While there is a lot of focus right now in Ontario on attendance rules, testing and scores, 91亚色 Faculty of Education Interim Dean and Professor Sarah Barrett says that none of this will work without a focus on what is core to teaching, which is relationships.
Between the lack of sleep and free time, physical, hormonal and relationship changes, and juggling work and other life commitments, many couples find their sex lives take a hit in the transition to parenthood. Continuing through the early years of child rearing, this can have a negative impact on the overall relationship. While spontaneous sex is put on a pedestal in Western society, a new study led by researchers at 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Health found that encouraging couples with young children to plan sex led to increased desire and frequency.聽聽
From the Five Love Languages to the concept of 鈥淗appy Wife, Happy Life,鈥 popular culture is riddled with ideas of how sex and relationships are supposed to work, but does the science back these ideas up? According to Faculty of Health Assistant Professor and聽Research Chair in Relationships and Sexuality Amy Muise, the answer is frequently no. Ahead of Valentine鈥檚 Day, Muise, also聽director of the Sexual Health and Relationship (SHaRe) Lab, can offer alternative theories that are supported by her research and other literature in the field.聽
TORONTO, Feb. 13, 2023 鈥 The idea that spur-of-the-moment sex is the most passionate and satisfying is a deeply ingrained one in popular Western imagination, but new research from 91亚色 calls this into question. In their latest study, psychology researchers from the Faculty of Health found that planning ahead can be just as sexy […]
Research by 91亚色 Social Psychologist Amy Muise and her team offers first look at how cultural differences can facilitate personal growth and relationship success