: Is It Weird That My Penis Points Downward When It’s Erect?

  

  Some men find that their penis points upward. Others have a penis that points straight out, and other men have a penis that points slightly downward.

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