Sexuality Resources

Resources on Sexual Exploration

• A popular blog site is entitled Sex and Psychology maintained by Dr. Justin Lehmiller of the Kinsey Institute. Dr. Lehmiller is author of the 2018 book Tell Me What You Want 
• The State of Sex Research Today, According to 4 Sex Scientists (April 2020), by Dr. Justin Lehmiller
• Rates of Consensual and Nonconsensual Nonmonogamy among Heterosexual, Gay and Bisexual Adults (May 2020) by Dr. Justin Lehmiller
• The Science of Masturbation (May 2020), by Dr. Justin Lehmiller
• How Sex Toys Can Help Men Improve their Sexual Performance (June 2020), by Dr. Justin Lehmiller
• The Enduring Enigma of Female Sexual Desire, by Rachel Nuwer, sponsored by BBC News Future news magazine
• Women’s Sexuality Close Up: The Fluidity of Romance and Desire (2019), by Ellyn Kaschak Ph.D., from Psychology Today
• Masturbation 101: Letting Go of Guilt, by Laurie Mintz Ph.D., published in Psychology Today
• Masturbation 102: How Women Pleasure Themselves, by Laurie Mintz Ph.D., published in Psychology Today
• Directory of Science-Based Human Sexuality Videos on Youtube by Dr. Don Lucas 
• Seven Fascinating Facts about Sexual Fantasies, from Dr. Justin Lehmiller’s blog
• Are Polyamorous Relationships the New Sexual Revolution? (2019), by Feminista Jones, published in Zora.Medium
• Sexless Marriages: How Common are They, and How do People Cope with Them?, from Dr. Justin Lehmiller’s blog
• 4 Ways that Sexuality Can Be Fluid: New Research Explores Sexual Fluidity in Women (2019), by Dr. Karen L. Blair, published in Psychology Today
• Men Who Have More Sex Have a Lower Risk of Heart Attacks, from Dr. Justin Lehmiller’s blog
• Several sexuality reference sources are available from the Center for Research and Education on Gender and Sexuality at San Francisco State University
• The Huffington Post’s Guide to Sex Research
• A Comprehensive Guide to Kink: Ground Rules and Definitions, by Lioness
• 13 Things to Try if You’re New to BDSM, by Emma McGowan
• Forms of Kink: An Outline for Beginners, from Kinkly.com
• What is Swinging? by Curious Passions 
• Forbidden Fantasies, by Rowan Pelling, from Erotic Review Magazine
• The Sexual Pleasure of Erotic Dance, by Kate Orson, from Kinkly.com
• Recent Research About Millenials’ Sex Life: Are Millenials Really Having Less Sex?, by Sari Cooper (2017) from Psychology Today
• What the Sexual Fantasies of Non-Transgender People Tell us about the Dreams of Those Who are Trans, from Crossdreamers 
• Sexually-Transmitted Diseases: An Information Guide sponsored by Medline Plus of the National Library of Medicine
• STDs: A Guide sponsored by Planned Parenthood
• Attitudes About Sexuality and Aging, from the Harvard Medical School Health Information Gateway
• 5 Key Key Ways Sex Changes for Older Men, from Psychology Today
• Sexual Healing: Graceful Guidelines, by Michael Picucci
• Inside the Erotic Mind, sponsored by the Erotica Readers and Writers Association (ERA)
• Literotica, a long-running free source of quality amateur erotic fiction
• 10 Online Erotica Sites Like Literotica for Your Reading Pleasure, from Bustle.com, especially recommended: Noveltrove
• How to Find Free Erotica Online: 10 Websites to Get Hot and Steamy Erotic Literature from Your Tango
  

Resources on Sex-Positivity

• What does “Sex Positive” Mean?
  Sponsored by the International Society for Sexual Medicine
• What is Sex Positivity? (video)
  Educational video by Dr. Nadine Thornhill
• Trauma-Informed Sex Positivity, by Emily Nagoski 
  Nagoski is the author of the award-winning book Come as you Are: The Surprising New Science that will Transform Your Sex Life (2015), excerpted from her blog The Dirty Normal
• Female Sexual Desire: A Motivating, Empowering Approach: Dispelling the Myths, by Barry W McCarthy Ph.D., from Psychology Today
• How to Become a Sexually Empowered Woman
  By Pamela Madsen, Contributor on Women’s Sexuality Issues for the Huffington Post
• Female Sexual Empowerment, by Michael Krychman, MD, published for the site Speaking of Women’s Health
• What Women Really Want in Bed, by Amarenda Lees, from Erotic Review Magazine
• 6 Surprising Facts about Men and Sex, from OneMedical
• Erotic Integrity: A Podcast Interview with Sexologist Claudia Six, from Frequency Podcast Network
• Sex-Positive Feminism’s Values in Search of the Law of Pleasure (2021), by Susan Frelich Appleton, published in the Oxford Handbook of Feminism and Law in the United States (2021)
• A Rapid Review of Sexual Pleasure in First Sexual Experience(s) (2021), by Victoria Boydell, Kelsey Q. Wright, & Robert D. Smith, published in The Journal of Sex Research 
• Female Masturbation: An Interview with Betty Dodson (2019)
• My Sexual Fluidity Woke Me Up (2019), by Freya Blom, published in the The Gottman Institute’s Real Relationships Blog
• The Pleasure Revolution: The Sex Women Really Want
  An interview on the state of female sexuality with Sharon Walker, published in the Guardian Observer 
• Simplify Self-Acceptance: Sonja Renee Taylor Says Self-love will Change the World, from Blinkist Magazine
• Esther Perel: Fix the Sex and Your Relationship will Transform
  An interview with sex therapist Esther Perel conducted by Miranda Sawyer, published in the Guardian Observer
  

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