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Australians report having sex once or twice a week, on average, but there are many variables. And that’s assuming people’s estimates are accurate.
Including queer texts in the English curriculum has the potential to affect real social change, including in understanding and confronting inequalities.
A new study reveals how women’s experiences as teenagers shapes the way they deal with hookup culture at university.
Developments in technologies like robotics and virtual reality are opening new possibilities for sexual experiences.
The French writer’s work and life make perfect cinematic subjects.
Studies confirm what many older adults already know: They are sexual. And, studies also suggest that sex is good for them. But health care providers are reluctant to talk to them about the risks.
Physician Magnus Hirschfeld advocated for those he called ‘sexual intermediaries.’ His activism began before World War I – and ended only when the Nazis came to power.
A snapshot of what Australians are viewing around the country.
Dick pics are widely considered a form of sexual violence. But while that is often true, they can also be funny, sexy and playful. Apparently, some straight guys even send them to each other.
Twenty years ago, Matthew Shepard was brutally murdered for being gay. A lawyer who helped implement hate crime legislation in Shepard’s name reflects on its strengths and limitations.
The prime minister’s pentecostal faith champions a simplistic reading of the Bible - but that can lead its followers to a narrow view of the world.
Sex, sexuality, respectful relationships, and gender all need to be discussed in schools as a measure to combat discrimination against LGBTQ people, rising rates of STIs and violence against women.
As they shook off a particularly unpleasant colonial hangover, the justices of India’s Supreme Court issued a remarkably emotional set of judgments.
While thousands have called for the show to be cancelled, Insatiable actually does a good job of depicting the complex nature of disordered eating, sexuality and female pleasure.
We need to know more about what is going on for women in sex – what makes them suffer and what gives them pleasure.
Just as Prime Minister Morrison does not want others to impose their values on his kids, he should not impose his on others by limiting sex and sexuality education to what he deems acceptable.
The signs might be there. But parents and clinicians will still wonder if there’s some foolproof way to determine whether their children are actually trans. There isn’t one – and that’s okay.
Interviewees report being told their identity is just a ‘phase’.
Many women find it easier to identify with different genders in sexual scenarios – for this, and many other reasons, gay porn can be a turn on.
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Senior Research Fellow, Division of Health Research and Social Work, Lancaster University; La Trobe University
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Associate Professor in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Human Rights Law, Monash University
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Principal Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
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Professor of Adolescent Health, Co-Head of the General Practice Clinical School, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, The University of Sydney School of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney
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Professeur d'histoire ancienne, Université de Lorraine
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Professor of Media and Communication and Chief Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making + Society, Swinburne University of Technology
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Reader in Human Rights Law, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Associate professor Sexualities and Genders / Sociology, Western Sydney University
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Dennis Altman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice Chancellor's Fellow and Professorial Fellow, Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor, University of Warwick
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Professor of Gender Studies, Chair in Sex Media and Sex Cultures, Linköping University
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Senior Lecturer in Medieval Literature, University of Leicester
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Professor of History and Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies, University of Iowa