Sexes, Volume 7, Issue 1

Despite widespread support for comprehensive sex education (CSE), abstinence-focused education is the legally mandated standard in Florida public schools. Using a cross-sectional survey design, this study examined the relationship between sex educati...

Based on a qualitative health needs assessment with 31 diverse sex workers and 17 key stakeholders (including two mental health practitioners) in Victoria, Australia, this article adds to the emerging literature on stigma, sex work, and mental health...

Taboos differentially reinforce socially constructed gender and sexual hierarchies that affect the experiences of all people—women, men, queer, heterosexual, and transgender people. In Delhi, India, institutions of heteropatriarchy, buttressed...

This study provides valuable insights into the factors influencing attitudes towards homosexuality and people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) among Slovenian high school students. The analysis identifies gender, school type, and religi...

Population aging is a reality in Chile that affects the course of life, quality of life, and sexuality of older adults. The objective of this study is to identify the dimensions, characteristics, and underlying contents of sexuality in older adults p...

Research suggests that the impact of childhood sexual trauma (CST) on adult well-being varies in relation to characteristics of CST experiences (e.g., age of onset and duration/frequency) that influence the degree of trauma severity. Yet there remain...

The 2S LGBTQIA+ (Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer and/or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, and additional sexually and gender-diverse self-identities) population often faces barriers to care in the context of cervical cancer screening....

Sexual pleasure has attracted increasing scientific attention in recent years. In this cross-sectional study, we investigated self-esteem and body appreciation as potential determinants of sexual pleasure. We examined data from a community sample of...