Pain during sex is common, but research on the topic focuses on a narrow heterosexual, cisgender definition of sex, excluding lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer people’s experiences.
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How perceptions of adultery in British society have changed might surprise you.
Sadly, the sexual desire of women over 50 is often unrepresented, misrepresented, and shown as comedic in culture – the new Australian film depicts a different reality.
This brainy feminist romp of a novel, loved by Rachel Cusk and Maria Semple, is often compared to Brideshead Revisited. But Carol Lefevre says it’s more like a sexy, sweary version of Nancy Mitford in 1960s London.
New research suggests that for millennials and Generation Z, a lack of rules around love and dating brings both loss and liberation.
Biomedical studies have traditionally used male animals and men as research subjects. That is a problem for everyone because for many diseases, there are sex differences in how they affect people.
Like other gender gaps, it is important to continue pushing past individual explanations and understand the gender gap in orgasms as a form of gender inequality.
Euphoria tackles the status quo head on with an esthetic that transgresses the codes of television, while criticizing several taboos and social issues.
Teen boys who date adult women tend to experience their relationships differently than girls who date older men.
Often described as a sign of progressivism and gender equality, they’re neither.
As it debunks old myths and uncovers previously ignored facts, science is finding that the vagina is both complex and busy.
A scholar of early Greek classics explains what the myth of the weapon-carrying god of love, Cupid, a child of the gods of love and war, conveys about the pleasures and dangers of desire.
Millions of people do not fit neatly into male or female sex designations at birth, and wrong identification can set them up for a lifetime of physical and mental harm.
Female Fear Factory by Pumla Dineo Gqola sees gender violence as a sophisticated ecosystem kept alive by socially manufactured fear.
In more than half the cases of sudden cardiac death during sex, the heart was found to be structurally normal.
Growing applications of nanotechnology include using nanorods for male birth control. The technique has had some success in animals, and offers the potential of human male contraception.
‘Tis the season for summer lovin’. But make sure you’re clear about your expectations.
Queer dating apps are leading the way when it comes to being more open about sexual health and health in general.
Government support programs like CERB and EI provide a safety net. During COVID-19, sex workers accessed various financial support — future policy needs to address the rights and security of sex workers.
Zadie Smith’s first play delivers on what women want.
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Jenny Graves is a Friend of The Conversation.Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Vice Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, The University of Queensland
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PhD, Behavioural Neuroscience, Concordia University
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Associate Professor, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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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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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Westminster
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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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Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
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Honorary Professor, The University of Queensland
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow in Sex & Sexuality, La Trobe University
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Associate professor in Social Psychology / Relationship Science, Deakin University
