Kinsey Confidential: Sexual Health Information from the Kinsey Institute

• Q&A: I Don’t Know What Pleases Guys And I Lack Confidence In Bed

  

  Talking to your partner about sex may help you to build confidence about sex in general. It’s okay to feel unsure about sex. He probably feels the same way!

• Q&A: Clit Sensitivty During Sex, Mixture Between Pleasure And Pain

  

  The female clitoris is full of nerve endings and is consequently one of the most sensitive spots on a woman’s body.

• Q&A: Do Women Experience Nocturnal ‘Erections’ Similar To Men’s?

  

  You may be surprised by some of what researchers know about sleep and sex. Starting in the 1960s, researchers began looking at genital arousal during sleep.

• 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.

• 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: I Chafed My Penis When I Was Masturbating

  

  Sometimes men masturbate with an object other than their hand, which can create excessive friction and thus pose a higher risk for irritation or chafing.

• Q&A: I Have Never Experienced Orgasm. What Do You Suggest I Do?

  

  With time, patience and practice, most women are able to learn to orgasm so the chances that you will, too, are certainly in your favor.

• Q&A: Why Don’t I Get Turned On When My Husband Rubs My Clitoris?

  

  How does it feel when your husband touches your breasts or inner thighs? How do you feel when you touch him on different parts of his body?

• Q&A: I Masturbate Face-Down. Will This Cause Sexual Problems?

  

  Men can often “re-train” their bodies to respond to a wider range of sexual stimulation by varying their masturbation technique.

• 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: Is It Bad To Last Too Long While Masturbating?

  

  Watching porn can be highly arousing to some men. If you enjoy its role in your masturbation, that is not necessarily a bad thing.

• 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.

• Q&A: Embarrassed By Erections In Social Situations

  

  Erections can be challenging for many young men and men often go to great lengths to hide the fact that they have an erection in social situations.

• 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: Masturbation Frequency And Common Myths

  In spite of many sex educators’ and doctors’ best efforts to educate people about masturbation, it seems that many masturbation myths persist.

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