Adolescenceâ€" beginning with the onset of puberty and ending in the mid-20sâ€" is a
critical period of development during which key areas of the brain mature and develop …

Attentive to the collision of sex and power, we add momentum to the ongoing development
of the subfield of critical sexuality studies. We argue that this body of work is defined by its …

Using data from the first national probability sample of Black, White, and Latinx sexual
minority people in the United States, we examined whether and how sexual identity …

Objective: Various sources of evidence suggest that men and women differ in their
experience of sexual pleasure. Such gender differences have been attributed to men's …

The present study is the first to examine the extent to which young adult women post
objectifying self-images on social media, and whether the frequency of posting such content …

Young women's sexuality traditionally has been marked along a gendered moralist
continuum of sexual activity, ranging from virtuous (virgins) to licentious (sluts). However …

Social media provides Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer Plus (LGBTQ+) youth with
daily access to a broader sociocultural dialogue that may shape narrative identity …

A healthy sexual self-concept that captures an understanding of the risky and the positive
aspects of sexuality is imperative to life-long well-being. Parents have a unique opportunity …

Background Sexually explicit media exposure during early adolescence has been found to
be associated with risky sexual behavior. However, previous study suffered from …

We analyzed cross-sectional data collected from a US nationally representative survey of
individuals ages 14–24 years old on what sources of information from the past year they …