New research reveals a link between a diagnosis of cancer and a lifetime number of 10 or more sexual partners. But there are some flaws in the research we need to consider in interpreting the results.
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Grecian love is often idealised as an respectable model for queer love. However, there’s more pleasure and reality to be found in ancient Rome’s dirtier version
Amyl nitrite, known as poppers, can now legally be sold in pharmacies. But don’t expect to see it stocked any time soon. No product has yet passed Australia’s manufacturing and testing process.
This Valentine’s Day, a researcher reveals some insights after conducting interviews with young university undergrads to explore their sex lives, dating and intimacy.
We found that women who had sex at least weekly or monthly were less likely to enter into early menopause compared to women who engaged in sexual activity less often.
Marriage and domestic relationships existed before the state, and should be returned to the people, not regulated by the government.
New technologies are revealing more about the secret lives of underwater turtles. Using underwater cameras and 3D printing, researchers are learning more than ever before.
The idealisation of Mary as a virgin has created a misguided and deeply damaging relationship between sex and sin within the Christian church.
App users recognise dating apps have some risks but they’ve developed a range of strategies to help them feel safer and to better negotiate consent and safe sex.
Gwerful Mechain was a medieval woman with a modern sensibility and her whip-smart poetry is just as rude, crude and powerful today
The persistence of this trope might say something about the barriers women in media continue to face.
The U.S. Supreme Court will rule on how the Civil Rights Act applies to LGBT people. A business law scholar explains why it could be one of the most consequential discrimination cases in decades.
The purpose of sex may seem obvious, but it has perplexed and intrigued a variety of great minds for millennia.
Men and women who report a decrease in sexual activities are more likely to experience a deterioration in how they rate their overall level of health.
How embryos develop, evolution and sexual pleasure all help explain why men have nipples. But ‘man boobs’ are a different story.
Today’s beds are thought of as bastions of privacy. But not long ago, they were the perches from which kings ruled and places where travelers hunkered down with complete strangers.
People with sexual fetishes aren’t dangerous; nor are their desires a sign of mental illness. Fetishism can be part of a healthy relationship – so it’s time to lose the stigma.
Four ways to teach children about consent.
Scholars weigh in on what sex education should look like for Indonesian schools. To this day the subject does not have a formal curriculum.
An increasing demand for sex robots is concerning, as there are ethical concerns about a possible related increase in gender-based violence.
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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
