Tag: sex
Party on! Why some young people are more concerned about their...
Pardis Mahdavi, Arizona State University
“Are you going to Cooper’s party tonight?” asked a young female voice behind me to a friend.
It wasn’t a conversation...
What is sex really for?
Richard Gunderman, Indiana University
Few topics arouse as much interest and controversy as sex. This is hardly surprising. The biological continuance of the species hinges...
The bizarre social history of beds
Brian Fagan, University of California, Santa Barbara
Groucho Marx once joked, “Anything that can’t be done in bed isn’t worth doing at all.” You might...
How male ‘porn superfans’ really view women
Paul J. Maginn, University of Western Australia; Aleta Baldwin, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Barbara Brents, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and...
Caster Semenya’s impossible situation: Testosterone gets special scrutiny but doesn’t necessarily...
Jaime Schultz, Pennsylvania State University
A yearslong saga between a middle-distance runner and her sport’s ruling body may be nearing something that resembles a conclusion.
In...
How being beautiful influences your attitudes toward sex
Robert Urbatsch, Iowa State University
People tend to feel strongly about matters of sexual morality, such as premarital sex or gay marriage.
Some sources of these...
Sex robots are here, but laws aren’t keeping up with the...
Francis X. Shen, University of Minnesota
The robots are here. Are the “sexbots” close behind?
From the Drudge Report to The New York Times, sex robots...
Think teens need the sex talk? Older adults may need it...
Heather Honoré Goltz, University of Houston-Downtown and Matthew Lee Smith, Texas A&M University
Humans are sexual beings. This urge does not stop when the...
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
