News tagged with sexual behavior

Predicting risky sexual behavior

A recent study by a team of researchers at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas found that risky sexual behavior can be predicted by cultural, socioeconomic and individual mores in conjunction with how one views themselves.

Health created May 16, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds link between sexual harassment and 'purging'—in men

Men who experience high levels of sexual harassment are much more likely than women to induce vomiting and take laxatives and diuretics in an attempt to control their weight, according to a surprising finding ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 09, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ethical, legal aspects of docs' discrimination discussed

(HealthDay)—Recent examples of doctors refusing to treat certain patients on questionable grounds, including their weight, have triggered discussion of discrimination among doctors, according to a perspective ...

Health created May 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Paedophiles identified accurately with implicit association tasks

A combination of two tasks for implied sexual associations has distinguished – with more than 90 per cent certainty – a group of paedophilic men from a group of men with a sexual preference for adult ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 25, 2013 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 6

UCSB researcher studies hormone levels and sexual motivation among young women

Feeling frisky? If so, chances are greater your estrogen level –– and, perhaps, fertility –– are hitting their monthly peak. If not, you're more likely experiencing a profusion of desire-deadening progesterone, and ...

Medical research created Apr 25, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sexually explicit material affects behavior in young people less than thought

Viewing sexually explicit material through media such as the Internet, videos, and magazines may be directly linked with the sexual behavior of adolescents and young adults, but only to a very small extent. That is the conclusion ...

Health created Apr 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

HPV improves survival for African-Americans with throat cancer

Even though the human papillomavirus (HPV) is a risk factor for certain head and neck cancers, its presence could make all the difference in terms of survival, especially for African Americans with throat cancer, according ...

Cancer created Mar 28, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ban on food stamps leads to hunger, HIV risk among former drug felons

Convicted drug offenders who are denied government food benefits upon release from prison are at greater risk of engaging in dangerous, sexual risk behaviors in order to obtain food, Yale researchers have ...

HIV & AIDS created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Women abused as children more likely to have children with autism

Women who experienced physical, emotional, or sexual abuse as children are more likely to have a child with autism than women who were not abused, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). Those ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Mar 20, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study identifies ways to increase HIV testing, reduce HIV infection

Study results presented today at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections by the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) show that a series of community efforts ...

HIV & AIDS created Mar 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Clinical trial evaluates intervention to reduce pregnancy risk among adolescent girls

More consistent use of condoms, oral contraception or both was reported by a group of teenage girls who took part in a youth development intervention aimed at reducing pregnancy risk in high-risk adolescents, according to ...

Pediatrics created Feb 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Economic analysis finds penicillin, not 'the pill', may have launched the sexual revolution

(Medical Xpress)—The 1950s were not as prudish as they seemed on the surface, says economist Andrew Francis. 

Health created Jan 28, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New study examines on/off relationships and 'sex with an ex' among teenagers and young adults

A new study finds that nearly half of older teenagers and young adults break up and get back together with previous dating partners and over half of this group have sex as part of the reconciliation process. This study was ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

More than one of every three Hoosiers who drink alcohol admits to bingeing, study finds

More than a third of the adult population in Indiana who consume alcohol admit to regular binge drinking, a habit that may cause severe neurological and physiological damage, says a new report from Ball State University.

Addiction created Jan 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: Parkinson's disease itself does not increase risk of gambling, shopping addiction

Parkinson's disease itself does not increase the risk of impulse control problems such as compulsive gambling and shopping that have been seen in people taking certain drugs for Parkinson's disease, according to new research ...

Neuroscience created Jan 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Human sexual behavior

Human sexual behavior or human sexual practices or human sexual activities refers to the manner in which humans experience and express their sexuality. It encompasses a wide range of activities, such as strategies to find or attract partners (mating and display behavior), interactions between individuals, physical or emotional intimacy, and sexual contact.

The term sexual activity can refer both to acts involving two or more people - as in sexual intercourse or oral sex- and to masturbation.

In some cultures sexual activity is considered acceptable only within marriage, although extramarital sex still takes place within such cultures. Some sexual activities are illegal either universally or in some countries, and some are considered against the norms of a society. For example, sexual activity with a minor is a criminal offense in many jurisdictions, as is sexual abuse of individuals in general.

For more information about Human sexual behavior, read the full article at Wikipedia.
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