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Straight talk about gaydar: How do individuals guess others’ sexual orientation?

Individuals guess women’s and men’s sexual orientation on the basis of visual, non-verbal, and vocal cues. People use these cues as signs of others’ sexual orientation . Here, we review research showing how perceiving others’ ... / more

The Face of Leadership: How CEOs’ Facial Appearance Predicts Business Success

... affiliation (Samochowiec, Wanke, & Fiedler, 2010), and sexual orientation (Rule, Ambady, Adams, & Macrae, 2008) can all be judged more ... / more

Toward the LGBTQ+ Friendly Workplace: Are We There Yet?

Gender and sexual minorities in the United States still face discrimination and a ... strides towards acceptance and equality for gender and sexual minorities [ 1 ]. Along with these advances, psychological science has ... anti- discrimination legislation for sexual orientation is only available in twenty-two states in the United States [ 2 ... / more

Sex differences in the perception of sexual arousal

... demonstrates that the physiological processes underlying sexual arousal in men and women are surprisingly similar [2]. This finding ... all sexual interactions, independent of their sexual orientation . Even two bonobos copulating led to a rise in blood flow and ... / more

The sex tips you won’t see in magazines: Science-backed ways to stay sexually satisfied in long-term relationships

... the chance of orgasm (1) . Don’t believe in sexual soulmates (2) . For a happier life, have sex once a week ... MG, MacDonald G. No strings attached? How attachment orientation relates to the varieties of casual sexual relationships [Internet]. ... / more

Nuances of sexual consent: Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?

  People keep talking about sexual consent, but what is it? Let’s dive into some recent research and discover that there is more to sexual consent than you might think. Sexual consent is nuanced. ... students. While we didn’t compile data on sexual orientation , I know anecdotally that participants in previous studies on ... / more

Context matters: Why women are not worse negotiators than men

... can, for example, differ depending on women’s sexual orientation or ethnicity, which in turn affects how they are perceived and ... / more

The unbearable heaviness of having an appearance: How society teaches us to judge our bodies

... on body image and cosmetic surgery include age and sexual orientation .  When it comes to age, research comparing young and ... / more

Bisexual invisibility: Perceptions of bisexual people and their representation in the media

... include the idea that bisexuality is not a real sexual orientation and that bisexual people are confused about their sexuality ... / more

When loving hurts: The pervasiveness of stigma towards consensual non-monogamy

... I loved an older boy who preferred a relationship without sexual exclusivity, and I, who had never experienced this before, decided to ... practicing non-monogamy, regardless of their sexual orientation , were almost denied the capacity to experience complex emotions ... / more