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Intimacy with robots is closer than you think, and cities are already fighting the advent of sexbot brothels. Yet society has barely begun to explore their implications.
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 Conversation has access to top academic experts, and we want them to use their knowledge to answer questions from teenagers.
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.
Children need be able to identify potentially harmful sexual behaviours, including sexting, from a young age.
Australia is the world centre for sexual deception in plants, tricking wasps along the way.
Gender and sexuality can help understand consent – but there's so much more to consider, when drugs are involved.
Research shows that Aspirin could reduce the number of HIV infections in women at high risk for HIV, such as Kenyan female sex workers.
Men and women are not unified voting blocs. We must consider how voters identify themselves in terms of gender to truly understand how women and men think about politics.
Donald Trump is seeking to amend laws that prevent discrimination against Americans based on their sex. It's all just another attempt to fire up the Republican base for the mid-term elections.
There is more to sex than male and female. For some species there are hundreds and even thousands of sexes and mating types.
Society teaches young people to avoid saying 'no', so they need more support to navigate the awkwardness of sex.
There are many cultural and social factors involved in making a baby into a man or a woman. But biologically speaking, sex starts when you're just a tiny group of cells in your mother's uterus.
Perfectionism-driven social anxiety means young men will also be susceptible to ideological scripting of behaviour on TV.
We need to know more about what is going on for women in sex – what makes them suffer and what gives them pleasure.
People with disabilities face barriers to sexual expression. New technologies can help, but we need to look at both the opportunities and risks these developments bring.
Low libido, problems ejaculating, vaginal pain -- these problems are common for midlife Canadians, and some of them are way more likely if you're married.
We all think men are at it way more than they are. But estimates of how much nooky young women are getting are basically ludicrous.
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Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne
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ARC Future Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Jenny Graves is a Friend of The Conversation.
Distinguished Professor of Genetics, La Trobe University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Sussex
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Scientia Professor of Evolutionary Ecology; Academic Lead of UNSW's Grand Challenges Program; Director, Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, UNSW
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Associate professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer in Criminology, University of Melbourne
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Dr. Behavioral Neuroscience and Public Scholar, Concordia University
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Researcher, CSIC - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
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Associate professor, School of Arts and Medis, UNSW
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Emeritus Professor, University of New England
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Senior Lecturer in Built Environment, UNSW
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Australian Research Centre for Sex, Health & Society, La Trobe University
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Chair, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health & Society, La Trobe University
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Professor of Women's Health Psychology, Translational Health Research Institute (THRI), Western Sydney University
