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Experimental sex-researchers use genital-response measures as physiological indicators that may diverge from self-report

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Feb 3, 2026

What differences exist between 'ever given' and 'given in the last month' measures of oral sex in major sexual health studies?

Measures that ask whether someone has "ever given" capture lifetime exposure and cohort-level differences, while measures asking whether someone "gave in the last month" (or similar recent windows) ca...

Jan 21, 2026

How do cultural and sampling differences affect reported average penis size across countries?

Reported cross‑national differences in average are shaped as much by who measures and how as by biology: large meta‑analyses find smaller, more uniform global averages than pop culture implies, but co...

Jan 17, 2026

What standardized instruments exist to measure orgasm quality in transgender and nonbinary people, and how were they validated?

Two kinds of instruments currently anchor research on orgasm quality in transgender and nonbinary (TGNB) people: emerging, community-informed self-report inventories developed specifically for transge...

Jan 16, 2026

How do ambulatory (at-home) genital arousal measurements compare with institutional lab measures in sexual psychophysiology studies?

Ambulatory (at‑home) genital arousal measurement trades some of the experimental control of institutional laboratories for greater ecological validity, producing larger genital responses in some healt...