Genetics and Sexuality (Part One)
Dean Hamer, Director of the Gene Structure and Regulation Unit at the National Cancer Institute, talks about the great diversity that characterizes human sexuality. Dr. Hamer notes that while social factors often affect sexuality and the way it is p...
Genetics and Sexuality (Part Three)
Dean Hamer, Director of the Gene Structure and Regulation Unit at the National Cancer Institute, talks about the impact of a gene that, "...alters the dopamine in the brain, which then has an indirect effect on sexuality through personality."
Genetics and Sexuality (Part Two)
Dean Hamer, Director of the Gene Structure and Regulation Unit at the National Cancer Institute, talks about the partner diversity or monogamy aspect of sexuality. Dr. Hamer points out that, besides individual differences, there are also differences...
It's Personal: Teaching Children About Sexuality
Teaching children about sexuality begins at home. Even if parents ignore the subject they are sending a message. Sexuality is not a subject parents can afford to be silent about; society is too obsessed with it.
It's Personal: Cultural Impact on Sexual Expression
Culture, parents, and friends create boundaries for sexual behavior beyond which it is difficult to deviate. For example, Kinsey's research in the 1930s and '40s found that African American women are less likely to engage in a variety of sexual expe...
It's Personal: Influence of Sexuality on our Lives, The
Sexuality is an aspect of life that is common to all living things. It influences how we feel about ourselves and is a source of intimacy and pleasure from adolescence through old age. Attitudes about sex and sexuality often have cultural overtones.
It's Personal: Intimacy is More Than Sexual Attraction
The intimacy a couple develops over time is dependent on more than sexual attraction. It has to do with all the other qualities two people bring to a relationship.