The formation and development of romantic relationships continues to be an important area
of study among adolescent and young adult populations. Although many adolescents and …

Motivated by the death of his partner, Adams seeks to redefine the closet as a relational
construct between all people and all sexualities. The closet is explored at each stage …

Background: We aimed to study the prevalence of oral sex and its possible association with
human papillomavirus (HPV) 16 infection in the development of oropharyngeal cancer in the …

This paper explores how people (n= 1,093) who identify as asexual or on the ace spectrum
(ie, graysexual, demisexual) define sex behaviorally using a list of 22 specific behaviors and …

The prevalence of casual sexual activity among teens and emerging adults has led to much
public attention. Yet limited research has investigated whether the number of casual sexual …

Research into definitions of “having sex” has tended to employ a dichotomous response
design (following Sanders & Reinisch,). However, conceptions of sexual activity may be far …

The myths and truths of teen's sexual behavior. Winner of the 2015 Brian McConnell Book
Award presented by the International Society for Contemporary Legend Research To hear …

Gay men are underrepresented in research on sexual satisfaction. We examined sexual
satisfaction and over 50 sexual practices in an online US national survey of men in …

Definitions of sexual behavior display a robust hierarchy of agreement regarding whether or
not acts should be classed as, for example, sex or virginity loss. The current research offers …

Using a sample of 200 emerging adult male college students, we examined how men varied
in the meanings they gave to sex and their self-reported engagement in two types of casual …