In romance novels and online advice columns, enlarged pupils are commonly enlisted as imagery to indicate sexual arousal and attraction. So, what’s the science say?
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Sex education in progressive countries like The Netherlands and Switzerland emphasizes intimacy, adventure and connection. Lower rates of teen pregnancy and sexual dysfunction ensue.
After treatment ends, many cancer survivors are left with sexual changes that, when left unaddressed, can become long-term problems.
Older people, and particularly older women, are often thought of as being asexual or sexually undesirable. Although the particular age this is believed to happen varies somewhat in the popular imagination…
Australian couples are having sex less often than a decade ago, the latest national survey of sexual activity reveals. People in heterosexual relationships have sex an average of 1.4 times per week, down…
A woman masturbates, has erotic feelings towards numerous men and women, and an “excessive” desire for sex. Is she a nymphomaniac? Filmmaker Lars von Trier is reigniting debate on the subject with his…
Does it seem strange that we will enthusiastically kiss an attractive person’s mouth, with tongues intertwining and saliva going everywhere, but that we might wrinkle our nose up at the idea of using that…
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Associate Professor in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Australian Research Centre for Sex, Health & Society, La Trobe University
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Research Fellow, PhD candidate, La Trobe University
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Honorary Professor in Sexual Health, UNSW
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Professor of Psychology, University of New Brunswick
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Emeritus Professor, University of New England
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Emeritus Professor, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
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Professor of Women's Health Psychology, Translational Health Research Institute (THRI), Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland
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Lead Investigator of Rekindle; Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Sydney
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Professor of Media and Communication and Chief Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making + Society, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Professor, Health Sociologist, Centre for Health Equity, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Adolescent Health, Co-Head of the General Practice Clinical School, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Sex and Relationship Therapist, University of Westminster
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PhD Candidate in Psychology, University of Essex