The Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health
Education. Pleasure. Health. Advocacy.
Every Saturday, The CSPH highlights news or recent research in the field of human sexuality. This week we’re looking at a new study from the Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy that looks at how transgender adults identify the needs of gender-variant children and the parents of these children. The world is not an easy place for transgender, gender nonconforming, or gender-variant children (and … [Read more...]
Every Saturday, The CSPH highlights news or recent research in the field of human sexuality. This week we’re exploring an exciting new treatment for painful sex (dyspareunia) in women who have gone through menopause. Because of changes in hormone levels during menopause, many women experience vulvar and vaginal atrophy (VVA). This is when the vaginal walls become thinner and less … [Read more...]
Every Saturday, The CSPH highlights news or recent research in the field of human sexuality. This week we’re looking at a new study on same sex marriage and mental well-being from the American Journal of Public Health. Research shows that lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) persons have more mental health issues. This is due in part to the stress of being a minority group. This study … [Read more...]
Every Saturday, The CSPH highlights news or recent research in the field of human sexuality. This week we’re talking about a recent study in Clinical Neuropsychiatry that hopes to discover how time, relationships, and culture change sexuality. In this article, the authors explore three theories that aim to determine what really drives sexuality. The first theory focuses on gender … [Read more...]
Every Saturday, The CSPH highlights news or recent research in the field of human sexuality. A few weeks ago we showed you results from a new study that found porn actors have higher self-esteem, better sex lives, better body image, and a more positive view on life than the average person. This week, with the help of a new study by Jon Millward, we learn all about the “average” porn … [Read more...]
Every Saturday, The CSPH highlights news or recent research in the field of human sexuality. This week we’re looking at a study that found that nearly a third of American teenage girls have met up with someone they met online. Demographics/Methodology Lead researcher Jennie Noll, Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati and Director of Research in Behavioral Medicine and … [Read more...]
Every Saturday, The CSPH highlights news or recent research in the field of human sexuality. This week we’re looking at a study published in the journal Pediatrics that compares the sexual activity of adolescents who have taken a virginity pledge—a commitment to refrain from sexual intercourse until marriage—with matched adolescent non-pledgers. Demographics/Methodology Subjects for … [Read more...]
Every Saturday, The CSPH highlights news or recent research in the field of human sexuality. This week we’re looking at a study from Family Journal that focuses on whether the knowledge and attitudes of child and adolescent mental health staff predict their willingness to discuss sexual health with patients. Sexual health issues are often related to both mental and physical health concerns, … [Read more...]
Every Saturday, The CSPH highlights news or recent research in the field of human sexuality. This week we’re headed to Australia to look at a recent study focusing on the inclusion of sexual health information into mental health nursing practice. About 20% of adults in Australia have long term mental or behavioral health problems that may affect their ability to form and maintain … [Read more...]
Every Saturday, The CSPH highlights news or recent research in the field of human sexuality. This week we’re exploring the intersection of sex, relationships, and lung cancer. Though sexuality is recognized as an important part of overall health and wellbeing, conversations about it in the medical setting are all too rare. This study from Psycho-Oncology looks at how sex, relationships, … [Read more...]
