Parents play a vital role in educating young people about sex, sexuality and pornography. But where do you start?
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Modern societies, argues Michel Foucault, think and talk about sex far more than their forebears ever did. But this has not been liberating.
We urgently need relationship and sex education that’s relevant to teenagers and focuses on reducing risks – not making them scared to seek help.
Women’s changing libido has been treated as biological fact — the product of evolution or hormonal destiny. But differences in sexual experience early on can have a real and lasting impact.
Maybe you live with your parents. Maybe you’re unsure. Here’s what to keep in mind if sharing your sexuality in a census question feels tricky.
Baby boomers are helping to reduce the taboo surrounding older adults’ sexuality.
Good sex is only achieved through effective communication and mutual understanding, according to the Kamasutra. Consent is key to all of this
Relationships with real people can involve rejection, awkwardness, time and emotional labor. But in the ‘goonverse,’ desire is predictable, endlessly available and never says no.
A combination of education, income and technology has a strong influence on women’s reproductive autonomy.
New census-linked data reveals a stark UK health inequality: sexual minority people die younger and at higher rates than heterosexual people.
Young people with life-shortening conditions want full lives, including relationships, but support around sex and intimacy is still lacking.
Even if you’ve never heard of Horses or indeed Patti Smith, this is an album that you should listen to.
Post 9/11, brown and sometimes Black Muslim characters were portrayed as ‘good’ only when aligned with US state power. Muslim filmmakers are trying to change that.
Teachers need help to talk to learners about sexual health topics.
The ‘good guy’ is a performance, and that’s OK.
The recent spate of executive orders around sex and gender impact nonbinary Americans, as well as trans Americans who identify as a man or a woman.
Faust is best remembered as the founder of the Women’s Electoral Lobby. But there was much more to her than just that.
Lewd customers, backstabbing co-workers and managers making unrealistic demands can take a toll.
First published in 1976, The Hite Report has sold more than 50 million copies. The book is an extraordinarily rich artefact in the archive of human intimacy.
New proposals recognise role incest porn plays in normalising and trivialising child sexual abuse.
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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