Sexual minority young adults represent a high-risk population for tobacco use. This study examined cigarette and alternative tobacco product (ATP) use prevalence across sexual orientation (heterosexual, gay/lesbian, and bisexual) among college-attending
Many of the times, these informal providers were recommended by a peer or friend with similar illness who had visited the provider; this also assured the participants that the visit would be discreet and the doctor would not judge. One participant, 27 years old, said: I am suffering from ...
Sexual assault can be verbal, visual, or anything that forces a person to join in unwanted sexual contact or attention. Examples of this are voyeurism (when someone watches private sexual acts), exhibitionism (when someone exposes him/herself in public), incest (sexual contact between family mem...
To make this decision, women have reported that it was crucial to 1) Confront reality and recognize that the abuse will not end 2) Release feelings of self-blame to reclaim self-esteem 3) Accept support and perspective from loved ones or a mental health professional 4) Reach a transition p...
Gay:Gay usually refers to men who are attracted to other men, but some women who are attracted to women identify this way, too. More generally, it describes people who are attracted to their same or similar gender. Lesbian:Alesbianis a woman who is romantically or sexually attracted to peo...
this question only had a 34% correct answer rate. Also, 59.3% of participants believed that masturbation is harmful. In the safe period-related questions, the correct answer rate was also low. On the item regarding the fetus's gender being decided by the sperm, the correct answer rate was...
I conclude with suggestions for alleviating biases in this field and beyond, a call for the scientific community to interrogate its own biases and perspectives—in basic assumptions, choice of research questions, study species, methodologies, and interpretations of results, in research priorities by fu...
It follows from all this that a sexual activity can be defined as one in which I intend to satisfy a sexual desire, either in myself or the person(s) with whom I am engaging in sexual activity, which is a desire for sexual pleasure (i.e. pleasurable sensations directly or indirectly ...
The dominant script for oral sex was that it was not a sexual act in itself, but a modern method of foreplay before engaging in penile–vaginal sex. In this script, “oral genital contact” between heterosexual partners was viewed as similar to other forms of sexual fondling meant to stimula...
A total of 924 individuals (153 men, 533 women, and 238 individuals who did not respond to the query about sex) completed online questions asking about masturbation and sexual fantasy. Five hundred thirty four were classified in the asexual group, 87 met diagnostic criteria for hypoactive ...