Kinsey Confidential: Sexual Health Information from the Kinsey Institute

• Q&A: Can I Make My Penis Grow?

  

  Even surgery is not often recommended, as it carries significant risks, including the risk of developing scar tissue that can affect men’s erections.

• The Impact of Cosmo Magazine on Women’s Sexual Attitudes

  

  The impact of mass media such as Cosmo Magazine on women's sexual attitudes is mixed - empowering and problematic effects were found.

• Predicting Orgasm and Sexual Enjoyment for College-Age Women

  

  In a recently published study, women reported more orgasm and sexual enjoyment in committed relationships than in hookups.

• The Joys of Lube! A New Study On Lubricant Use Among Adult Women

  

  In a new study of women, there is a clear benefit for sexual pleasure and sexual satisfaction when using either water- or silicon-based lube.

• Is It Just A Matter Of Consent? Compliance In Sexual Relationships

  

  A new study on sexual compliance raises the question "is it just a matter of consent?"

• Q&A: Decreased Libido and Vaginal Lubrication. Anything I Can Do?

  

  Most women and men will notice changes in their sexual feelings or in the ways their genitals respond over time.

• 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: I Had Never Experienced Painful Sex Until Recently

  

  For some women, sex is painful when they first start having it or if they jump into sex without much foreplay or chance for the vagina to become lubricated.

• 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.

• For Valentine’s Day: Aphrodisiacs, Food Play During Sex

  

  This week WFIU Public Radio's local food program, Earth Eats had Dr. Debby Herbenick on the show to talk about food and sex for their Valentine's Day episode.

• Valentine’s Day: Love it? Hate it? Indifferent?

  

  In these cynical times do you love, hate, or remain indifferent to the "holiday of love"?

• 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.

• Q&A: Do Condoms Cause My Girlfriend To Bleed During Sex?

  

  Wearing a condom can add to the friction during sex. Sometimes this added friction is a welcome sensation; other times, it is not.

• Q&A: Why Does My Girlfriend’s Vagina Get So Dry During Sex?

  

  Women vary in how much vaginal lubrication they produce. Young women tend to have high levels of estrogen, which influences the production of lubrication.

• Q&A: Safe To Put Small Round Items Directly Into The Anus?

  

  Unlike the vagina, which is only a few inches long and ends at the cervix, the anus leads into the rectum, where objects can get more easily lost.

• IU Students Get Some Savage Love

  

  Sex advice columnist Dan Savage offered words of wit in a campus appearance at IU

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