Recently added articles from The Journal of Sex Research:
New developments for the Journal of Sex Research: updates from the incoming editor.(Editorial)
Jan 01, 2009; ... This is the first issue of the journal that I have been responsible for since I began my term as Editor of the Journal of Sex Research (JSR) in January 2008. * Along with a new cover, the start of 2009 sees two major developments for JSR. Since 1990, the Annual Review of Sex ...
Role of sexual self-disclosure in the sexual satisfaction of long-term heterosexual couples.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; ... Partners can and do differ from one another in their sexual preferences (Davies, Katz, & Jackson, 1999; McCarthy & Bodner, 2005; Miller & Byers, 2004). Of interest to sex therapists and researchers alike is how couples, despite these differences, maximize and maintain their sexual ...
Determinants of homonegativity in Europe.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; ... The European Parliament recently passed a resolution condemning homophobia in the European Union (European Parliament, 2006). The move was prompted, among other reasons, by a considerable difference in the treatment of homosexuality in the "old" and "new" Europe (European Commission, 2006, ...
The impact of aging on human sexual activity and sexual desire.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; ... The Impact of Aging on Sexual Activity Sexuality and the desire for intimacy are essential and important human features from birth until death. Gerontologists and other medical experts generally agree that continued sexual interest and activity can be therapeutic for older men ...
Sexual desire, communication, satisfaction, and preferences of men and women in same-sex versus mixed-sex relationships.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; ... Chris and Terry recently met, fell in love, and are now launching into a sexual relationship together. What is the likely prognosis for this sexual relationship? How will they fare in terms of their subjective sexual experiences: their degree of sexual desire, sexual satisfaction, or ...
Negative affect and somatically focused anxiety in young women reporting pain with intercourse.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; ... There has been a significant shift in dyspareunia research over the past decade, from mostly uncontrolled investigations and clinical case speculations about psychosocial etiologies to more methodologically sound examinations of the properties of the pain experienced. This recent series of ...
Big beautiful women: the body size preferences of male fat admirers.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; ... Over the past several decades, there has emerged a relatively large and varied body of work relating to anthropological, psychological, and sociological aspects of body fat (e.g., Bordo, 1993; Crandall, 1994; Hesse-Biber, 1996; Longhurst, 2005; Probyn, 2000; Stearns, 2002). One particular ...
Whose imagination? Complicating attempts in locating the transgender community.(Imagining Transgender: An Ethnography of a Category)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009; ... Imagining Transgender: An Ethnography of a Category. By David Valentine. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2007, 302 pages. Softcover, $22.95. Whether he is discussing the serenity of his bicycle rides between field sites in New York City or reflecting upon the grisly murder of ...
Producing sperm.(Sperm Counts: Overcome by Man's Most Precious Fluid)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009; ... Sperm Counts." Overcome by Man's Most Precious Fluid. By Lisa Jean Moore. New York: New York University Press, 2007, 203 pages. Hardcover, $26.95. Moore's Sperm Counts offers the reader a new understanding of the power of sperm in producing gendered identity. Providing an ...
Extradyadic activity in a random sample of Norwegian couples.(extradyadic sexual activity)(Report)
Oct 01, 2008; ... The couple relationship has a special position in the lives of most people. Within the frames of the couple relationship, people search for security in their lives, and they tend to view the couple relationship as a central arena for self-realization. For this reason, the couple ...
Sex for you, but not for me: discontinuity in undergraduate emerging adults' definitions of "having sex".(Report)
Oct 01, 2008; ... Studies by Arnett (1994, 1997, 1998, 2000) have provided strong empirical support for emerging adulthood as a developmental period for 18-to-28-year-olds in affluent, industrialized cultures. Distinctly different from those Erikson (1968) labeled young adults, emerging adults have deferred ...
Not so great expectations: sex and housewives in Hong Kong.(Report)
Oct 01, 2008; ... This article contains a study of the experiences of middle-aged married women in Hong Kong and how they understand their own lives, marriages, and sexual relationships in relation to their social status as si-nais (housewives). In Hong Kong, middle-aged Chinese women living according to a ...
Heterosexually married men who have sex with men: marital separation and psychological adjustment.(Report)
Oct 01, 2008; ... There is renewed interest in the relationship between homosexual identities and mental health (Cochran, Sullivan, & Mays, 2003; de Graaf, Sandfort & ten Have, 2006; Meyer, 2003; Omoto & Kurtzman, 2006; Sandfort, de Graaf, & Bijl, 2003; Sandfort, de Graaf, Bijl, & Schnabel, 2001) and ...
Condom inclusion in cognitive representations of sexual encounters.(Report)
Oct 01, 2008; ... Risk or preventive behavior is frequently understood as a result of the conscious and rational analysis of all behavior-related pros and cons (Edwards, 1954; Linville, Fischer, & Fischhoff, 1993). The presumption that individuals weigh all the elements in a risk situation and make ...
Family and sexual orientation: the family-demographic correlates of homosexuality in men and women.(Report)
Oct 01, 2008; ... Introduction Recent research on family and sexuality concludes that the only biodemographic correlate of male sexual orientation is the number of older brothers (Blanchard & Bogaert, 1996; Bogaert, 2006). Nearly all studies find that older sisters have no effect on male ...
Combined physical and psychosexual therapy for provoked vestibulodynia--an evaluation of a multidisciplinary treatment model.(Report)
Oct 01, 2008; ... Provoked vestibulodynia, formerly known as vulvar vestibulitis syndrome, is currently defined as a pain disorder confined to the vaginal opening with hypersensitivity to mechanical stimuli such as touch, pressure, and vaginal penetration (Moyal-Barracco & Lynch, 2004). It is the most ...
The making of unwanted sex: gendered and neoliberal norms in college women's unwanted sexual experiences.(Report)
Oct 01, 2008; ... Partnered sexual activity is typically construed in dichotomous terms as consensual or not (i.e., rape), a categorical approach that presumes a consensual sexual encounter is also a wanted one (Peterson & Muehlenhard, 2007). Contrary to this common conflation of consent and wantedness, a ...
The agency of splooge.(Sperm Counts: Overcome by Man's Most Precious Fluid)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008; ... Sperm Counts: Overcome by Man's Most Precious Fluid. By Lisa Jean Moore. New York: New York University Press, 2007, 203 pages. Hardcover, $26.95. Sperm Counts is the first volume in a new series from NYU Press, Intersections, described as "transdisciplinary perspectives on ...
Sex, gender, and love on a global scale.(Love and Globalization: Transformations of Intimacy in the Contemporary World)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008; ... Love and Globalization: Transformations of Intimacy in the Contemporary World. Edited by Mark B. Padilla, Jennifer S. Hirsch, Miguel Munoz-Laboy, Robert E. Sember, & Richard G. Parker. Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 2008, 304 pages. Softcover, $29.95. The field of ...
Erratum.(Correction notice)
Oct 01, 2008 ... On the Table of Contents for the Journal of Sex Research 45(3), the last book review was listed incorrectly. It should have read "An Insider's View of Sexual Science since Kinsey by Ira L. Reiss." Reiss is the main author of the book, not the editor. The affiliation for Tone ...