Rather than telling young people not to sext, we should encourage them to think about sexting as part of a broader negotiation of intimate relationships.
Psychologists don’t know much about why people have age-based sexual attractions – such as pedophilia – or how best to help people not act on sexual interests in children.
Schoolgirls spoke about sex and relationships in relation to other hurdles and opportunities they faced.
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Family support, being valued in their own homes and enjoying strong support from their social structures helped instill lesbians in a conservative South African province with a strong sense of self.
A collage of Beate Uhse shops from the late 1970s.
Forschungsstelle für Zeitgeschichte in Hamburg
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.
Hugh Hefner at a Playmate of the Year party in 2005.
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Hefner’s iconic Playmates, a scholar argues, need to be understood within their historical context, when men and especially women were expected to uphold strict standards of sexual propriety.
Protests in Charlottesville in the US turned violent recently, leading to the death of one person.
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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.
I’ve told you before, the Lawrence v Texas decision says it’s fine.
Africa Studio
By speaking their truths in societies that would rather not know, queer painters, female rappers and other outsider artists are pushing the bounds of gender and sexuality in the developing world.
There’s an urgent need for a new ethic of dementia care that supports the facilitation of sexual expression.
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The sexuality of persons living with dementia is demonized by media and ignored by clinical guidelines. But sexuality is fundamental to being human and vital to a humane culture of residential care.
Professor of Media and Communication and Associate Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making + Society, Swinburne University of Technology