Of interest The Pleasure Project

A new trend is emerging in book banning: School officials are pulling works about sexual violence from library shelves, often by labeling them “obscene.” Nadra Nittle covers the latest censorship target + what it could mean for survivors.
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Congratulations, Stine on your first publication 👏🎉 I'm sure that there will be many more!- glad that it's in #JSexResearch
The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality Kinsey Institute at IU

Over 800 IU Bloomington faculty and my dog Monty voted today for a return to respect for #AcademicFreedom and transparency from our administrators #HermanBWells Kinsey Institute at IU Department of Gender Studies at Indiana University Wonderful show of solidarity by our faculty

Indiana University Faculty Vote No Confidence In President, Provost
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BREAKING: IU faculty have voted yes on no confidence motions for President Whitten, the provost and the vice provost for faculty and academic affairs.
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TWO WEEKS LEFT to submit your letter of intent for submissions to our special issue on 'Emergence of ' #FemTech ' within the SRH landscape' for Contraception.

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Seeking #trans and #nonbinary participants over 18 to take part in our study exploring patterns of sexual wellbeing! More details below. Email me for questions ([email protected]) #sexualhealth southampton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cX…

Yesterday, I led a webinar on using biomarkers to assess the reliability of self-reported condom use. There, I rambled about positivity thresholds, μg/mL, prostates and ejaculations 💦

Thanks to everyone who assisted and to City, University of London and NatCen! 😊

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Seeking a whizzy quantitative Research Associate with interest in #sexualhealth and #GBV to join our friendly research team SPHSU SocRels Natsal Study Dr. Cynthia Graham Ruth Lewis Sally McManus International Academy of Sex Research

“Among women who had both casual and committed sex in the past year, orgasmic function and sexual satisfaction differed between these two relationship contexts only for more sexually restricted women.”

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Article is also Open Access! #JSexResearch

Just out and open access Dr. Katrina Bouchard, RPsych
Feasibility of a Cognitive-Behavioral Couple Therapy Intervention for Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder
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Natalie Rosen Sophie Bergeron
Dr. Lori Brotto Dr. Julia Velten Serena Corsini-Munt Kinsey Institute at IU

Just published and Open Access They're Much Too young’: The Entanglement of Porn, Pleasure and Age in Sex Education
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The Pleasure Project Katerina Litsou, PhD Taylor Kohut Samuel Perry Megan Maas, PhD Dr. Brian Willoughby Kinsey Institute at IU The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality

The APA declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder in 1974. As Zoe Moscovici writes, much of the credit can be attributed to Dr. Evelyn Hooker, whose research found no significant differences in the mental well-being of heterosexual vs. homosexual men.
sexandpsychology.com/blog/2024/4/4/…

Wonderful TheRealSSTAR plenary by Dr. Nicole Prause & David J. Ley PhD - there is little evidence for discriminant validity for compulsive sexual behavior disorder and there is a strong overlap between #CSBD & depression #SSTAR2024

Nice presentation on women's motivations for pornography use by
Anaika Francois from International Sex Survey across 42 countries #SSTAR2023 Dr. Beáta Bőthe Katerina Litsou, PhD TheRealSSTAR

Coming out soon in #JSexResearch by Dr. Katrina Bouchard, RPsych A feasibility study CBT couple therapy for sexual interest/arousal disorder Phase Lab Natalie Rosen Dr. Lori Brotto TheRealSSTAR

Interesting talk by Katarina Kovacevic: people endorse spontaneous sex more than planned sex- but there was no association between spontaneous sex and sexual satisfaction TheRealSSTAR Amy Muise tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Endometriosis necessitates an approach that considers the couple, and offers specific and systemic supports across all areas of life, including empathy, acceptance, coping, sex, (in)fertility, therapy Serena Corsini-Munt #SSTAR2024 TheRealSSTAR