Tag: sex
How the Catholic Church came to oppose birth control
Lisa McClain, Boise State University
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the landmark “Humanae Vitae,” Pope Paul VI’s strict prohibition against artificial contraception, issued...
Want better sex? Try getting better sleep
Laurie Mintz, University of Florida
One in 3 American adults do not get enough sleep. Sexual issues are also common, with as many as 45...
Consensual sex is key to happiness and good health, science says
Shervin Assari, University of Michigan
As we approach Valentine’s Day, it’s nice to celebrate love and, one the best parts about it, sex. As a...
What about young men who are having unwanted sex?
Jessie Ford, New York University
Time Magazine recently featured “The Silence Breakers” as its 2017 “Person of the Year,” a nod to the countless women...
Child marriage is still legal in the US
Nicholas Syrett, University of Kansas
The recent outrage over Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore allegedly targeting teenage girls for sex has elicited reports that...
It’s mostly mothers who pass on mitochondria – and a new...
Arunas L. Radzvilavicius, University of Pennsylvania
Evolutionary interests of males and females do not always coincide. This is known as sexual conflict: male innovations that...
How ‘Germany’s Hugh Hefner’ created an entirely different sort of sex...
Elizabeth Heineman, University of Iowa
Hugh Hefner’s death has reopened bitter debates about his place in history.
Many obituaries in the mainstream media have described him...
Who’s avoiding sex, and why
Shervin Assari, University of Michigan
Sex has a strong influence on many aspects of well-being: it is one of our most basic physiological needs. Sex...
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...
