A few years ago, at a conference for the Society of the Scientific Study of Sexuality, I had my first tour of The Kinsey Institute art gallery. Coincidently, the art show on exhibit at that time was the Kinsey Confidential exhibit. This exhibit was inspired by questions that readers of Kinsey Confidential asked, answered through artistic expression. At that time,… Read More

Like many, I have had a roller coaster relationship with Valentine’s Day over the years. One year, I happily watched Silence of the Lambs and ate junk food with a similarly single girlfriend. Another year I went on a flower-filled romantic dinner date. Some of the years in between were spent stressing over what to… Read More

Rates of women’s sexual problems vary depending on the study methodology and the type of sexual problem (ranging anywhere from 5% to 43%). However, one thing is clear, many women are experiencing sexual problems and many have been left to wonder “where is our little blue pill?” Scientific Evidence As one would expect, after the… Read More

Do you need to be sexually satisfied to be satisfied in your relationship? This question has led many researchers to try and understand the intertwined nature of satisfactions in romantic relationships. Also, it is a question that is quite applicable to real life. Should you break off a relationship with a less-than-spicy sex life? Or should… Read More

While I was waiting for a bus the other day, I was asked to fill out a survey that addressed the extent to which technology plays a part in decreasing socializing with strangers. As a researcher, I couldn’t help but be incredibly distracted by the poor survey design (holding back with everything I had not… Read More

  I read a book review the other day from the New York Times on the book Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough by Lori Gottlieb…it got me thinking to say the least. I’m certainly going to have to pick up the book and read the whole thing for myself – and maybe I should have saved my… Read More

The world of women’s sexuality research has been anticipating the weigh-in from the FDA on flibanserin (thought of by some as the “female Viagra”) and its ability to target femalesexual desire. Well, the verdict has come and gone, and the drug was unanimously rejected by the FDA panel. You can learn more about flibanserin in last… Read More

So I blogged a few weeks ago about a book I heard about called “Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough” by Lori Gottlieb. Based on the title and the negative connotations that I (and other women my age) have associated with the term “settling”, I decided I had to read the book – and… Read More

An estimated 33 million people worldwide are infected with HIV, and researchers at The National Institute of Health have recently released research describing an antibody that may combat the virus. The researchers discovered 3 powerful antibodies that neutralized 91% of the HIV strains. “The antibodies attach to a virtually unchanging part of the virus, and this explains why they can… Read More

Although widely practiced, heterosexual anal sex has traditionally received little research attention…until now. A study recently published in the Journal of Sex Research reviews the literature on anal sex in the heterosexual context. The manuscript, written by Indiana University researchers McBride and Fortenberry, begins by doing a nice job of reviewing the history of anal sex. Artistic representations of anal… Read More