News of his infidelity causes Indiana Rep. Mark Souder to resign. KI Researcher Erick Janssen comments on Rep. Souder's situation and why people stray sexually from their marriages. Ironically, Souder had been an opponent of The Kinsey Institute's sex research funding, and of Alfred Kinsey in particular.
Editorial from Bloomington's Herald-Times, May 20, 2010
Dr. Janssen is interviewed about Rep. Souder on WIBC, Indianapolis, May 19, 2010 (4:34 mins; mp3)
Dr. Virginia Vitzthum is beginning a ground-breaking study of changes in hormones and health indicators that occur during the peri-menopausal transition in rural Bolivian women. This study will be the first comprehensive examination of such peri-menopausal changes in a non-industrialized population, and the first to test whether these changes differ between industrialized (e.g., U.S.) and non-industrialized populations.
Dr Vitzthum is returning to work with a group she first studied over a decade ago, making her study also the first to evaluate, in the same sample of women, the relationship between hormone levels at the peak of a woman’s reproductive years and those during her transition through menopause. This study is funded through the Faculty Research Support Program from the Office of the Vice Provost for Research at Indiana University.
A newly published study on sexual communication in relationships examined couples talking about sexual and nonsexual issues, and then looked at whether those interactions could be used to reliably predict relationship satisfaction for the couple. Read more in our newsletter »
Listen to Dr. Erick Janssen, one of the co-authors of the study, speak about "Studying Sexuality in Relationships" (mp3).
Kathryn Macapagal won first place in the Graduate Student/social science division for her poster, Developing eroticized safe-sex messages to improve condom use attitudes in college men and women. Co-authors are Kassandra Kite and Julia Heiman.
Kristen Mark, Ph.D. student in Applied Health Science and Kinsey Confidential blogger, won 2nd place for her poster: Do you need to be sexually compatible to be satisfied? Results from a sample of couples.
Dr. William Yarber, a Senior Research Fellow at The Kinsey Institute, is the new lead author of the latest edition of the introductory college textbook, Human Sexuality: Diversity in Contemporary America(McGraw-Hill, Seventh ed., 2010, 636 pp.). Dr. Yarber is a Professor of Applied Health Science, Professor of Gender Studies, and Senior Director of the Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention at Indiana University.
Our new gift shop is open online with a small initial offering of items. Pick up a KI water bottle, T-shirt, or gift bag and support our research mission. We'll be adding new items often, so be sure to check back!
You can now find all the "KI Presents: Conversations with Sex Researchers" podcasts through the iTunes store, or through the Indiana University podcast service, IU Podcasts. Search for "kinsey institute" or "kinsey institute presents."
Senior Scientist Dr. Virginia J. Vitzthum is a member of a research team working with indigenous populations in rural Bolivia to investigate the effects of harsh environment and living conditions on the fluctations of hormones in men and women. The team has recently published two studies: one on testosterone levels in the men (available online here), and another on the seasonal variations in conception rates and early pregnancy loss in women (available online here).
The video offers a sample of the rich variety of resources contained in the Kinsey Institute Archives and Collections. You can see the video on our Library page >>
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