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Abstinence-Only a Failure, Latest Research Shows

Abstinence-Only a Failure, Latest Research Shows

San Francisco, September 16, 2008—As pregnant teens take the national stage and the merits of sexual education are suddenly being debated by pundits across the country, the latest research findings from the National Sexuality Resource Center’s Sexuality Research and Social Policy journal leave no room for doubt: abstinence-only education

Studying the Sexuality of Older Women

Studying the Sexuality of Older Women

Q&A with Dr. Alison Huang

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An Evening with Paul Gebhard

On July 30, 2005 Dr. Elizabeth (Betty) Mooney, a research associate at the Kinsey Institute from 1967 to 1975 and lecturer in sociology and anthropology, interviewed 88-year-old Paul H. Gebhard. They reminisce and document Dr. Gebhard's ten years working with Dr. Kinsey (1946-1956) and his term as the second director of the Kinsey Institute

Scientific Sexuality Research or Moral Panic?

Scientific Sexuality Research or Moral Panic?

As Georgia State University sexuality researchers are forced today to defend their work in front of the Georgia State Senate, the National Sexuality Resource Center protects the role of science in sexuality

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Lecture 2008: Richard Parker

Richard Parker's John H. Gagnon Distinguished Lecture in September 2008. Dr. Parker's talk: "Reinventing Sexual Scripts: Sexuality and social change in the 21st century."

Raising Gender

Raising Gender

“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?

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

Pioneering Trends in Sexuality Research Featured in Latest Issue of Online Journal Sexuality Research and Social Policy: Journal of NSRC

Report: HIV/AIDS at Home

Report: HIV/AIDS at Home

What's the state of HIV prevention, treatment, and support in the United States? Considering that the number of new cases of the disease has not decreased in more than a decade, and that half the Americans who need treatment aren't receiving it, the picture is grim.