458 search results for “sexual attractive” in the Student website
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    Looking for love: how we can fool ourselves when we are into someone
        
    Can we truly assess whether someone finds us attractive? Cognitive psychologist Iliana Samara conducted her PhD project on romantic attraction and discovered that men, in particular, tend to overestimate the interest of their date. She explains why this may be. 
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    Sexual health
    
    Do you have questions about your sexual health, for example STDs, contraception or pregnancy? 
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     Loes Oudenhuijsen Loes OudenhuijsenAfrican Studies Centre 
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     Anouk Everts Anouk EvertsFaculty of Archaeology 
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    ‘Heart rate and skin conductance predict romantic attraction’
        
    Synchronised heart rates and skin conductance tell us that people are attracted to each other. This explains why we feel a romantic ‘click’ with some people and not with others. This is the result of research by psychologist Eliska Prochazkova from the Leiden Institute for Brain and Recognition, which… 
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     Eliska Prochazkova Eliska ProchazkovaSocial & Behavioural Sciences 
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    Award-winning thesis reveals gender gap in reactions to women’s sexual assault stories
        
    Research master student Linda Bomm found in her thesis that men, compared to women, believe female sexual assault survivors less, blame women more, and judge them more negatively – especially if they identify strongly with their male gender. 
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    King talks with students about sexual harassment
        
    Of the women studying at university, 52% have experienced some form of sexual harassment. For male students, the figure is 19%. 
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     Marlisa den Hartog Marlisa den HartogFaculty of Humanities 
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    Sexuality in the consulting room embarrasses oncologists
        
    Cancer treatments often have an impact on people’s sexual health, but doctors and nurses do not discuss topics such as sexuality and intimacy with patients as a matter of course. This is what Esmée Krouwel, a physician-researcher at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), has discovered. With her research… 
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     Iliana Samara Iliana SamaraSocial & Behavioural Sciences 
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    Concerns about sexual offences in Leiden
        
    Leiden University is deeply concerned to have learned that several women have recently been harassed and assaulted in the centre of Leiden. In one case, this appeared to involve rape. We understand that people are upset, especially our students. 
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    Interview Anneke Koning: PhD research on transnational sexual exploitation of children
        
    Sexual exploitation of children abroad: the Dutch government calls on its citizens to not look away from 'suspicious situations’ while turning a blind eye to the root causes of the problem themselves. Koning, who recently obtained her PhD on transnational sexual exploitation of children from Leiden… 
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    Leiden University signs Amnesty manifesto against sexual violence
        
    Leiden University signed the Amnesty International ‘Let’s talk about YES’ manifesto on 10 March, confirming the university’s commitment to preventing sexual violence. Steps will also be taken to make sure that everyone within the university feels responsible for a culture in which sex is based on equality… 
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    Is sexuality a private matter? Not for LGBTQI+ asylum seekers
        
    Imagine: you’re seeking asylum in the Netherlands due to your sexual orientation or gender identity. The immigration authorities might question you about your sexuality. PhD candidate Elias Tissandier-Nasom, who is researching asylum applications submitted by LGBTQI+ children, explains that the process… 
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    Adolescence: Sexual Becoming in Historical and Cross-Cultural Perspectives
        
    On 24 and 25 April 2025, the Trippenhuis in Amsterdam — home to the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) — hosted an interdisciplinary workshop organized by dr. Rafal Matuszewski, an ancient historian at the Institute for History in Leiden. 
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    Data analysis of dark web forums in the fight against child sexual abuse
        
    By far the majority of users of child sexual abuse networks (or child porn forums as they are sometimes called) on the dark web do not actively communicate there but download illegal material, therefore committing a criminal offence. But they often stay under the police and judiciary’s radar. PhD candidate… 
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     Yara Abbing Yara AbbingFaculty of Law 
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    Leiden Law Cast: Victimisation of sexually transgressive behaviour with Maarten Kunst
        
    Leiden Law Cast is a podcast made by Leiden Law School, Leiden University, for everyone who wants to learn more about current legal issues. 
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    Peer contact for students who have experienced sexual harassment: register by April 7
    
    Social 
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    Sex, power and colonialism: 'Marriages and sexuality were fundamental to colonial power'
        
    Sex and power are closely linked, and this was certainly true in the former Dutch colonies. PhD student Sophie Rose investigated how sexual and love relationships influenced eighteenth-century power structures there. 'You can see that there was constant fighting over who stood where in the social hi… 
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    workshop on EU's proposed regulation on preventing and combatting child sexual abuse
        
    Workshop brings multidisciplinary experts together to produce interdisciplinary outcomes on the EU’s Proposal for a Regulation to prevent and combat child sexual abuse. 
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    Rafal Matuszewski awarded grant for workshop on adolescence and sexual maturity in historical and cross-cultural perspectives
        
    When are you (sexually) mature? A KNAW grant will enable associate professor Rafal Matuszewski to organise an interdisciplinary workshop on this question. 
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     Martijn Mos Martijn MosSocial & Behavioural Sciences 
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    Femke Eisma is the spokesperson for the government commissioner on sexual violence
        
    It is one of the most talked-about subjects right now: how do we eradicate sexual harassment and violence? Alumnus Femke Eisma is the spokesperson for Mariëtte Hamer, the government commissioner tasked with tackling this persistent social problem. Eisma studied the Dutch language at Leiden. How is her… 
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    for 2nd Expert Workshop on the EU Proposed Regulation on Online Child Sexual Abuse published
        
    Workshop brings multidisciplinary experts together to debate proposed detection technologies and their impact on fundamental rights. 
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    Dynamic and international workplace attracts Janssen to the observatory
        
    With the appointment of Dennis Janssen as operational director at the end of last year, the management team at the Observatory is now complete. Janssen has been working at the university for over twenty years, but the faculty and the Observatory are new to him. 
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    Het raakt alle gezinsleden: hoe seksueel misbruik tussen broers en zussen door kan werken in de familie
        
    Seksueel misbruik tussen broers en zussen kan ook na jaren nog grote impact op de familierelaties. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van Sheila van Berkel, Iva Bicanic en Anja van der Voort, die slachtoffers met elkaar in gesprek brachten over hun ervaringen. ‘Ouders ontkenden of minimaliseerden het misbruik… 
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     Kees Waaldijk Kees WaaldijkFaculty of Law 
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     Ilios Willemars Ilios WillemarsFaculty of Humanities 
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     Andrew Shield Andrew ShieldFaculty of Humanities 
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     Carlotta Rigotti Carlotta RigottiFaculty of Law 
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    Unacceptable behaviour
    
    This page provides information on what to do if you have been subjected to unacceptable behaviour. 
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    years’ time, we’ll ask ourselves how we can make the Netherlands more attractive for migrants’
        
    When politicians claim they can make major differences with their migration policies, they’re raising false expectations. The opportunities for the government to restrict migration are in fact very limited. And what about the little room they do have? Mark Klaassen’s advice is to make use of those opportunities… 
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    Handreiking voor seksueel grensoverschrijdend gedrag op de werkvloer is niet streng genoeg
        
    Seksueel grensoverschrijdend gedrag op de werkvloer moet strenger worden aangepakt. Zo stelde regeringscommissaris seksueel grensoverschrijdend gedrag Mariëtte Hamer na haar benoeming begin 2022. Een jaar later verschijnt haar ‘Handreiking meldingen van seksueel grensoverschrijdend gedrag op de werkvloer’.… 
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     Rafal Matuszewski Rafal MatuszewskiFaculty of Humanities 
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     Rijk van Dijk Rijk van DijkAfrican Studies Centre 
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- Behind the screen: consent and harassment in online dating
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    PhD candidate develops new device for diagnosing erectile dysfunction
        
    Erection problems can have a huge impact on quality of life and health, but current diagnostic methods are painful, uncomfortable and technologically outdated. PhD candidate Evelien Trip has developed a new device that can measure erections more comfortably and painlessly. 
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    How can we make unacceptable behaviour a man’s issue?
        
    During Consent is Key Week, we’re exploring ways to eliminate sexual violence within our university community. We spoke to Assistant Professor Mischa Dekker, who specialises in gender-related violence, about how to prevent unacceptable behaviour among students and staff. 
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    Blauwe Ballen en andere verkrachtingsmythes by Sunny Bergman
    
    Orange the World 2025 
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    Four projects awarded science communication grants
        
    The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has rewarded four projects in which Leiden researchers are bringing science and society closer together. What are these projects? 
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    Sexuality in the Renaissance. From dissertation to public book
    
    Lecture, Research Seminar Europe 1000-1800 
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    Other types of complaints
    
    Other types of complaints 
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    How to improve the workplace for bi+ people
        
    People who are attracted to more than one gender often experience a disadvantage in the workplace and labour market. How can the workplace can be improved for bi+ people. 
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    Workshop LinkedIn Profile & Network
    
    Career and apply for jobs 
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    Is the WPS Agenda Working? Preventing Conflict Related Sexual Violence and Beyond
    
    Round Table 
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    Where to turn
    
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