Results of a study show that the most religious American states also have the highest teenage birth rates. As childish as it seems, I can’t help thinking “I told you so!” With abstinence-only programs teaching young people only the failure rates of birth control methods, they would not have the confidence to buy them, let ...
According to an article in the BBC there is a large black market for sperm donation in the UK. People are meeting online through unregulated sites and arranging either to have sex or receive samples from donors. I can understand the desire for children and the barriers to using regulated sperm donation, but this practice ...
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The BBC released two important articles today regarding the lives of teenage girls. The first states that British teenage girls are drinking more than their male counterparts and that alcohol abuse is higher in the UK than among other industrialised nations. The second states that many girls 13- to 17-years-old have been abused with 1/6 ...
As a sex educator in favour of comprehensive information I think it is essential that genitals are included in the information we give kids. An American commercial run by their US Department of Health and Human Services is trying to help parents by telling them that ‘parts’ are not essential in order to talk to ...
The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force...
Is the wage gap just caused by women picking the wrong career?
If you put your faith in popular media you’d assume that men drool at the mention of sex but...
We all know that toy advertisements use a lot of gender stereotypes in their commercials. Girls get Barbies, clothes,...
Don’t worry if you have bad sex the first time you are with someone. New partners can be awkward...
I like to give credit where it’s due and recently I found myself whooping with delight at Britain’s Got...
Dear Madame X, I’ve heard that taking prenatal vitamins can help your nails, hair and can even relieve some...
Anne Fine’s Fly in the Ointment takes me quickly through the life of Lois, whose son is dead after...
