The Kinsey Institute welcomes Dr. Lemuel Watson to our research faculty. Previously Dean of the Indiana University School of Education, Dr. Watson brings over three decades of experience in research, teaching, and advocacy around diversity issues with underrepresented groups, and was also recently appointed Associate Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Multicultural Affairs (DEMA) at… Read more »
~By Justin Lehmiller What is a day in the life of a sex researcher like? In this interview series, I talk to some of the world’s foremost authorities on sex in order to answer this question, but also to provide a glimpse into what they’re currently working on, what the media tends to get wrong… Read more »
Popular understanding sees biological sex as a simple binary of female or male, and popular synonyms for biological sex are “anatomical sex,” or “physical sex” or just “sex.” And most legal definitions of ‘man’ and ‘woman’ still rely on this stark division. However, the complex arrangement of sex traits in humans does not… Read more »
by Justin Lehmiller A growing amount of research suggests that sexual orientation has a genetic basis. In fact, scientists recently identified two specific genes that appear to differ between gay and straight men [1]. If sexual orientation is indeed genetically determined, it would be tempting to assume that identical twins would always have the same… Read more »
By Justin Lehmiller What is a day in the life of a sex researcher like? In this interview series, I talk to some of the world’s foremost authorities on sex in order to answer this question, but also to provide a glimpse into what they’re currently working on, what the media tends to get wrong… Read more »