In this episode of Kinsey Confidential, I respond to a listener’s question about performing analingus (also called "rim jobs") on and having anal sex with his girlfriend. You can listen to it here and learn more about our WFIU-produced Kinsey Confidential podcasts on the KC web site or NPR web site.
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Yikes! Vaginal cuts and tears from sex - especially non-lubricated sex - can hurt. Listen to this Kinsey Confidential podcast listener’s question about discomfort and post-sex bleeding, and my response, here. Check out the Kinsey Confidential or NPR site for more information about our podcasts, which are produced by an amazing team at WFIU at Indiana [...]
Check out this article from CNN that refers to research about how moderate exercise during a girl’s teen years seems to be related to lower breast cancer risk during adulthood, potentially due to the effect exercise can have on estrogen levels. The writers note that exercise during adulthood can still help to lower risk of [...]
In the spirit of Mother’s Day (May 11 here in the US), perhaps we should pay more attention to the life and sexuality experiences of mothers.
As scientists, we know a little but not a great deal about women’s sexual function and sexual experiences after giving birth. As many of you know, birth is rarely an [...]
The women (and men) of Sex and the City are now in their 40s and 50s, but does sex end there? Nope, it just transitions to the big screen! At least in the case of the TV turned movie hit. Jocelyn Novek, in writing for the AP, alludes to how sex changes for women and [...]
I recently learned about this interesting opportunity for women to take part in an online sexuality survey. The data collected for this survey are part of a doctoral research study for a woman studying at Oxford. I was told that "to be eligible, women need to be at least 18 years old and in a [...]
It’s all in my weekly In&Out column in Time Out Chicago - check it out here.
What a whirwind of a trip…
On Monday afternoon/early evening, I presented our research team’s study related to sexual problems following treatment for breast cancer. We had carried out this study with 115 women who had been diagnosed with breast cancer prior to age 50, and then assessed some issues related to sexual function (e.g., desire, [...]
Oh, how terrible - this woman was forced to remove her nipple ring - an apparently painful process due to the male TSA folks comments/laughs as well as the scar tissue that had formed around the ring. Read the full article here. (Thanks to reader M. for the tip)
Although technically if it’s going on one’s clitoris, it is usually a vibrator (not a dildo). That aside, check out this video (and thanks to reader M. for the alert):
