Introduction Discussions about sexual health are uncommon in clinical encounters, despite
the sexual dysfunction associated with many common health conditions. Understanding of …

Introduction Few studies have investigated women's experiences with orgasm and the
factors that they cite as important for their orgasmic function and sexual behavior related to …

Objectives. We explored long-term health consequences of age at sexual initiation and of
abstinence until marriage to evaluate empirical support for the claim that postponing sexual …

CONTEXT: Speculation in public discourse suggests that sexual encounters outside a
committed romantic relationship may be emotionally damaging for young people, and …

Introduction Heterosexual anal intercourse (HAI) is common among US women. Receptive
anal intercourse is a known risk factor for HIV, yet there is a paucity of data on HAI frequency …

Introduction Although a large body of previous research has examined sexual behavior and
its relation to risk in men of diverse sexual identities, most studies have relied on …

Objective The main goal of this study is to identify the causes of the decline in sexual activity
among young adults in the United States. Background The frequency with which young …

PURPOSE: Little is known about factors associated with the day-to-day selection and
orchestration of sexual repertoire among adolescent women. Analyzing differences in …

Background Current information about numbers of other-sex partners, experiences of
different heterosexual behaviours and the recent heterosexual experiences among a …

A sizable minority of women report lifetime sexual behavior with both men and women. In
the present study, a multinational sample of women who reported genital contact with at …