What are some of the issues that affect sexuality during menopause? African American and Caucasian women are needed for a study addressing questions about menopause. Participants must be women between the ages of 40 and 60, experiencing menopause, English speaking, currently not taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) or on hormonal birth control, in a relationship [...]
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My friend, Larry Iannotti, is writing an academic paper justifying the reasons for the recent Survey of Violence and Discrimination against Sexual Minorities and he is seeking stories:
I’m interested in hearing from anyone who runs an SM-related business and has been blocked from doing business by credit-card companies, landlords, license or [...]
Research Survey:African American and Hispanic lesbian and bisexual women’s experiences
Posted in research on Feb 5th, 2009
Do you identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, bi-curious, queer, questioning, or otherwise same-sex attracted? Are you of African American or Latina descent? Are you age 18 and older? Even if you prefer not to label yourself, we are interested in your experience!
I am a doctoral student at Emory University conducting research on attitudes about sexual [...]
We won’t find out by trying to separate biology from culture.
The cover asks “What is Female Desire?” and the story title, “What do Women Want?” seems to promise that scientists are getting closer to figuring out one of life’s great mysteries. Daniel Bergner, in fact, does not attempt to answer those two questions (and the [...]
The News They Don’t See Fit to Print (Cory Silverberg)
Posted in research on Oct 1st, 2008
. . .So you could be forgiven if everything you know about medication research you learned from the news. And yet, if you care about your health and about truth in advertising, a study published this month in the Journal of the American Medical Association reminds us why relying on the print or online media [...]
. . .The question is not whether porn is dying or not — while piracy may be killing the big industries, I am sure that people will still be looking at online porn for a long time. The question is why are people so attracted to other things that are not porn at all? This [...]
An unusual sex survey has found that Australians who enjoy bondage and discipline are not damaged or dangerous, and might even be happier than those who practise “normal” sex.
The research showed two per cent of adult Australians regularly partake in sadomasochism and dominance and submission-type sexual role play.
And contrary to commonly-held stereotypes, they are not [...]
Freakonomics: Interracial Sex Makes Us More Beautiful (Twanna A. Hines, Huffington Post)
Posted in research on Aug 19th, 2008
. . .The quick and dirty? Biracial kids are sexy, fashionable, mediocre students who grow up with absentee fathers and incomes similar to black kids.’ Oh, and, did I mention they’re really sexy?
“There are some bad adolescent behaviors that whites do more than blacks (like drinking and smoking), and there are other bad adolescent behaviors [...]
BF seeks G/BM4M
Posted in research on Nov 9th, 2007
My friend, novelist and recent Tiptree award winner Catherynne Valente is looking for men that like men. She’s writing a story which necessarily features a lot of man-on-man sex scenes, and she’s having a bit of a problem:
I have no trouble talking about sex between men and women, or women and women. I know [...]
Feminism And Romance Go Hand In Hand (Science Daily)
Posted in feminism, relationships, research on Oct 16th, 2007
Science Daily — Contrary to popular opinion, feminism and romance are not incompatible and feminism may actually improvethe quality of heterosexual relationships, according to Laurie Rudman and Julie Phelan, from Rutgers University in the US. Their study* also shows that unflattering feminist stereotypes, that tend to stigmatize feminists as unattractive and sexually unappealing, are unsupported.
It [...]
Lovers’ Digital Trails Capture Relationships’ Ups and Downs (Wired)
Posted in internet, relationships, research on Aug 24th, 2007
by Regina Lynn
The internet has become a proving ground for trying out relationship styles, and anyone who’s ever done so knows just how serious online relating can become — even if all you intended was a quick look to see what all the fuss was about.
These relationships can and do become the catalyst for drastic [...]
A sex lubricant developed by an Australian company promises to block both HIV and the HSV-2 genital herpes virus, Sydney’s Daily Telegraph reported.
Tests on lab animals have shown Starpharma’s SPL7013 microbicide gel between 85 and 100 percent effective at deactivating both viruses, lead researcher Dr. Jeremy Paull of Melbourne-based Starpharma told last week’s International AIDS [...]
By JOHN TIERNEY
Scholars in antiquity began counting the ways that humans have sex, but they weren’t so diligent in cataloging the reasons humans wanted to get into all those positions. Darwin and his successors offered a few explanations of mating strategies — to find better genes, to gain status and resources — but they neglected [...]
Men Stare at Crotches
Posted in Jakob Nielsen, research, usability on Mar 14th, 2007
…no, really?
I’m a huge fan of Jakob Nielsen, the usability expert. I’ve been reading his weekly column, for, like, forever, and refer to it in my work often.
So it was hilarious to read on BoingBoing about the Nielsen’s latest study about eyetracking, and what users read online:
The Online Journalism Review reports on Jakob Nielsen’s [...]