There was a time when virginity was a disease, and sex (preferably marital) was the only lasting solution.
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Articles on Sexuality
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A review of some of the top arts and culture stories from the past year.
Surveys of sexual practice conducted between 1921 and 1995 found that women tend not to have orgasms during penile-vaginal sex. And yet men’s and women’s magazines continue to offer ‘lessons’.
Should opposite-sex couples be allowed to enter civil partnerships? Many same-sex couples already in one think so.
The Anglo-Saxons can teach us plenty about sex and the labels we assign to ourselves today.
The stash of hidden magazines you might remember from your youth is vastly different from the sexually explicit content children are exposed to today.
Germaine Greer’s comments that “post-operative transgender men are not women” have provoked outcry from transgender activists. So let’s have a meaningful discussion about gender, sex and the complex relationship between the two.
Men might not wear purity rings, but some are pledging abstinence, too.
Magda Szubanski’s engaging debut memoir, Reckoning, is an exercise in precisely that: reconciling the past. It is also a celebration of the life and career of one of our greatest comedians.
Our sex lives may change as we get older but those in sexual relationships still want the same things as the young.
A call to ban sex robots is the same knee-jerk reaction faced by other technological advances, and as wrong-headed.
When it comes to whether Australia should have a plebiscite on same-sex marriage, children’s rights have been notably absent from the discussions.
This adaptation not only departs from the original text, but also reinforces precisely the traditional values that Lawrence was trying to unpick.
Sex ed curricula that tie premarital sex to shame are especially unhelpful, and even harmful, for youth who have been sexually abused.
A documentary followed what happened when adolescents were given classes about pornography.
Scientists have tended to think of nonhuman sexual behaviour as being all about reproduction. In fact, there is far more ha ha hee hee than we give animals credit for.
Over the past few years we’ve seen a dramatic rise in the rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among Australians aged 60 years and older.
What can Star Trek teach us about today’s trek of life?
Opponents of same-sex marriage have turned the debate into one that is about far more than just extending the term “marriage” to already existing long-term relationships.
It is estimated that there are 175 million LGBTI persons living in persecutory environments worldwide. Only around 2500 asylum claims founded on sexual orientation or gender identity are successful annually.
Top contributors
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Senior Lecturer & Research Fellow, Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
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Professor of Human Rights Law, Monash University
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Associate Professor in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
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Professeur d'histoire ancienne, Université de Lorraine
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Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney School of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in the Specialty of General Practice, University of Sydney
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Associate Head, School of Psychological, Social & Behavioural Sciences, Coventry University
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VC Fellow, La Trobe University
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Associate professor Sexualities and Genders / Sociology, Western Sydney University
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Reader in Human Rights Law, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Australian Research Centre for Sex, Health & Society, La Trobe University
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Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University Schools, University of Sydney
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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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Professor of Law, Keele University
