Kinsey Confidential: Sexual Health Information from the Kinsey Institute

• 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.

• How Many Americans Are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender?

  

  With more and more data on sexual orientation in the United States, Kinsey's 10% figure has been challenged, and smaller percentages have been offered.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 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.

• For The Love Of…Inanimate Objects?

  

  People claim to love a new pair of shoes, but what happens when someone actually loves an inanimate object and wants to marry it?

• Q&A: Am I Gay? Sexual Orientation Labels And Sexual Attraction

  Dr. Debby Herbenick answers a question about sexual orientation labels from a reader who is attracted to both men and women and wonders if this makes them gay.

• Evidence That Brains Are Sexy, Too…

  It's a tale as old as time: a man wants a shallow, beautiful, "easy" woman instead of a nice, respectful woman with brains. Right?

• Q&A: Questioning My Sexual Orientation

  Dr. Debby answers a question from a female reader about her possible attraction to women and how to deal with a current male partner who is hinting at marriage.

• Q&A: Losing An Erection and Sexual Orientation

  A male reader asks about losing his erection when having sex with his girlfriend and what this might mean for his sexual orientation

• Asexuality: Does Lack Of Sexual Attraction Make Someone Asexual?

  A reader asks: How does a person know whether or not they're asexual, and can an asexual person have romantic relationships with other people?

• Q&A: Confused About Same-Sex Attraction

  A reader asks about developing feelings for a friend of the opposite sex and what this might mean for her sexual orientation.

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