My Sex Professor: Sexuality Education

Celebrating Female Genital Diversity in Brooklyn and Beyond: The International Vulva Knitting Circle

Debby — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:08:32 +0000

Oh, how I wanted to be in Brooklyn for the very recent Vulvagraphics event celebrating female genital diversity. However, due to scheduling chaos I couldn’t be there so these photos of knit & crochet vulvas (and a guest post by Rachel Liebert) have been my solace. As you know, I adore all things vulvas from my vulva puppet to [...]

When Men Take A Long Time To Orgasm: Delayed Ejaculation

Debby — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:17:40 +0000

Things to Know about Men’s Orgasm: #1 Sometimes men take a long time, too. And not just in the bathroom with their laptop or newspaper in hand. Although we often think of women being the ones to take forever and a day to orgasm (especially when just learning to orgasm for the first few dozen times), [...]

PHOTOS: A Peek Inside the Kinsey Confidential Recording Studio

Debby — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:51:08 +0000

This morning I taped nine (!) new Kinsey Confidential podcasts with our wonderful producer, Annie. Unlike other mornings, we had a special guest join us in the studio today. Bernard Gordillo surprised me by showing up to take photos of the process (see more after the jump). It was a fun morning for him to be [...]

VIDEO: Fruit Bats Have Oral Sex Too – Well, At Least Fellatio

Debby — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:41:57 +0000

In a Halloween-timed scientific publication, a team of researchers from China and the United Kingdom have found that not only do fruit bats have oral sex (specifically, fellatio) but that they (a) do it in at least one interesting way and that (b) fruit bat fellatio is association with a longer time spent copulating (aka [...]

The Night Dan Savage Felt My Vulva (Puppet)

Debby — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:38:47 +0000

Yesterday, in the midst of guest lecturing, working on a research paper and meeting with students, I had the pleasure to meet Dan Savage (yes, of the widely read Savage Love column and podcast series) when he came by The Kinsey Institute to meet with research staff and tour our art collections. That’s when the [...]

Dia de los Muertos Menstrual Pads

Debby — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:47:38 +0000

Earlier this week we featured plain red and unicorn themed menstrual pads from Etsy. Given my longtime fandom for la Dia de los Muertos (aka Day of the Dead), I was pretty happy to stumble upon menstrual pads with this theme too. Who wouldn’t want skeletons on their pads? Except I don’t wear menstrual pads. [...]

Does Viagra Make For Better Sex? Can Female Viagra Do The Same?

Debby — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:22:27 +0000

Frequently a voice of reason as well as challenge, sex educator, author, advocate (and friend) Cory Silverberg has written an interesting piece about the medicalization of women’s sexuality called What’s Missing the in Search for Female Viagra. Well, that’s a simplistic description on my part, I suppose, because though it starts there, he takes us [...]

Masculine Halloween Costumes for Effeminate Boys?

Debby — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:02:03 +0000

With Halloween approaching, The Onion couldn’t help but to mock our society’s discomfort with “effeminate boys” – or basically anything that deviates from stereotypical gender roles. Enjoy. How To Find A Masculine Halloween Costume For Your Effeminate Son

How to Orgasm During Sex: Go. Slow. Damn It.

Debby — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:42:06 +0000

There’s a reason that The Pointers Sisters struck a chord in the 80s with their song about wanting a man with a “slow hand” and a “lover with an easy touch.” Because as fun as vigorous, energetic, all-out-thrusting can be, fast sex is not necessarily all that orgasmic for many women. Quite a few women prefer [...]

So Your Husband Has a Virtual Girlfriend? And She’s Not Real? Hmmm…

Debby — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:12:54 +0000

Check out this interesting interview by Lisa Katayama with a man – who, for a short time, courted a high school aged anime character – and his wife who is all “ooooookay… as long as he doesn’t spend way too much time doing that”-ish. Love the humanity of it all and this very common-sense way [...]