The incidence of petting is essentially the same for the patterned and incidental offenders in all groups except for the peepers, where the number of sociosexually underdeveloped individuals among the patterned pulls the figure down. The number of petting companions is smaller among the patterned offenders in three of the six groups, larger in one [...]

The use of alcohol is widespread in American society, but the amount of its use and its impact on social and sexual behavior is quite unclear. “Excessive” drinking is a class- and culture-bound concept. The weekend binge, cocktail parties, solitary drinking, and bar-hopping all represent different social class and subcultural variations of alcohol use. An [...]

Adultery is technically coitus wherein at least one partner is married to someone else. Extramarital coitus, as we define it, differs slightly in that we require that the subject (the person we interviewed) be married at the time. By our definition an unmarried person cannot experience extramarital coitus even though the act constitutes extramarital coitus [...]

The definition of masturbation as “any self-stimulation which is deliberate and designed to effect erotic arousal,” which we employed in our 1948 volume on the male, is not wholly adequate in this present study. We must amend the definition in several ways. In the first place we use the term to denote self-stimulation specifically aimed [...]

With regard to the age of their first coital companions after puberty, the exhibitionists fluctuate erratically in the various rank-orders, and nothing meaningful can be deduced. However, they rank third, with 29 per cent, among those whose first coital partners were twenty-one and over. In brief, there seems a mild predisposition toward more mature females. [...]

incidence: common cause: bacteria (chlamydia, gonorrhea, others), virus (herpes virus), protozoan (trichomonas) symptoms: discharge, spotting between periods; often none treatment: directed at the underlying cause WHAT IS IT? There are many different types of infections of the cervix. Some, such as those caused by chlamydia and gonorrhea, involve the inner part of the cervix, resulting [...]

Herpes symptoms from the recurrent outbreaks are usually much less severe than those from the initial infection. Thus, for the person who is subject to a very severe first outbreak, there is some consolation in knowing that this will most likely be the worst outbreak ever to occur. As the body becomes adjusted to the [...]

incidence: common cause: bacteria (some sexually transmitted and some not) symptoms: scrotal pain and swelling for epididymitis; frequent urination, burning with urination, pain between the scrotum and anus for prostatitis treatment: antibiotics WHAT ARE THEY? Epididymitis and prostatitis are infections that occur in men and can be caused by sexually transmitted bacteria such as those [...]

Certain people, especially teenagers, may believe that although the risk of acquiring a sexually transmitted infection exists, they are somehow immune from getting one: “It couldn’t happen to me.” When the reality of the risk is overwhelming, it may be easier to think that they are “magically” protected than to deal with the responsibility of [...]

Endometriosis. This condition occurs when the tissue lining the uterus (the endometrium) dislodges from the uterus and becomes implanted in other areas of the pelvis or other areas of the body. Even though this tissue is no longer part of the uterus, it continues to respond to hormonal changes just like the endometrium, and it [...]