The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted dramatic changes in social behaviors, with lock-downs, social distancing, and quarantine restrictions occurring around the globe. These changes have influenced sexual relationships and activities.  Some people have changed their pornography viewing habits, although research in this area is ongoing as the pandemic continues.

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the sexual function of healthcare workers in Brazil, according to a new Sexual Medicine study.

Klinefelter syndrome is a disorder of sex development (DSD) in which a child who is genetically male (or whose sex assigned at birth is male) is born with an extra X chromosome.

Body image self-consciousness appears to have a “mediating role” between insecure attachment patterns and sexual dysfunction in women, according to a recent Journal of Sexual Medicine study. For lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) women, the relationship may be more substantial.

Undergraduate students take part in a variety of sexual behaviors, but some of those activities, like choking, could be dangerous, report the authors of a new Journal of Sexual Medicine paper.

Scientists are still learning about the ways COVID-19 affects sexuality. Recent studies have found that men who had COVID-19 or are recovering from it may experience sexual issues, such as erectile dysfunction (ED), premature ejaculation, or anorgasmia (orgasmic disorder).

Yes, some women do ejaculate a thick, milky, white, or gray fluid when they reach orgasm. But not all do, and some women might not realize that they do.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, people with type 2 diabetes who report decreased sexual function are more likely to have alexithymia, anxiety, and depression according to a recent study of Turkish subjects in Sexuality and Disability. 

Continuing Collagenase Clostridium Histolyticum Injections Among Initial Nonresponders Results in Significant Curvature Improvements in the Majority of Peyronie’s Disease Men

Manaf Alom MBBS; Holli Burgon BS; Matthew Ziegelmann MD; Tobias Köhler MD; Sevann Helo MD; Landon Trost MD

Physically active women tend to have better sexual function, experts say. But only to a point.

Research on COVID-19 is ongoing, and scientists are still learning how the virus affects sexuality.

Transgender individuals appear to have a “unique brain phenotype” compared to their cisgender peers, according to a recent Journal of Sexual Medicine study.