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Join us online and in-person for an event about sexual health and aging on October 4 with
@MariaUloko
.
🔗Register today!
#sexualhealth
#urology
#aging
#womenshealth
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It’s International Celebrate Bisexuality Day, also known as
#BiVisibilityDay
!
Looking for resources, support, and community? Check out
@BiVisibilityDay
@StillBisexual
@BRC_Central
#biweek
#bisexual
#BiVisibilityDay2021
#lgbtq
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According to
@CDCgov
, Bi people make up the largest portion of the LGBTQ community, but are often erased, and face higher risk than their peers for sexual assault & suicide. Create a safer world for bi youth w/ a new guide from
@TrevorProject
#Biweek
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67 years ago today, September 14, 1953, Alfred Kinsey's groundbreaking book on women's sexuality, "Sexual Behavior in the Human Female," first appeared in print. The volume quickly found a wide audience outside of academia, and became a bestseller.
#ExploreKinsey
#sexresearch
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Seeking participants for a 15-30 minute 3-part Kinsey Institute study about peoples’ romantic and sexual lives during the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic. Must be 18+ and fluent in English. Participants are eligible to win gift card raffles. Learn more here:
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Bisexual individuals make up about 50% of the
#LGBTQ
community, but are 6 times more likely than gay men or lesbians to hide their orientation from famiily or friends due to
#biphobia
.
#BiVisiblityDay
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Happy K-day! Sixty-seven years ago, Dr. Kinsey invited journalists from around the world to come to Bloomington, Indiana for a sneak peek at the upcoming release of "Sexual Behavior in the Human Female," the second of the classic 'Kinsey Reports.'
#sexscience
#sexhistory
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Thank you to our friends who have spoken out following Indiana legislation to restrict our IU funding.
Visit for ways you can support the Kinsey Institute and defend
#AcademicFreedom
and the right to conduct
#SexResearch
.
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Our assumptions & stereotypes about how men & women are sexually different can be contradicted by people's sexual behavior.
#FactsofLove
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On
#NationalComingOutDay
, we want to say it's also okay to be in the closet. Only you decide when you are ready & it's safe to be out.
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Happy K-Day! 63 years ago, a fascinated global audience got a first look at the Kinsey Report on female sexuality
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RT
@JustinLehmiller
: Several large studies find that most of the paraphilias (i.e., "unusual" sexual interests) listed in the DSM are much more common in the general population than previously assumed.
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The next time you visit the beautiful
@IUBloomington
campus, we hope you have a chance to visit with Dr. Kinsey !
#ExploreKinsey
#Kinsey75
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In the blog:
@JustinLehmiller
talks with
@NicoleRPrause
about her research and career as a sexual psychophysiologist (say that 10X fast!). She shares 7 myths about sex that we get wrong, and what the science *really* says.
#sexresearch
Read more:
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We’re exploring
#diversity
in sexual & romantic attraction and behavior! If you are over 18, tell us about your experiences in our 20-minute survey:
#sexresearch
Pls RT
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The
@BBC
looks at the rise of ethical
#nonmonogamy
,
#polyamory
, and
#multi
-partner relationships. Featuring comments from
@JustinLehmiller
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Happy birthday to Dr. Alfred C. Kinsey, father of the sexual revolution! He was born this day in 1894 in Hoboken, NJ
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On this day 63 years ago, sex researcher Dr. Alfred C. Kinsey passed away, leaving a legacy born of the passion for knowledge that took him from cataloguing gall wasps to studying human sexuality to breeding prized irises in his garden.
#kinseyinstitute
#explorekinsey
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🎉 Congratulations to
#KinseyInstitute
Research Fellow
@JustinLehmiller
on receiving the Ellen Laan Award for Translational Sexual Science from
@TheIASR
! Dr. Lehmiller runs the popular Sex & Psychology Podcast and blog at 🎉
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Netflix and chill tonight? The first episode of
@netflix
new series "Sex, Explained" focuses on sexual fantasy, and features research from Kinsey Institute Research Fellow
@JustinLehmiller
@IUImpact
@JanelleMonae
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The Kinsey Institute is temporarily closed due to a water line break in Morrison Hall. For more information, visit:
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"Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" was published 70 years ago today. The 800 page report sparked conversation and inspired pop culture in cartoons and songs. Public demand for factual
#sexinfo
drove the book to
#2
on the
@nytimes
bestseller list.
#70YearsofSexResearch
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Executive Director of the
#KinseyInstitute
,
@DrJustinGarcia
asserts the right of sexologists to conduct
#sexresearch
and the need to defend
#academicfreedom
in today's
@PostOpinions
:
Read here
#defendresearch
#SupportKinsey
#sexresearch
#sexology
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The Kinsey Institute at IU is pleased to announce a new partnership with
@TrevorProject
to research urgent issues around
#LGBTQ
#mentalhealth
and suicide.
@IUImpact
@IUBloomington
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NEWS:
@IndianaUniv
trustees have endorsed recommendations to protect the
#KinseyInstitute
at
#IU
We are grateful for those who supported the Kinsey Institute through this difficult time.
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Monday 5/24 at 1pm EST, Kinsey Institute researcher
@angesselman
will be talking abt ethical concerns in digitally collecting data on sexual health & behavior. Part of a digital ethics series by
@digethic
@IndianaUniv
moderated by
@drwendymiller
. Free & open to the public!
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Dr. Ruth showed us bravery, wisdom, and forthrightness, bringing a topic essential to our daily lives onto the airwaves. She gave millions permission to ask Qs - and get answers - about sex. As we preserve Dr. Ruth’s legacy, we remember what she taught us: Keep asking Qs.
RIP💌
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Does the knowledge of having a sexual rival change the way that men approach sex? And what is sex like for women who engage in “double mating?” New blog from
@JustinLehmiller
looks at how a sexual rival changes men's sexual behavior
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It’s our anniversary! 2022 marks the
#KinseyInstitute
's 75th anniversary. We're planning anniversary events online and in Bloomington all year - and you're invited! Be sure to follow us for more info!
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Consensual nonmonogamy (open relationships) & kink are more common than you might expect »
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Asexuality is a sexual orientation defined by lack of sexual desire for other people and/or lack of or low interest in sexual relationships or behavior.
#prideprimer
#LGBTQIA
#asexual
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NEW 📰: U.S.
#LGBTQ
students who reported their school was LGBTQ-affirming had 20% ⬇️ odds of attempting suicide. Yet, Dr. Myeshia Price found that among 19,567 LGBTQ students 46% reported their school was NOT affirming. Simple school support could save lives.
@mypreeney
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Congrats to one of the best sex educators and researchers in the business!
Honored to serve as new president of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists
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Good sexual health is more than the absence of disease. It can include a satisfying sex life. Valuing yourself. Peace of mind. Positive relationships. And so much more.
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When it comes to
#pornography
, are men more ‘visual creatures’ than women? A recent research study suggests just the opposite--read more at
#sexresearch
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Poland abandons total abortion ban after thousands of women strike in protest via
@thinkprogress
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A look at the transformative impact of 75 years of
#kinseyinstitute
research from
@EBernsteinWSJ
at
@WSJ
#sexresearch
#Kinsey75
@IUBloomington
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Congratulations to Dr. Justin Garcia, current research director at the Kinsey Institute, on being named our new acting executive director! Dr. Garcia will assume his new position July 1st.
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🏆👏 Congratulations to Kinsey Institute Research Fellow
@JustinLehmiller
- his Sex and Psychology podcast is nominated for best health podcast by
@podcastawards
👏🏆
The slate has been posted for the People's Choice Podcast Awards! Congratulations to all the nominees that made it to the final slate.
#pca19
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Join
@MissingKids
: next Monday, April 6th at 3PM EST for a
#tweetchat
in honor of National Child Abuse Prevention Month
#NCAPM
featuring experts at
@Thorn
,
@ZeroAbuseProj
,
@Darkness2Light
,
@RAINN
,
@StopItNow
,
@PFLAG
,
@NCAC_HSV
,
@1800RUNAWAY
and more!
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Wishing you a happy holiday season! ~ Faculty & staff of the Kinsey Institute, Indiana University ~ Photo credit: Ric Cradick
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The 11th annual Singles in America study from
@Match
reveals how US singles are seeking emotional maturity, "grown-up"
#dating
, and vaxxed partners. In partnership with
@IUImpact
@DrHelenFisher
@DrJustinGarcia
Check out
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The Kinsey Institute wishes you a happy Pride month! We hope you find many opportunities to celebrate diversity, support inclusion, and share love this month!
#LGBTQ
+
#ShareWithPride
#PRIDE
#pride2021
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New paper out from
#KinseyInstitute
researchers & colleagues: "Sexual
#Harassment
and Assault in Public Spaces: Individual Vulnerability and Contextual Risk Factors."
#sexualassault
#sexresearch
#sexualviolence
Visit:
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New book from journalist
@khnrowland
looks at the male/female
#pleasuregap
in US culture w interviews & research. Rowland highlights how mind and desire are linked for women, and the barriers standing between women and their sexual pleasure.
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#FlashbackFriday
1940s poster from the KI Archives used to find research study participants for the original
#KinseyReports
#SexResearch
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The second
#KinseyReport
, Sexual Behavior in the Human Female was published 65 years ago on Sept 14, 1953. Based on 5500 interviews, this landmark book revealed that women's sexual activity was as diverse as men's, including premarital sex, masturbation, and female orgasm.
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Women's health app
@clue
is accepting proposals for projects w/ the potential to advance menstrual & reproductive health. Deadline Jan 15th
#reprohealth
#menstruation
#womenshealth
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A new sculpture of Dr. Alfred Kinsey joins the ranks of the "people of IU" artworks on the
@IUBloomington
campus! Thanks to our
#kinseyinstitute
supporters & donors who helped bring this project to life honoring the work of this great
#scientist
.
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Happy
#FactFriday
! Here's our
#FactofLove
115 to brighten your day!
#ExploreKinsey
#science
http://t.co/gNUO9EdLlp
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Incorporated on April 8, 1947 as the Institute for Sex Research, the Kinsey Institute has been researching the human sexual experience for 74 years! Our work would not be possible without the support of Indiana University and our followers and donors. Thank you!
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Results are in from a
#KinseyInstitute
and
@Cosmopolitan
study of women and sex after 60! We asked a representative sample of 3,001 women in the U.S. ages 60+ about everything from their desire for sex to their deepest fantasies.
#sexresearch
Read now at
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New journal from
@TransStudies
: The Bulletin of Applied Transgender Studies, a platinum open access venue for research on the issues facing
#transgender
communities across the globe, is currently accepting manuscripts at
#CFP
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Dr. Amanda Gesselman has been awarded an SSRC Covid-19 Rapid-Response Grant for a new study to investigate the impact of
#COVID
-19 on
#loneliness
in the
#LGBTQ
+ community, and using digital .
@IUImpact
Read more:
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Monogamy has long been regarded as an American social norm, but over the past decade, more people are talking about alternative forms of romantic and sexual
#relationships
. Read more about
#Polyamory
and Consensual Non-monogamy in the US at
@ACMoors
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Join us tomorrow at noon for a talk on consensual
#nonmonogamy
from 2023 Haslam awardee
@RhondaBalzarini
. In-person Woodburn 200
@IUBloomington
or online via Zoom
#sexresearch
#relationship
#CNM
#polyamory
#poly
Zoom register link:
#ExploreKinsey
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New paper on
#infidelity
proposes 8 distinct motivations for sexual infidelity: anger, sexual desire, lack of love,
#neglect
, low commitment, situation,
#esteem
, and variety. KI researcher Justin Garcia is a co-author.
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In a new interview,
@JustinLehmiller
talks to Dr. Paul Vasey about his path to
#sexresearch
, the origins of same-sex attraction, and the way that culture influences how
#sexuality
is expressed.
@Vaseylab
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Today's
#InternationalSexWorkersDay
spreads awareness of exploitive & dangerous working conditions of sex workers globally
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We are at the
@Sex_Science
Annual meeting in
#Denver
! We'll be live-tweeting from sessions all weekend
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Including pleasure in sexuality education is important! Students who are given comprehensive,
pleasure-based
#sexed
are choosing to have sex at a later age, and are more likely to use birth
control when they do have sex.
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Despite the
#Crowdstrike
blue-out causing airline mayhem, we're happy to share
@cygraham_graham
and the Kinsey Institute team arrived in time to kick off
#IASR2024
alongside
@DebbyHerbenick
,
@DrLoriBrotto
&
@MCSeto
@TheIASR
in Berlin👏👏👏
♥️
#SexScience
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Congratulations to
@ACMoors
of
@ChapmanU
as the inaugural winner of the new Kenneth R. Haslam, MD Relationship Diversity Research Award for her research in
#nonmonogamy
!
Read more about Dr. Moors and the award at
#polyamory
#sexresearch
#kinseyinstitute
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Applications are open for our Fall 2023 Human Sexuality Intensive! This 4-day course explores issues of
#sex
,
#sexuality
,
#gender
,
#dating
,
#relationships
& more. In-person & virtual options. Oct 5-8, 2023.
#psychology
#HR
#medicine
Learn more or apply:
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We are thrilled to name
@RhondaBalzarini
as the 2023 Kenneth R. Haslam, MD Relationship Diversity Research Awardee for her research on the dynamics of consensual non-monogamy (
#CNM
) and comparative demographics of
#polyamory
&
#monogamy
@txst
Read more at
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Seeking participants for 15-30 minute 3-part Kinsey Institute study about peoples’ romantic and sexual lives during the
#COVID
-19
#Coronavirus
pandemic. Must be 18+ and fluent in English. Participants are eligible to win gift card raffles. Learn more here:
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In honor of
#BlackHistoryMonth
, we are showcasing pioneers of
#sexresearch
&
#sexualhealth
.
Dr. June Dobbs Butts (1928 – 2019) was a therapist, advocate for open discussion on sexual topics, and one of the first African-Americans to practice at the Masters & Johnson Institute.
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"Coming to
@IUBloomington
? As part of our 75th Anniversary celebration we have commissioned a series of artworks on Indiana University buses that circulate on the Bloomington campus! Keep an eye out!
#kinsey75
#CelebrateKinsey
"
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Congratulations to
#kinseyinstitute
researchers
@DrJustinGarcia
, Dr. William Yarber, and
@JustinLehmiller
and SPH faculty
@DebbyHerbenick
- recognized among 50 sexual & gender health revolutionaries!
Last night we recognized the winners of our first-ever award: 50 Revolutionaries in Sexual and Gender Health. Learn more about these incredible people!
#PHSat50
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.
@OMGYes
is lifting the veil on women’s
#sexualpleasure
. Research by our own
@DebbyHerbenick
helps make it psbl »
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There are many ways you can help us defend the right to conduct
#sexresearch
- donate, follow, share our posts, correct misinformation, sign up for our e-news, and more. Check out our resources page at
#defendresearch
#academicfreedom
@IUBloomington
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Dr. Clelia Mosher's sex survey of Victorian women revealed an array of sex-positive attitudes that run counter to the accepted view of Victorian prudishness. She also invented core strength exercises to combat menstrual pain.
#WomensHistoryMonth
#sexresearch
#feminist
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Happy Transgender Day of Visibility! The lovely Christine Jorgensen, visiting Kinsey in 1953.
#transdayofvisibility
http://t.co/O9qH9D6GHD
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Half the world has a
#menstrual
cycle, but it's still a taboo topic. Check out this handy guide for the rest of us
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Results show good sex affects not only your mood, but also your sense of meaning in your life via
@JustinLehmiller
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Today we want to acknowledge our International Advisory Council for their support and guidance:
@KUBichelmeyer
@MDShumate
@DrStreicher
@JamesShanahan
@Nalanda_Inst
@cygraham_graham
@BiDotOrg
@KJennings
@DrDebNYC
@JennLahmers
@somapsych
@IU_OVPDEMA
@pescosol
#ACKDay
#Kinsey75
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Great news: We've received a grant to fund a campaign focused on student sexual health & awareness
@IUBloomington
! >
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RT
@Salon_Life
: This ain't Barbie: Meet Lammily, a toy doll with realistic proportions
http://t.co/UQndhRu9NM
http://t.co/o5kKiwj257
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We support the legitimate study of human sexuality to counter myth & prejudice and to inform our world
#sexresearch
@kinseyinstitute
My child gave a career talk on being a sexologist. Today her teacher was suspended for allowing it.
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Thx to Alice Walker for reminding us that there is always beauty in truth
#BlackHistoryMonth
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It's
#WorldSexualHealthDay
! Even with physical distancing during the pandemic, intimacy and sexual pleasure are possible - with a partner, or enjoying yourself. Sexuality varies from person-to-person, and a healthy sex life is part of a healthy body.
#sexualhealth
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Remember: Groundbreaking research is more important than getting all your belt loops
Throwback Thursday: In honor of Alfred Kinsey's birthday, here he is with IU President Herman B Wells in 1951.
#TBT
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New book from
#KinseyInstitute
researcher I. India Thusi
@inGerri
"Policing Bodies: Law, Sex Work, and Desire in
#Johannesburg
" at
@stanfordpress
.
@IUMaurerLaw
#SexWork
#SexWorkers
@IUImpact
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7
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New study from
#kinseyinstitute
researchers
@angesselman
@DrJustinGarcia
@TaniaArline
@alexamarcotte
Engagement with Emerging Forms of
#Sextech
: Demographic Correlates from a National Sample of Adults in the United States
@IUImpact
#sexresearch
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New
#openaccess
study: Sexual Self-Concept Discrepancies Mediate the Relation between
#GenderDysphoria
Sexual Esteem & Sexual Attitudes in Binary
#Transgender
Individuals by Matilde Kennis
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Congratulations to Dr Janet Hyde of
@UWMadison
! We are thrilled to announce she is the winner of the inaugural Alfred C. Kinsey Distinguished Researcher Award
#sexresearch
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DID YOU KNOW?...The Kinsey Institute recently turned 69 years young. Thanks to all who make
#sexresearch
possible!
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72 years ago today, the Institute for Sex Research was incorporated at
@IUBloomington
under the direction of Dr Alfred Kinsey. We continue the mission to study human sexuality, and preserve the sexuality archives & artifacts in our collections.
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Are you a woman who participates in online PC
#gaming
? Please consider taking part in this new study examining women
#gamers
’ online experiences &
#mentalhealth
. Share your unique insights and experiences by taking the following 20-minute survey!
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