The Kinsey Institute
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We are a world-renowned research institute and historical archive at Indiana University exploring sex, relationships and wellbeing.
Learn more at kinseyinstitute.org
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💲🏆 NEW opportunity for research funding. We're accepting applications for two competitive research awards that provide in-person access to our internationally renowned Library & Special Collections. Deadline Feb 13. Details: knsy.in/opps
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December 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
💲🏆 NEW opportunity for research funding. We're accepting applications for two competitive research awards that provide in-person access to our internationally renowned Library & Special Collections. Deadline Feb 13. Details: knsy.in/opps
Learn more about how alcohol use can influence consent in this recent research review: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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December 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Learn more about how alcohol use can influence consent in this recent research review: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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🍸🍻 Can you tell the difference between someone who’s tipsy vs someone interested in you? Research participants said it was difficult:
💬 “I feel like it's not easy to gauge that, honestly...there's a slim possibility that someone would be able to gauge that in the moment.”
💬 “I feel like it's not easy to gauge that, honestly...there's a slim possibility that someone would be able to gauge that in the moment.”
December 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
🍸🍻 Can you tell the difference between someone who’s tipsy vs someone interested in you? Research participants said it was difficult:
💬 “I feel like it's not easy to gauge that, honestly...there's a slim possibility that someone would be able to gauge that in the moment.”
💬 “I feel like it's not easy to gauge that, honestly...there's a slim possibility that someone would be able to gauge that in the moment.”
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What counts as cheating in 2025? Sexting? Emotional intimacy? Watching porn? Falling in love with an AI? Dr. Amanda Gesselman from The Kinsey Institute is on the show to break down the data. https://www.sexandpsychology.com/blog/podcast/episode-455-the-new-rules-of-cheating/
Episode 455: The New Rules Of Cheating - Sex and Psychology
Infidelity isn’t just about physical betrayal anymore. It’s emotional, it’s digital, and sometimes it doesn’t even involve another human at all.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
What counts as cheating in 2025? Sexting? Emotional intimacy? Watching porn? Falling in love with an AI? Dr. Amanda Gesselman from The Kinsey Institute is on the show to break down the data. https://www.sexandpsychology.com/blog/podcast/episode-455-the-new-rules-of-cheating/
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GLP-1 medications aren’t just transforming weight loss—they’re reshaping our intimate lives. Today on the Sex and Psychology Podcast, Dr. Amanda Gesselman from the @kinseyinstitute.bsky.social joins me to dive into what the research says. Full episode: www.sexandpsychology.com/blog/podcast...
December 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
GLP-1 medications aren’t just transforming weight loss—they’re reshaping our intimate lives. Today on the Sex and Psychology Podcast, Dr. Amanda Gesselman from the @kinseyinstitute.bsky.social joins me to dive into what the research says. Full episode: www.sexandpsychology.com/blog/podcast...
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GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound aren’t just transforming weight loss--they’re also changing our intimate lives in surprising ways, according to research from The Kinsey Institute https://www.sexandpsychology.com/blog/podcast/episode-454-how-ozempic-is-changing-sex-and-dating/
Episode 454: How Ozempic Is Changing Sex And Dating - Sex and Psychology
GLP-1 medications aren't just transforming weight loss. They're also changing our intimate lives in surprising ways.
www.sexandpsychology.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound aren’t just transforming weight loss--they’re also changing our intimate lives in surprising ways, according to research from The Kinsey Institute https://www.sexandpsychology.com/blog/podcast/episode-454-how-ozempic-is-changing-sex-and-dating/
Read more about Tom Fox’s story here: knsy.in/tomfox
December 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Read more about Tom Fox’s story here: knsy.in/tomfox
A look into our archive on #WorldAIDSDay2025
IU alum Tom Fox visits the AIDS Memorial Quilt in Washington DC, 1988. Diagnosed with AIDS in 1987, he died in 1989, adding his own story to thousands remembered in its panels.
#EndAIDS @theaidsmemorial.bsky.social @unaids.org @iasociety.bsky.social
IU alum Tom Fox visits the AIDS Memorial Quilt in Washington DC, 1988. Diagnosed with AIDS in 1987, he died in 1989, adding his own story to thousands remembered in its panels.
#EndAIDS @theaidsmemorial.bsky.social @unaids.org @iasociety.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A look into our archive on #WorldAIDSDay2025
IU alum Tom Fox visits the AIDS Memorial Quilt in Washington DC, 1988. Diagnosed with AIDS in 1987, he died in 1989, adding his own story to thousands remembered in its panels.
#EndAIDS @theaidsmemorial.bsky.social @unaids.org @iasociety.bsky.social
IU alum Tom Fox visits the AIDS Memorial Quilt in Washington DC, 1988. Diagnosed with AIDS in 1987, he died in 1989, adding his own story to thousands remembered in its panels.
#EndAIDS @theaidsmemorial.bsky.social @unaids.org @iasociety.bsky.social
Grateful to share insights from our archives w/ @stjohnsox.bsky.social + @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social this week. As Prof. Sarah Knott shared, historians rely on archives to do what they do, & safe repositories like ours are essential for contextual understanding & research
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Grateful to share insights from our archives w/ @stjohnsox.bsky.social + @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social this week. As Prof. Sarah Knott shared, historians rely on archives to do what they do, & safe repositories like ours are essential for contextual understanding & research
"Kissing is both biological and cultural...and clearly has some evolutionary origins…”
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Kissing is an ‘evolutionary conundrum.’ Scientists just mapped its unexpected origins | CNN
Ape ancestors and early humans likely kissed their friends and sexual partners, according to a new study.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
"Kissing is both biological and cultural...and clearly has some evolutionary origins…”
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Menopause care is changing w/FDA removing the black box warning from HRT. Our NEW publication in @menopausesociety.bsky.social shows how women are managing #menopause w/only 4% using HRT but rating it 4.2/5 for effectiveness.
See all the strategies & scores 👇
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See all the strategies & scores 👇
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New study identifies overlooked tool for menopause symptom relief
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November 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Menopause care is changing w/FDA removing the black box warning from HRT. Our NEW publication in @menopausesociety.bsky.social shows how women are managing #menopause w/only 4% using HRT but rating it 4.2/5 for effectiveness.
See all the strategies & scores 👇
news.iu.edu/kinseyinstit...
See all the strategies & scores 👇
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GIVEAWAY 🎁 Your chance to win a free advanced copy of @drjustingarcia.bsky.social new book 📕
Enter by November 12!
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Book giveaway for The Intimate Animal: The Science of Sex, Fidelity, and Why We Live and Die for Love by Justin R. Garcia Oct 29-Nov 12, 2025
Enter to win one of 20 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Oct 29-Nov 12, 2025. Enter for a chance to win an advanced copy of THE INTIMATE ANIMAL ...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
GIVEAWAY 🎁 Your chance to win a free advanced copy of @drjustingarcia.bsky.social new book 📕
Enter by November 12!
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🔎 Could camming spice up your relationship? 💻 Among a small proportion of participants who’d cammed w/ a partner, most reported positive-neutral effects on their relationship, inc. better sexual communication & understanding + less awkwardness. www.doi.org/10.1177/02654075251392288
Connected, online and off: Romantic partnered experiences on erotic webcam sites - Jessica T. Campbell, Ellen M. Kaufman, Margaret Bennett-Brown, Amanda N. Gesselman, 2025
Erotic webcam modeling websites (or ‘camsites’) are an increasingly popular form of sextech in which users can pursue both sexual fulfillment and emotional conn...
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November 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
🔎 Could camming spice up your relationship? 💻 Among a small proportion of participants who’d cammed w/ a partner, most reported positive-neutral effects on their relationship, inc. better sexual communication & understanding + less awkwardness. www.doi.org/10.1177/02654075251392288
Congratulations to our senior scientist @cygraham.bsky.social for being awarded the title of Distinguished Professor, IU’s most prestigious appointment 👏🎓
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Congratulations to our senior scientist @cygraham.bsky.social for being awarded the title of Distinguished Professor, IU’s most prestigious appointment 👏🎓
We’re looking for clinical therapists to participate in a paid research study on Triadic Models. Can be based anywhere. Virtual interview. $50 compensation.
October 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
We’re looking for clinical therapists to participate in a paid research study on Triadic Models. Can be based anywhere. Virtual interview. $50 compensation.
Nov 12-16, we're presenting research on preventing sexual violence, expanding menopause care, consent, perceptions of AI-generated content & intimacy online, pleasure & aging, + more at the
#SSSS2025 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. See you there?
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#SSSS2025 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. See you there?
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Kinsey Institute @ SSSS
November 12 - November 16, 2025 Annual Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Kinsey Institute researchers will be attending and presenti...
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October 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Nov 12-16, we're presenting research on preventing sexual violence, expanding menopause care, consent, perceptions of AI-generated content & intimacy online, pleasure & aging, + more at the
#SSSS2025 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. See you there?
events.iu.edu/kinsey/event...
#SSSS2025 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. See you there?
events.iu.edu/kinsey/event...
11 days left - can you help us reach our goal?
Make Your Match ⚡️ with an incredible 2:1 gift match on all donations made to the Kinsey Institute in October. Please consider a donation to this special crowdfunding campaign to support our research 🎁🙏
Every $1 donated = $3
Thanks to generous support from Match ❣️
knsy.in/giftmatch
Every $1 donated = $3
Thanks to generous support from Match ❣️
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Make Your Match with the Kinsey Institute
The Kinsey Institute at Indiana University is where the world turns to understand sex and relationships. Now, you can help continue its expert-led research.
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October 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
11 days left - can you help us reach our goal?
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What if oral sex could be safer, but still sexy? That’s what a new @kinseyinstitute.bsky.social study explored. Today, @cygraham.bsky.social joins me to talk about what she found when participants tried Lorals for Protection. @mylorals.bsky.social www.sexandpsychology.com/blog/podcast...
Episode 442: Can Safer Sex Still Be Sexy? - Sex and Psychology
When it comes to sex, we often think about safety and pleasure as being at odds with one another. But it doesn't have to be this way.
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October 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
What if oral sex could be safer, but still sexy? That’s what a new @kinseyinstitute.bsky.social study explored. Today, @cygraham.bsky.social joins me to talk about what she found when participants tried Lorals for Protection. @mylorals.bsky.social www.sexandpsychology.com/blog/podcast...
One of the headlines from our new survey w/Datingnews.com …and the data is breaking stereotypes.
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The stereotype is 'that women want or need relationships more,' but data shows it's men who are more likely to rush down the aisle
The stereotype is 'that women want or need relationships more,' but data shows it's men who are more likely to rush down the aisle
A new Kinsey Institute study finds 18.8% of men would rush marriage versus 13.7% of women.
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October 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
One of the headlines from our new survey w/Datingnews.com …and the data is breaking stereotypes.
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There's just one week left to submit proposals to the next SPSP Sexuality Pre-Conference! Submit by Oct 23 and join us in Chicago in February for a full day of cutting-edge sex science! https://www.sexandpsychology.com/blog/2025/9/10/announcing-the-13th-annual-spsp-sexuality-pre-conference/
Announcing the 13th Annual SPSP Sexuality Pre-Conference! - Sex and Psychology
Join us for the 13th annual SPSP Sexuality Pre-Conference, which will take place in Chicago on Thursday, February 26, 2026.
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October 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
There's just one week left to submit proposals to the next SPSP Sexuality Pre-Conference! Submit by Oct 23 and join us in Chicago in February for a full day of cutting-edge sex science! https://www.sexandpsychology.com/blog/2025/9/10/announcing-the-13th-annual-spsp-sexuality-pre-conference/
Want the highlights from our latest #menopause research? Check out this article in @psychologytoday.com
@cygraham.bsky.social @menopausesociety.bsky.social
@cygraham.bsky.social @menopausesociety.bsky.social
Menopausal women who masturbated 3-4 times per week for a couple of months tended to experience improvements in their sleep, mood, and overall well-being. Self-pleasure is self-care! https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-myths-of-sex/202510/self-pleasure-is-self-care-for-menopausal-women
Self-Pleasure Is Self-Care for Menopausal Women
New Kinsey Institute research finds that self-pleasure is an effective tool for managing various symptoms of menopause, including sleep disturbances and mood changes.
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October 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Want the highlights from our latest #menopause research? Check out this article in @psychologytoday.com
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@cygraham.bsky.social @menopausesociety.bsky.social
What happens when technology takes the wheel in our love lives…? Join us @techcrunch.com on Oct 29 discussing everything from dating apps to digital companions in San Francisco.
October 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
What happens when technology takes the wheel in our love lives…? Join us @techcrunch.com on Oct 29 discussing everything from dating apps to digital companions in San Francisco.
New paper 📑 44% of 3895 singles aged 18-98 surveyed believe they’d have healthier romantic relationships today if they had better sex ed.
Details 👇
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P.S. it is never too late to learn with our Crash Course series!
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P.S. it is never too late to learn with our Crash Course series!
@jessicajhille.bsky.social @drjustingarcia.bsky.social
Kinsey Institute study shows lasting impact of limited sex education on adult relationships
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October 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
New paper 📑 44% of 3895 singles aged 18-98 surveyed believe they’d have healthier romantic relationships today if they had better sex ed.
Details 👇
news.iu.edu/kinseyinstit...
P.S. it is never too late to learn with our Crash Course series!
@jessicajhille.bsky.social @drjustingarcia.bsky.social
Details 👇
news.iu.edu/kinseyinstit...
P.S. it is never too late to learn with our Crash Course series!
@jessicajhille.bsky.social @drjustingarcia.bsky.social
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Sex & Aging Symposium 👏
October 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Sex & Aging Symposium 👏
Make Your Match ⚡️ with an incredible 2:1 gift match on all donations made to the Kinsey Institute in October. Please consider a donation to this special crowdfunding campaign to support our research 🎁🙏
Every $1 donated = $3
Thanks to generous support from Match ❣️
knsy.in/giftmatch
Every $1 donated = $3
Thanks to generous support from Match ❣️
knsy.in/giftmatch
Make Your Match with the Kinsey Institute
The Kinsey Institute at Indiana University is where the world turns to understand sex and relationships. Now, you can help continue its expert-led research.
knsy.in
October 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Make Your Match ⚡️ with an incredible 2:1 gift match on all donations made to the Kinsey Institute in October. Please consider a donation to this special crowdfunding campaign to support our research 🎁🙏
Every $1 donated = $3
Thanks to generous support from Match ❣️
knsy.in/giftmatch
Every $1 donated = $3
Thanks to generous support from Match ❣️
knsy.in/giftmatch