News tagged with homosexual behavior

More countries accepting homosexuality: study

The vast majority of countries around the world have become more accepting of homosexuality, with the exception of Russia and other former socialist countries, a new study has found.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 30, 2011 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (9) | comments 26




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Female bonobos use homosexual sex to increase social status

(PhysOrg.com) -- Female bonobos (Pan paniscus) often form strong bonds with other females, and these bonds affect their position in the social hierarchy. Scientists from St Andrews University in the UK loo ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (11) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

Americans move dramatically toward acceptance of homosexuality

Although sharply divided, public attitudes toward gays and lesbians are rapidly changing to reflect greater acceptance, with younger generations leading the way, research by NORC at the University of Chicago ...

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created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 39

Canada isn't really interested in your sexual orientation

Because homosexuals, and especially bisexuals, are statistically more likely to be at risk of ill health, Statistics Canada must come up with new questionnaires that will reveal how sexual orientation is linked to stress, ...

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created May 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 7

US teens, young adults 'doing it' less, study says

Fewer teens and young adults are having sex, a government survey shows, and theories abound for why they're doing it less. Experts say this generation may be more cautious than their predecessors, more aware of sexually spread ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 03, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 22

'Friends with benefits' viewed differently by the sexes, create public health concerns

(PhysOrg.com) -- Men and women who engage in sexual behavior with their friends view and treat those relationships quite differently – in ways that could have public health implications regarding safe sex, according ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

White ibis mating habits altered by mercury consumption

When University of Florida researchers began studying the effects of mercury consumption on white ibises, they had a hunch the contaminant might affect the birds' ability to produce chicks.

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study shows black youth are politically involved, disputes other stereotypes

Many of the assumptions people have about black youth—that they are politically detached and negatively influenced by rap music and videos—are false stereotypes, according to a new University of Chicago study by ...

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created Oct 19, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Are white homosexual men still taking too many HIV risks?

Risky sexual behavior among members of a subset of the gay community is still adding to the spread of HIV. Research published in the open access journal BMC Infectious Diseases has found that young white homosexual men ha ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Sep 07, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hormone treatment to prevent ambiguous genitalia in baby girls spurs debate

\Each year in the United States, perhaps a few dozen pregnant women learn they are carrying a fetus at risk for a rare disorder known as congenital adrenal hyperplasia. The condition causes an accumulation of male hormones ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 15, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Anorexia affects men, too

(PhysOrg.com) -- While eating disorders are unusual among men, the consequences can be just as devastating as for women says Dr. Jean Wilkins, a professor at the University of Montreal Faculty of Medicine ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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