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{"title":"\"You're Gonna Need Way More Variables:\" What Trans Masculine, Nonbinary, and Agender Individuals Want Sex Researchers to Understand.","authors":"Louis Lindley,Annalisa Anzani,Yusuf Barburoğlu,Savanna Lynn,Lyuchen Ben,Beneli Andert","doi":"10.1080/00224499.2025.2485285","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2025.2485285","url":null,"abstract":"Cis-heteronormative frameworks have inadequately addressed the complexity of trans masculine, nonbinary, and agender (TMNB) individuals' sexual attitudes, beliefs, behaviors, and experiences, often marginalizing these perspectives. To fully capture the richness of TMNB sexuality, it is essential for researchers to resist the constraints of cis-heteronormativity by employing participatory research methods that center TMNB voices and lived realities. This participatory study engaged directly with TMNB communities to identify their priorities in sex research. The study sample included 298 participants with diverse gender identities, including trans masculine (52.68%), nonbinary (36.91%), and agender (10.40%). Thematic analysis of participant responses revealed 13 key themes: (1) pleasurability of sexual experiences, (2) interpersonal dynamics of sex, (3) complex impacts of gender dysphoria, (4) intersectionality of sexual experiences, (5) gendered dynamics of sexual experiences, (6) negative societal influences, (7) impacts of sexual trauma on sexuality, (8) relationships between healthcare and sexuality, (9) lack of prior sexual experiences, (10) nuances of asexuality, (11) engagement with technology, (12) reflections on universal versus diverse experiences, and (13) communication to researchers about the study. These findings underscore the necessity for research approaches that are intersectional, individualized, and attuned to the diverse realities of TMNB sexual lives.","PeriodicalId":51361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sex Research","volume":"75 1","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143846428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Recruitment Issues in Research with People Who are Attracted to Children: A Systematic Review.","authors":"Kailey Roche,Joelle Pagacz,Martin L Lalumière,Michael C Seto","doi":"10.1080/00224499.2025.2484197","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2025.2484197","url":null,"abstract":"There has been an increase in research using online forums for individuals who are attracted to children. This research is beneficial because it allows the study of individuals attracted to children recruited from the community, in contrast to individuals recruited from clinical or forensic samples. The aim of the present review was to explore who researchers are recruiting from online forums and how they are recruiting these participants. We conducted a systematic review of 71 studies with participants recruited from online forums for people attracted to children. We considered sample homogeneity, evidence of data and sample overlap, and the use of community-based research principles that aid in participant recruitment and retention. The majority of participants were White men, between the ages of 18 and 35, living in North America or Europe. Forty percent of publications had some data overlap. Virtuous Pedophiles and B4U-ACT were the two most common forums for recruitment. Just over one-third of publications mentioned community-based research principles. Our results suggest a high degree of homogeneity across online samples of individuals attracted to children, with most participants being recruited from two forums. Results from publications recruiting narrowly are less generalizable and may give an inaccurate impression of replication. Conducting research with participants recruited from the community is important, but researchers should diversify recruitment methods, ask about previous study participation, and employ community-based research principles to increase participation.","PeriodicalId":51361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sex Research","volume":"28 1","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143846432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"What Factors are Associated with Sexual Satisfaction, Distress, and Function in Couples? A Systematic Scoping Review of Dyadic Diary Studies.","authors":"Julia Velten,Inês M Tavares,Natalie O Rosen","doi":"10.1080/00224499.2025.2486475","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2025.2486475","url":null,"abstract":"The increasingly common dyadic diary method uniquely captures how fluctuations in the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of each member of a couple contribute to sexual outcomes within relationships. Dyadic diary methods assess these processes close in time to when they occur in a natural setting, and permit examination of within-person fluctuations in variables of interest while accounting for relational interdependence. The aim of this systematic scoping review was to assess the contribution of dyadic diary studies to understanding specific sexual outcomes in committed relationships. We examined factors associated with three key outcomes - daily sexual satisfaction, sexual distress, and sexual function. Fifty-seven records reporting on 3,793 couples were included. All factors were reported on by each member of the couple, separately. We identified personal (individual's experiences or behaviors such as mood), relationship-focused (shared experiences of both partners such as conflict), and partner-focused (partner's experiences or behaviors such as responsiveness) factors. When individuals reported a change in their personal, relationship-, or partner-focused experience relative to their average across days, there were implications for their own and, in some cases, their partners' sexual outcomes that day. We found that dyadic diary studies are especially useful when the associated factors under investigation focused on specific relationship events (e.g. sexual activity, conflict) that are sensitive to contextual factors (e.g. mood) and may be experienced differently for each partner. However, diary methods are resource-intensive and may not be required when researchers are primarily interested in perceived partner behaviors. Our results suggest it may be valuable for theorists, researchers, and clinicians to consider the dynamic nature of day-to-day fluctuations in couples' lives to better understand and promote sexual satisfaction and sexual function, and reduce sexual distress, in the context of partnered relationships.","PeriodicalId":51361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sex Research","volume":"75 1","pages":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143819211","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring Sexual Reminiscing After the Death of a Romantic Partner.","authors":"Robyn K Cumben,Christopher Quinn-Nilas,Courtney Loveless,Noah Pevie,Ceilidh Eaton Russell","doi":"10.1080/00224499.2025.2484199","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2025.2484199","url":null,"abstract":"The death of a romantic partner results in major changes to the surviving partner's psychological and physical well-being, yet post-bereavement sexual experiences are often disregarded in both research and clinical settings. Continuing bonds theory suggests that an internal emotional bond can persist between the bereaved and the memory of the deceased after the physical end of the relationship; that is, continuing bonds are often maintained through reminiscing about the deceased. On this premise, we suggest and demonstrate that sexual bonds are also maintained through reminiscing. A sample of 165 Canadian individuals who were bereaved of a prior romantic partner were recruited via Leger panels, social media, and online grief forums to complete an online survey. Sexual reminiscing was very common (80.5% of participants sexually reminisced about the deceased), frequent (31.8% of participants sexually reminisced about the deceased once a week or more), and generally positively valenced. We used multiple regression to understand who sexually reminisced more frequently and who evaluated those experiences as more positive. Results indicated that stronger general continuing bonds, higher past sexual satisfaction with the deceased, and higher posttraumatic growth were positively associated with sexual reminiscing frequency, while stronger continuing emotional bonds and past sexual satisfaction were positively associated with sexual reminiscing valence. Findings regarding their relevance to individuals and clinicians (e.g. couples and grief therapists) are discussed.","PeriodicalId":51361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sex Research","volume":"60 1","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143819203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Digitally Facilitated Sex Work: A Scoping Review Articulating Men's Labor Experiences.","authors":"Val Webber, Brittany O'Shea, Claire Yurkovich, Austin Oswald, Christopher Dietzel, Becky Feicht, Kirk Furlotte, Dave Holmes, Matthew Numer","doi":"10.1080/00224499.2025.2478576","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2025.2478576","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A multitude of factors shape the labor conditions of men engaged in digitally facilitated sex work. To examine these labor conditions, we conducted a scoping review of research conducted with men about their use of internet technologies to facilitate in-person sex work and/or provide sexual services online through digital platforms. We retrieved 72 papers and book chapters published between 1990 and 2024. We summarize some descriptive characteristics and organize the findings according to six working conditions: entry into sex work, advertising and marketing, screening and communications, pay, occupational health and safety, and resources and support. We found primarily qualitative studies examining a variety of sex work sectors and contexts, including a growing body of work about webcamming and porn production. Articles focused on motivations, the role of internet platforms in shaping sex worker practice and identities, marketing and safety strategies, and sexual and community health. Literature increasingly frames sex work in terms of labor and addresses the social, legal, technological, and structural forces that shape sex work conditions. By organizing the findings of existing studies according to labor outcomes and implications, this review aims to further support and facilitate the adoption of a workers' rights perspective within sex work research.</p>","PeriodicalId":51361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sex Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143765781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Perceived Impact of Psychedelics on Sexual, Gender, and Intimate Relationship Dynamics: A Mixed-Methods Investigation.","authors":"Daniel J Kruger, Eirini K Argyri, Justin K Mogilski, Moss Herberholz, Julie Barron, Jacob S Aday, Kevin F Boehnke","doi":"10.1080/00224499.2025.2479197","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2025.2479197","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Systematic research on the impact of psychedelic use on sexuality and intimacy remains limited. This study investigated reported effects of psychedelic use on various aspects of sexuality, gender, and relationships through an online survey of individuals who had used psychedelics (<i>N</i> = 581). Most participants (70.2%) reported perceived impacts of psychedelic experiences on their sexuality and/or sexual experiences, with 65.4% noting short-term effects during psychedelic experiences and 52.8% reporting long-term effects, although no individual effect was endorsed by most participants. A higher proportion of participants indicated that psychedelic experiences enhanced, rather than diminished, relationship quality, attraction to current partners, and sexual activities. Approximately 10% of participants reported that psychedelic experiences influenced their gender identity and/or expression, reporting increased authenticity, self-acceptance, openness, and freedom in self-expression, as well as altered experiences of sexuality and gender. One-quarter of women and one-eighth of men reported heightened same-sex attraction following psychedelic use, and one-third of those with other gender identities reported changes in sexual attraction. Higher proportions of participants reported dating multiple people, being polyamorous or in an open relationship, or being committed to only one person after their psychedelic experiences compared to before. Regression models identified various perceived effects associated with using large psychedelic doses, more frequent psychedelic use, lower household income, identifying as gender diverse, and especially younger age and identifying as women. Psychedelics may facilitate these changes via self-insight, greater connectedness with others, and increases in self-compassion, though further research is needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":51361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sex Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143732908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Examining Erectile Disorder Manifestations and the Impact of Point-Of-View in Virtual Reality Erotica.","authors":"D Lafortune, J Bonneau, V A Lapointe, S Dubé, F Castillo-Calazana, C Labrie, C Canivet, N Godbout","doi":"10.1080/00224499.2025.2478574","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2025.2478574","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A growing body of research utilizes virtual reality (VR) in the field of mental health. Yet, the potential of this technology for sexual dysfunctions remains underexplored. This study focused on erectile disorder (ED) and evaluated the ability of virtual three-dimensional sexual scenarios to elicit ED manifestations (e.g. sexual performance anxiety, low sexual response). It further investigated the influence of viewer perspective in VR - first-person point of view (POV) versus third-person POV - on the activation of ED manifestations. Sixty adults (30 with ED; 30 without ED) viewed three virtual sexual scenarios (oral sex, masturbation, penetrative sex) in the laboratory. Measures of fear, catastrophizing, sexual arousal, and sexual presence were collected throughout the scenarios. Mixed repeated-measures ANOVAs revealed no differences between ED and non-ED groups in levels of fear and catastrophizing; however, individuals with ED reported significantly lower sexual arousal scores during the oral sex and masturbation scenarios. The POV modality had no effect on the examined outcomes among individuals with ED. These findings suggest that VR sexual stimuli may hold promise for examining impaired sexual responses in ED, while highlighting the need for future research evaluating the efficacy of more interactive and realistic virtual environments in eliciting sexual performance anxiety.</p>","PeriodicalId":51361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sex Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143732791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Statement on the Importance of Sexuality and Gender Research.","authors":"Cynthia Graham, Phillip Hammack, Liam Wignall, Peter Aggleton, Feona Attwood, Travis Kong, Roisin Ryan-Flood, Ella Ben Hagai, Rodrigo Borba, Kira Hall, Mie Hiramoto, Rachel Calogero, John Elia, Angel Foster, Paz Galupo, Robert Garofalo, Ian Holloway, Terry Humphreys, Heiko Motschenbacher, Emma Pitchforth, Emily Prior, D J Williams, Michael Rayment, Damien Riggs, Caroline Sabin, Francisco Sy, Markie Twist, James Wadley, Kenneth J Zucker","doi":"10.1080/00224499.2025.2474343","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00224499.2025.2474343","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sex Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143722526","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Countering the Monogamy-Superiority Myth: A Meta-Analysis of the Differences in Relationship Satisfaction and Sexual Satisfaction as a Function of Relationship Orientation.","authors":"Joel R Anderson, Jordan D X Hinton, Alena Bondarchuk-McLaughlin, Scarlet Rosa, Kian Jin Tan, Lily Moor","doi":"10.1080/00224499.2025.2462988","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00224499.2025.2462988","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Relationship satisfaction and sexual satisfaction are key predictors of wellbeing and can substantially contribute to quality of life. Assumptions are often made that relationship and sexual satisfaction are heightened for those in monogamous relationship configurations. This meta-analytic review challenges such assumptions by comparing the degree of relationship and sexual satisfaction of monogamous and non-monogamous individuals. A literature search using PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, PsycEXTRA, CINAHL, LGBT+ Source, and SOCIndex, and an additional call for unpublished data, identified 35 suitable studies (<i>N</i> = 24,489). Meta-analytic results show null effects overall, suggesting that both relationships (<i>k</i> = 29; <i>g</i> = -0.05, 95% CIs [-0.20, 0.10], <i>p</i> = .496) and sex (<i>k</i> = 17; <i>g</i> = 0.06, 95% CIs [-0.07, 0.18], <i>p</i> = .393) are equally satisfactory for monogamous and non-monogamous individuals. Sub-group analyses revealed that these overall effects did not vary according to sampling characteristics (e.g. LGBTQ+ vs. heterosexual samples), non-monogamy agreement types (e.g. open vs. polyamorous vs. monogamish), or relationship satisfaction dimension (e.g. trust vs. commitment vs. intimacy). There was no evidence of publication bias. Methodological challenges and directions for future research are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":51361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sex Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143694510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"\"No Asians\" <i>Because</i> \"No Femmes\"? Racial Preferences in Gay White Australian Men and Their Relationship with Preferences for Masculinity and Femininity.","authors":"Michael Thai, Niamh Dawson, Wesley Grey, Joel R Anderson","doi":"10.1080/00224499.2025.2473965","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2025.2473965","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The literature examining racial preferences in attraction among sexual minority men in Western contexts illuminates a stable racial hierarchy of desire. Within this hierarchy, White men are generally highly favored, and racially minoritized men are systematically stratified below them in terms of sexual appeal. The present research employed latent class analysis to empirically model gay White men's racial preferences in attraction, allowing us to both quantify the proportion of individuals whose preferences align with this established hierarchy of desire, while also identifying additional, meaningful alternative patterns of racial preference shared among gay White men. We further assessed the role that preferences for masculinity and femininity may play in shaping these different patterns of racial preference. Data pertaining to the racial preferences of 544 gay White Australian men recruited via Grindr (a popular geosocial networking app) were analyzed. Participants reported whether or not they were attracted to men from various racial groups, as well as the degree to which they were attracted to masculine and feminine men (among other demographic predictors). A latent class analysis revealed four classes of racial preference, across which White men were consistently highly desired, but preferences for racially minoritized men varied - [1] inclusive, [2] conventional-hierarchical, [3] unconventional-hierarchical, and [4] White-exclusive. We found that preferences for masculinity and femininity predicted class membership to the two <i>hierarchical</i> classes, in particular. These findings support the idea that racial hierarchies in sexual preferences may - to some extent - reflect gendered, stereotyped expectations.</p>","PeriodicalId":51361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sex Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143675013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}