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The stash of hidden magazines you might remember from your youth is vastly different from the sexually explicit content children are exposed to today.
There are possible emotional and social pitfalls to love and sex with robots, but does that mean we should ban them entirely?
Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug with more than 181 million consumers worldwide, three quarters of whom are men. Why do men and women use cannabis?
More male babies were born in South Africa nine months after the country hosted the 2010 World Cup. There’s science behind it.
Many animals, including humans, form long-term partnerships, but some are same-sex, suggesting they’re not all about raising offspring but some other form of cooperation.
Sex is part of young people’s lives. So how do we teach young authors to navigate tricky narrative waters when they write about it?
Our sex lives may change as we get older but those in sexual relationships still want the same things as the young.
When most people think of book censorship, they imagine political regimes and potentially book burning in Nazi Germany. What is little considered is that most books that have been challenged or banned are books for young people.
This adaptation not only departs from the original text, but also reinforces precisely the traditional values that Lawrence was trying to unpick.
Rentboy.com is the oldest and most popular website for male sex workers, who pay a monthly fee to advertise to and connect with potential clients. Its fall this week will leave a void in the market.
New research shows that the old advertising maxim ‘sex and violence sell’ may be bad for business.
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.
Tackling men’s reluctant condom use comes down to the basics of how they view sex.
STIs might be easier to treat or manage but unprotected sex still comes with potentially serious risks.
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.
Material deprivation and young people desiring the latest fashion trends are motivating the transactional sex relationships in Malawi’s urban slums.
Our study found that those people - including women - who are most interested in sex play the most violent games.
A taboo around older age sex is diminishing but some still find it hard.
The nordic model fails people who have limited options for sexual fulfillment.
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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 in the Specialty of General Practice, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, The University of Queensland
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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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ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow in Sex & Sexuality, La Trobe University
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Associate professor 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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