Human Sexuality

With privacy concerns addressed, Indiana University has re-released the free app Kinsey Reporter, a global mobile survey platform for collecting and reporting anonymous data about sexual and other intimate behaviors.
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American men and women rated sex as highly arousing and pleasurable regardless of whether condoms and/or lubricants were used, according to a nationally representative study led by Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington researchers and published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine.
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IU Health and Wellness includes insights about the controversial issue of whether the NFL ignored the dangers of concussions. Also, in time for Valentine's Day, IU experts discuss hookup and (non)dating culture on college campuses and how finding a mate has much in common with finding a job.
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A human sexuality textbook co-authored by Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington professor William L. Yarber has been translated by volunteers into Chinese and is part of efforts to improve and expand sex education in that country.
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Bisexuality, often stigmatized, typically has been lumped with homosexuality in previous public health research. But when Indiana University scientists recently focused on the health issues and behaviors specific to behaviorally bisexual men and women, they found tremendous variety, and that commonly used labels, such as heterosexual and homosexual, can sometimes do more harm than good.
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IU Health and Wellness for March includes research findings detailing exercise-induced orgasm in women. Also, parents of teen travelers can learn some tips to make the trips safer for the teens and possibly less stressful for the parents.
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