One important but challenging aspect of maintaining a satisfying romantic relationship is
keeping the sexual spark alive. Research suggests the importance of a couple's sexual …

The bold argument of Mediated Intimacy (Barker et al., 2018) 1 is that media of various kinds
play an increasingly important role in shaping people's knowledge, desires, practices and …

This study examined how levels of sexually explicit material (SEM) use during adolescence
and young adulthood were associated with sexual preferences, sexual behaviors, and …

Women's orgasms have long been subject to vociferous scientific debate, but over the last
10–15 years a small but growing body of largely feminist qualitative research has begun to …

The study purpose was to assess, in a US probability sample of women, experiences related
to orgasm, sexual pleasure, and genital touching. In June 2015, 1,055 women ages 18 to 94 …

Although research has suggested a net negative influence of sexual media on sexual
quality, enough researchers have found results suggesting that sexual media has no effect …

The purpose of this investigation was to develop a useful conceptual model of optimal
sexuality by identifying and describing its elements. Semi-structured interviews were …

Orgasmic Bodies explores how bodily experiences of orgasm are worked up as
present/absent, complicated/straightforward, too slow/too fast, fake or real, in the doing of …

Research on sexual development has tended to focus on those events and experiences (eg,
poor sex education, sexual violence, chronic illness, and disability) that lead to sexual …

Pornography has been a major source of public concern for decades. In recent years,
apprehension about the deleterious impact of pornography on romantic and marital …