Dr. Mark Griffiths is a social psychologist who studies paraphilia, a sexual trait known colloquially as a fetish. In a new ...

Taking magic mushrooms, LSD or other psychoactive compounds can improve your enjoyment of sex, feelings of arousal, and sense ...

In a recent study published in theJournal of Social and Personal Relationships, researchers found that both new mothers and ...

Sexual orientation—dictated by factors like sexual identity, attraction and behavior—is challenging to measure ...

Christopher Strong, 38, made sexual comments to who he thought was a 12-year-old after he had been made subject to a Sexual ...

Unlike overt displays of affection, ECDs often operate beneath the surface of our awareness, yet they have a profound effect on sexual attraction between partners. The origins of ECDs are complex ...

and sexual attraction to people of a particular gender. Sexuality is an important part of who we are as humans. Beyond the ability to reproduce, sexuality also defines how we see ourselves and how ...

A new study finds a link between heightened sexual desire for an alternative sexual partner and desire for one’s long-term romantic partner. A new study published in Human Nature found that ...

But using physical and sexual attraction to measure the degree of acceptance or rejection of social interaction among different social groups is a poor defense against implicit biases. Someone’s ...

including sexual orientation. For a young gay child who is unaware of the concept of homosexuality, discovering an attraction to the same sex can be a confusing and overwhelming experience.