It is possible for minors in all 50 states to get married. A scholar explains the long history of child marriage, mostly of young girls, in the US.
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From William Chidley to Germaine Greer Australia has spawned more than its fair share of radical thinkers about sex, and Australians have often embraced their ideas, despite persecution by officialdom.
A novelist who compared a man’s genitals to a billiard rack has won this year’s Bad Sex in Fiction Award. But not all entries were that silly.
An ancient sexual conflict over mitochondrial inheritance may be responsible for the evolution of the two sexes as we know them.
The unpleasant influence of the adult entertainment industry.
Incorporating lessons on healthy sexual behavior into sex ed classes and special prevention programs for youth could be key to reducing sexual violence, experts say.
Most people’s shortbread-tin ideas about the Highlands and Islands are missing a key traditional ingredient.
The 2017 Prime Minister’s Science Prize winner is genetic researcher Professor Jenny Graves, well known for her 2002 suggestion that the male Y chromosome will self-destruct.
Just as Playboy was emerging as a cultural phenomenon in the United States, a German entrepreneur named Beate Uhse was building a sex business of her own – centered on the pleasure of women.
Sexting has led to a rise in under-18s reported for sex offences.
“Gritty,” “authentic” are words of praise often used for TV director David Simon: No less so with The Deuce, his new series about the rise of the porn industry in New York City in the 1970s.
Fetishes and non-conventional sexual practices are commonly misrepresented and judged by society. It’s time to stop judging and instead embrace and enjoy our sexual lives.
Body language can sometimes tell us if the person we’re talking to is interested in us romantically. But the way they talk offers a few clues, too.
A certain amount of cognitive decline with age is inevitable, but there are ways to radically slow this decline.
Beginning in the 1990s, all 50 US states and Washington, DC created public sex offender registries. Do they do more to help or hurt?
The sex industry doesn’t need your admiration, but nor does it deserve your condemnation.
Sex education in progressive countries like The Netherlands and Switzerland emphasizes intimacy, adventure and connection. Lower rates of teen pregnancy and sexual dysfunction ensue.
Research laboratories are dominated by men, and that’s not only bad for lab culture, it can be dangerous for science.
Decriminalisation changed the way homosexuality and gay culture were portrayed on screen.
Even the Wolfenden report cited the need to protect the public from that which disgusted them.
Principais colaboradores
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Jenny Graves é um amigo do The Conversation.Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Vice Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor in the Specialty of General Practice, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer & Research Fellow, Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
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PhD, Behavioural Neuroscience, Concordia University
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Sex and Relationship Therapist, Lecturer, University of Westminster
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Associate Professor in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Writer, University of Westminster
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Research Fellow, Kinsey Institute, Indiana University
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Scientia Professor of Evolutionary Ecology; Academic Lead of UNSW's Grand Challenges Program, UNSW Sydney
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British Academy postdoctoral fellow, University of Warwick
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Ph.D Candidate, Concordia University
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Professor of Media and Communication and Associate Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making + Society, Swinburne University of Technology
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Adjunct Professor, La Trobe University
