Dr. Debby Herbenick
Dr. Debby Herbenick is a sex researcher at Indiana University, sexual health educator at The Kinsey Institute, columnist, and author of five books about sex and love. Learn more about her work at www.sexualhealth.indiana.edu.
Recent posts
Question:
Can birth control affect vaginal lubrication (amount/decrease)? Answer:
Most likely, yes, but there aren’t any very good studies on it. The latest generations of oral contraceptives (birth control pills) have very low estrogen and as estrogen is linked to vaginal lubrication, it makes sense that they’d be
linked. And certainly a number of young women/college students talk about having less wetness after going on the pill. I hear this often from my students. Also, medical doctors I know in the field of sexual medicine and gynecology believe they’re linked…. Continue Reading →
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You know, because every sperm has the potential to make babies. And because lawmakers in Virginia were all about making women who seek abortions get transvaginal ultrasounds. Watch and enjoy. [Hat tip to Jezebel.]
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The other day while taping an upcoming episode of a Savage Love podcast with Dan, he mentioned that his new show – Savage U – will air on MTV beginning April 3 (the same day that my next book, Sex Made Easy (pre-order from Powell’s, Amazon or B&N), is officially out (and about which I am ridiculously excited). Watch the Savage U trailer, tell all your friends, and make sure to tune in on April 3. He’s great. Plus, you’re sure to laugh, learn and probably blush. Follow us on Twitter @mysexprofessor and follow Dan Savage at @fakedansavage Continue Reading →
This morning when, before work, I dashed off a quick post about life and love being messy I had no idea what a response it would generate. In the few hours since, I’ve received many emails in reply from men and women about their own messy beginnings (as well as the appearances they put on for others) as well as tons of stories about the “meddling others”. These are all important parts of the picture. Let’s return for a moment to the “keeping up appearances” aspect (btw, that is a great British comedy series if you ever get a chance to watch it). People work very diligently to present a certain image to the world. Continue Reading →
Here are some more Twitter sex Q&A versions. Given how easily old posts get “lost” on Twitter, I thought I’d re-post some of them here in longer form. Question:
Best lube for use w/ latex condoms? Silicone based or water based? Thank you for your help as usual. Continue Reading →
I posted a shortened version of this Q&A on Twitter recently…. but here is the longer version. Question:
Have a friend who has a tendency to get UTIs which she notices after having sex (w/latex condom). From her research the latex is what seems to be the issue. Is/are
there any ways around this if she wants to remain sexually active (and safe/using protection, etc…). Continue Reading →
Recently I wrote about the kinds of sex & love questions I get that just can’t be answered easily in Twitter’s 140 character count. Many of these are more about relationship issues than sex facts/info. For example, without reprinting each of these word for word, a quick skim of my Inbox over the past 2 weeks reveals a number of emails that are roughly dealing with the same issue. The boiled-down, edited versions of these readers questions are: Continue Reading →
For those of you who follow along on Twitter (@mysexprofessor), you’re likely familiar with the fact that I sometimes take on the challenge of answering Twitter followers’ sex questions in 140 characters or less – at least when I can manage (some responses take several Tweets). There are other questions that come in via email, however, that I can’t fathom how to answer in such limited space. Some of these Q&A may start winding up here. Here’s one from this morning:
Question:
My girlfriend and I have been together for more than 2 years. She wants to get more serious (live together, maybe get engaged) but I’m starting to have my doubts. I love her but I don’t know that I’m “in love” with her anymore. There’s nothing wrong with her, she’s a good person and beautiful but I’m not feeling it. Continue Reading →
If you’re looking for a sex-related post-doc position, this has been floating around sex related listservs and is one I’d recommend looking into. Dr. Binik and his team do excellent work. If you have questions about the position, email contact information is provided below for their team. – Debby
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Post-doctoral Fellowship
Laboratory for the Biopsychosocial Study of Sexuality
McGill University
Dr. Yitzchak (Irv) Binik is seeking applicants for a full-time Post-doctoral Research Fellowship. The Fellow would have the opportunity to work on ongoing projects as well as to pursue new research. Continue Reading →
During the whole Virginia/vaginal probe issue, Rachel Maddow kept the pressure on by covering the issue day after day (thank you, Saint Maddow!). This meant that she said variations of the word vagina – well, mostly “vaginal” – dozens of times. DailyCaller has a video that captures roughly 58 of them. As someone who’s written variations of vulva and vagina countless times (I did, after all, co-author a book called Read My Lips: A Complete Guide to the Vagina and Vulva and my other sex books have whole chapters on women’s genitals) and published research on the topic, I love this video. [Hat tip to Jezebel]
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