Sexuality

The latest academic hoax emerges from the same ideological position as the Trump administration's attack on trans rights.

• By David M. Perry

There's a chance the sexual culture being cultivated by Millennials can diminish the environment of harassment and assault that's plagued so many workplaces.

• By James McWilliams

If there's an upside to the government's failure to promote legitimate sex education, it's been the convergent rise of the local sex shop and the university seminar as two venues for frank and meaningful discussion.

• By James McWilliams

For anyone who isn't a straight man, sexual education and the media can get sexuality wrong. Fan fiction is helping change that.

• By Christina Tesoro

A meta-study finds "female Viagra" to have low-to-moderate benefits and side effects.

• By Elena Gooray

Or do scientists just not know how to measure female arousal the way they do male arousal?

• By Francie Diep

Are unattractive women more likely to identify as bisexual?

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Defense Secretary Ash Carter has some questions. Research can provide some answers.

• By Francie Diep

Despite Blume’s best efforts, young people in the U.S. still lack adequate information about their bodies and sexuality—and they’re not alone.

• By Marni Sommer

A new study finds Americans’ sexual attitudes keep getting more liberal, but Millennials have pulled back a bit in terms of their number of sexual partners.

• By Tom Jacobs

If a man donates a disproportionate amount of money to an attractive woman, other men will likely follow suit.

• By Tom Jacobs

Maybe it's not politically feasible, but most kids will need sexual knowledge more than Shakespearean verse to be functioning adults. Here's a sample curriculum.

• By Alice Dreger

New research confirms that the color red sends a signal of sexual availability.

• By Tom Jacobs

Efforts to increase transparency—and safety—at colleges and universities.

• By Lauren Kirchner

Sexuality is a fundamental component of the human experience, and it's one we need to have a better understanding of.

• By Alice Dreger

Of kinks, crimes, and kinds: A look behind the scenes at how the American Psychiatric Association's Paraphilias Sub-Work Group proposed revisions to the DSM for all manner of things relating to sexual arousal brought about by atypical objects, situations, or individuals.

• By Alice Dreger

This simple idea, encouraged by medical texts of the past that taught deviation from the norm would lead to confused sexuality and gender identity issues, has put a surprising number of babies under the knife.

• By Alice Dreger

Despite its prevalence—36 percent of U.S. adults have practiced it in some form—BDSM remains stigmatized in U.S. culture.

• By Melanie Berliet

The biggest issue is not surgery, nor hormonal treatments, nor even the criminal lack of psychological support. The biggest issue is shame, and how no one deals with it in a way that lets people know there is nothing to be ashamed of.

• By Alice Dreger

New research suggests women aren’t automatically opposed to sexual imagery in advertisements, but they do object when it is used to sell cheap products.

• By Tom Jacobs

Paul Hiebert talks with the Valerie Steele, co-curator of A Queer History of Fashion, about the new exhibit.

• By Paul Hiebert

Cross-cultural research suggests that, when it comes to erotic stimulation, men and women are more alike than many realized.

• By Tom Jacobs

He may have been the world's first out bisexual rock star—but what really matters is that everyone thought he was.

• By Vince Beiser

Thoughts on femininity, Sinead O’Connor, Amanda Palmer, and the grand patriarchal bargain.

• By Lisa Wade