5 Sexy Things To Be Thankful For In 2023

November 23, 2023 by Merissa Prine

Happy Thanksgiving! Since many of us are currently in the season of giving thanks and are reminded of all of the wonderful things we are thankful for, we wanted to highlight some of the sexiest things we are thankful for this year. Research has shown that engaging in sexual activity, both solo and partnered, can...

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5 Sexy Things To Be Thankful For In 2023
Study Abroad With Me! 2024 Amsterdam and Berlin Courses on Sex and Culture
Study Abroad With Me! 2024 Amsterdam and Berlin Courses on Sex and Culture

November 8, 2023 by Justin Lehmiller

I’m excited to announce that my study abroad program in conjunction with the Sexual Health Alliance is back for another year! We are offering study abroad courses in both Amsterdam...

Sex Ed
Do Women Experience Less Sexual Pleasure Than Men?
Do Women Experience Less Sexual Pleasure Than Men?

October 5, 2023 by Merissa Prine

Sex and Psychology’s Dr. Justin Lehmiller was the recipient of the inaugural Ellen Laan Award for Translational Sexual Science from the International Academy of Sex Research (IASR) this summer. Ellen...

Sex Ed
Announcing the 11th Annual SPSP Sexuality Pre-Conference!
Announcing the 11th Annual SPSP Sexuality Pre-Conference!

September 18, 2023 by Emily Mendelson

We are pleased to announce the eleventh annual SPSP Sexuality Pre-Conference! It will be held next February prior to the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology....

Sex Ed
How to Use the Sex and Psychology Blog in Your Classroom
How to Use the Sex and Psychology Blog in Your Classroom

July 12, 2023 by Olivia Adams

A couple of weeks ago, we released a blog post on an excellent resource developed by Dr. Steven Rouse that pairs episodes of the Sex and Psychology podcast with chapters...

Sex Ed
What Can a Mobile Game Teach Us About Sex Ed?
What Can a Mobile Game Teach Us About Sex Ed?

July 3, 2023 by Olivia Adams

Sex education in the U.S. leaves much to be desired. And because young people oftentimes cannot depend on formal education through school to learn about sex, they may stumble upon...

Sex Ed
How To Use the Sex and Psychology Podcast in Your Classroom
How To Use the Sex and Psychology Podcast in Your Classroom

June 26, 2023 by Emily Mendelson

We’re excited to announce that the third edition of Dr. Lehmiller’s The Psychology of Human Sexuality textbook is now available for pre-order! The updated text will arrive in fall 2023, giving...

Sex Ed
Five Reasons to Support the Kinsey Institute and Defend Sex Research
Five Reasons to Support the Kinsey Institute and Defend Sex Research

May 24, 2023 by Emily Mendelson

“We are the recorders and reporters of facts—not the judges of the behaviors we describe.” – Alfred Kinsey Founded in 1947 at Indiana University, the Kinsey Institute is the premier...

Media & Culture, Myth vs Fact, Sex Ed, Sex Q&A
We’re Still Failing When It Comes to Clitoral Knowledge
We’re Still Failing When It Comes to Clitoral Knowledge

May 4, 2023 by Olivia Adams

Heterosexual men’s difficulty in finding the clitoris has been a running gag in the popular media for quite some time. And there’s more than a hint of truth to it:...

Gender, Sex Ed
The State of Sex Education in the USA in 2023
The State of Sex Education in the USA in 2023

March 22, 2023 by Emily Mendelson

The state of sex education in the USA is vastly different across states. As of May 2023, there are 23 states that do not require sex education for high school...

Safe Sex, Sex Ed
Are AI Chatbots the Future of Sex and Relationship Advice?
Are AI Chatbots the Future of Sex and Relationship Advice?

February 9, 2023 by Olivia Adams

AI is getting smarter. It can produce text that’s virtually indistinguishable from a human, and it has a massive knowledge base. So what will it mean for the future? What...

Media & Culture, Sex Ed
How Using OnlyFans Affects People’s Sex Lives and Relationships
How Using OnlyFans Affects People’s Sex Lives and Relationships

February 2, 2023 by Emily Mendelson

OnlyFans is a digital patronage platform with over two million independent sex workers and a user base of 170 million registered accounts. Given the speed at which OnlyFans use gained...

Kink & BDSM, Media & Culture, Sex Ed
7 Things Science Taught Us About Sex In 2022
7 Things Science Taught Us About Sex In 2022

December 29, 2022 by Olivia Adams

2022 has been memorable for a lot of reasons—including what science taught us about sex. So here’s a quick recap of some of the many interesting things we learned about...

Sex Ed
Porn Literacy With a Side of CBT: Trying Out the “How to Watch Porn” Course
Porn Literacy With a Side of CBT: Trying Out the “How to Watch Porn” Course

November 30, 2022 by Olivia Adams

Consider this — what if you could take a class in which your homework was to watch porn every week?  This is what Lustery, an online porn platform that focuses...

Sex Ed
Views on Sexual Morality in the United States in 2022
Views on Sexual Morality in the United States in 2022

July 4, 2022 by Justin Lehmiller

According to Gallup’s 2022 Moral Issues Survey, American adults’ views on sexual morality have become more liberal since the turn of the century. In fact, for some of the issues on this...

Sex Ed
How Marijuana Affects Our Sex Lives
How Marijuana Affects Our Sex Lives

May 30, 2022 by Justin Lehmiller

Research finds that nearly half of American adults (46%) have used marijuana in some way at least once before. People use it for all kinds of purposes, from pain relief...

Sex Ed

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