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New IU study finds no consensus in definitions of 'had sex'
When people say they "had sex," what transpired is anyone's guess. A new study from the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University found that no uniform consensus existed when a representative sample of 18- to 96-year-olds was asked what the term meant to them.
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Sexploration Week: Sexual health, plastic surgery, pharmaceuticals among topics covered
The third annual Sexploration Week at IU will begin on Monday (Oct. 18) at Indiana University Bloomington, offering the campus and Bloomington communities speakers and activities designed to address sexual health and sexuality-related issues in a sex-postive fashion.
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New Kinsey Institute exhibit, 'Storytellers,' features works from library collections
The remarkable library collections of the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction are generally the fare of researchers — until now. A new exhibit displays four centuries of story-inspired art and media to give the public a taste of the rare and diverse holdings.
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Couples report gender differences in relationship, sexual satisfaction over time
Cuddling and caressing are important ingredients for long-term relationship satisfaction, according to an international study that looks at relationship and sexual satisfaction throughout committed relationships, but contrary to stereotypes, tenderness was more important to the men than to the women.
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Archival collection of pioneering sex researchers Masters and Johnson donated to The Kinsey Institute
The Kinsey Institute has announced the addition of the new Masters and Johnson Collection to The Kinsey Institute library at Indiana University. The collection, including a tantalizing ensemble of correspondences with researchers and others, documents decades of pioneering sex research that transformed conventional understandings of sexual response and sex therapy.
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Sexual health
Findings from the largest nationally representative study of sexual and sexual-health behaviors in the United States have been published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine.
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Indiana University ArtsWeek goes 'green' for 2010
Indiana University's 26th Annual ArtsWeek, scheduled for February Feb. 18-28 (2010), will focus on the theme "Arts and the Environment." ArtsWeek is an annual winter festival showcasing the many levels of artistic expression in Bloomington and on the IU campus. Sponsored in part by the IU President's Office and the IU Office of the Vice Provost for Research, ArtsWeek offers dozens of exhibitions, performances and family-friendly events featuring many modes of artistic expression.
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Contemporary art: The Kinsey Institute Juried Art Show 2011
The Kinsey Institute Juried Art Show 2011 will open on May 20 in the The School of Fine Arts (SoFA) Gallery at Indiana University Bloomington, with contemporary artworks exploring themes related to sex, gender, eroticism, reproduction, sexuality, romantic relationships, the human figure and the politics of sex and gender.
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Sexploration Week: Discussions, testing, speed dating and more
The fourth-annual Sexploration Week at Indiana University begins on Monday (Sept. 19), with a talk about sex trafficking. Activities include a busload of sexual health information, a discussion about IU's groundbreaking national sex survey, and even some speed dating, a "Friends, Partners, Date Game Show," a drag show and a call for secrets.
Source: newsinfo.iu.edu