Prolactin is associated with both maternal and paternal care and appears important in developing a bond between parent and infant. In contrast with oxytocin, another hormone important in infant care, there is scant information on the role of prolactin in maintaining adult heterosexual relationships. We present here the first results demonstrating a relationship between prolactin levels and sexu...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To describe mathematically the relationship between patterns of sexual mixing in the general population and those of people with gonorrhoea infection, and hence to estimate the sexual mixing matrix for the general population. DESIGN Integration of data describing sexual behaviour in the general population, with data describing sexual behaviour and mixing among individuals inf...

Lyme disease caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi has become a major worldwide epidemic. In this article, we explore the clinical, epidemiological and experimental evidence for sexual transmission of Lyme disease in animal models and humans. Although the likelihood of sexual transmission of the Lyme spirochete remains speculative, the possibility of Lyme disease transmission via intima...

casual, pre-marital and marital, with and without physical and sexual contact. In order to better understand the context in which young people live, the study explored young people's own capabilities, notably their decision-making authority, perceptions of selfworth, mobility, gender role attitudes and awareness about sexual and reproductive matters, as well as their family relations and social...

With the evolution of social living came the problem of forming, maintaining, advertising, and repairing social bonds between individuals (e.g. de Waal 1986, 1993). Affiliative contact behaviors such as grooming and socio-sexual behavior play an important role in the expression and negotiation of social bonds. In rare cases an affiliative contact behavior may be restricted largely to one sex. P...

Pediatric nurse practitioners may be called on to conduct an assessment for sexual abuse of a young child. Depending on the type of sexual contact, a decision may have to be made to obtain cultures for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Recognizing the symptoms of STIs in preadolescent children, along with having knowledge of the modes of transmission, diagnostics, and treatment, are part ...

The present study tested the prediction that male teachers are judged more harshly than female teachers for engaging in heterosexual intercourse with a student. One-hundred and eighty-seven adults (116 women, 71 men) evaluated a hypothetical newspaper article describing an alleged student-teacher relationship as part of a 2 (Gender Dyad: Male Teacher/Female Student or Female Teacher/Male Studen...

The medical evaluation of children with suspected sexual abuse includes more than just the physical examination of the child. The importance of taking a detailed medical history from the parents and a history from the child about physical sensations following sexual contact has been emphasized in other articles in the medical literature. The examination is important, however, and medical provid...

Background: This study was undertaken to determine co-infection rates of common aetiological agents of urethritis and information regarding sexual contacts of symptomatic males presenting to a family practitioner. Methods: Endo-urethral swab specimens were collected from 253 symptomatic men and tested for N. gonorrhoeae, C. trachomatis by the BD ProbeTec TM ET assay and for T. vaginalis by real...

Diminished positive experiences and events might be part of the phenomenology of social anxiety; however, much of this research is cross-sectional by design, limiting our understanding of the everyday lives of socially anxious people. Sexuality is a primary source of positive experiences. We theorized that people with elevated social anxiety would have relatively less satisfying sexual experien...