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“Mom, when is the good fairy going to come and change my peepee?” asked two-year-old Jazz. Jazz was born male—with XY sex chromosomes and a penis—but as a toddler he already felt certain that he was really a she. By age five his parents allowed him to present himself to the world as a girl. Jazz thus became the youngest

Time for T and Macho Men?

People tend to think that their face preferences—the types of faces that they consider to be particularly attractive—do not really change much over a matter of days or weeks. However, our study, recently published in the journal Hormones and Behavior, found that the extent to which women find masculine faces attractive might be closely

Experts Urge Congress to Reject Abstinence-Only

In November 2007, sexuality and health researchers urged Congress to reconsider continuing federal investments in abstinence-only funding. In a letter they sent to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Harry Reid on Wednesday, November 21, 2007, they pointed out that scientific evidence has shown multiple deficiencies in federally-supported

The Biology of Sexual Orientation

What determines sexual orientation? What makes a person gay, bisexual, or straight? These sort of questions hold an undeniable interest to the general public and the answers are still hotly debated both by the experts in the field and by society at large.

Politics Trump Science

Former Surgeon General Richard Carmona has confirmed what many health experts have said throughout the Bush Administration: Politics are trumping science and the health of all Americans is suffering as a result. The administration muzzled the former surgeon general, preventing him from talking or reporting on emergency contraception and sex

How Sexually Literate Are You?

From Healthline, 1988

Spotlight on SRSP: Steven Epstein

Steven Epstein is an associate professor of sociology at University of California, San Diego. He has studied a recent attempt to promote moral panic about publicly funded sexuality research in the United States. In the early 2000s, the Christian right group Traditional Values Coalition compiled a “hit list” of scientists doing research in

National Center for Health Statistics' recent study of American sexuality

A 2005 study from the National Center for Health Statistics raises concerns that teens may be having oral sex to avoid pregnancy and thereby placing themselves at higher risk for STD infection. An alternative reading of this data is that some teens are making rational decisions that balance relational, physical, and religious/moral issues

Sexual Illiteracy: Why Johnny can't make love

We've all seen the ads promoting literacy: A young man stares vacantly at an open book. "Johnny can't read!" the caption proclaims. How, then, should sexual literacy be promoted?

Governing Sexuality: Bush Pushes Abstinence in HIV Education

Beginning in 2000, STOP AIDS was audited by the CDC three times, twice for alleged obscenity. Now, the government is censoring all federally-funded HIV-prevention programs.

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