Sex Life of the American Male

Through the decades films such as "Till the End of Time" (1946), "The Men" (1950), "Coming Home" (1978), "Born on the Fourth of July" (1989), and, most recently, the documentary "Body of War" (2007) have approached the topic of war-related sexual repercussions (some more obliquely than others). Read More

An increasing number of adolescents are initiating romantic and sexual relationships through online venues. A recent study dared to ask a taboo question: How satisfied are youth regarding these online relationships? Read More

The majority of people engages in some form of shared sexual activity during their youth. A 2006 study, for example, estimated the percentages of young adults between the ages of 18 and 27 who were virgins. It found that about 8 percent of its sample fit into this category. Read More

Before we move on with our exploration of technology's impact on sexual activity, particularly fears that young people (and their sexual functioning) are being neurologically warped by the multiple media that inundate their lives, let's take a brief but informative historical tour. Read More

Throughout 2010 I have been blogging about the impact of increasing cultural diversity in the United States on our ideals of male beauty, and now, as this series comes to close, I believe several predictions are possible. Read More

Donald Symons and David Buss, preeminent researchers of the evolution of human sexuality and the two most well known names in the field, believe we can learn much about straight male sexuality by studying gay men. I came to the very same conclusion in my research for Boy Crazy, a study of monogamy. What then can gay men tell us about the changing ideal of male beauty? Read More

My last several postings took an important detour, but it's time to return to the primary focus of this blog: Exploring the conflux of forces reshaping male sex and sexuality. The first is that the United States is facing dramatic changes in its demographic make-up that are impacting our understanding of beauty and attraction. As an apt example, let's look at modern dating. Read More

Thanks to the individuals who contacted me since the last blog posting. While that blog focused on sexual victimization in summer camp settings, readers informed me that sexual humiliation likewise occurs, events that do not involve any physical contact but can be just as traumatic. Read More

During his November 2009 tour of Asia, President Obama performed his now-infamous bow to the Emperor of Japan. You can probably recall the tumult that followed this greeting, an action that many in the States found to be nearly indefensible as it seemed to indicate submissiveness. Read More