Everyone’s always harping on about needing comprehensive sex education, but have you ever looked at the stats of who has the most teen pregnancies and STIs? It’s shocking how un-helpful abstinence-only education really is.
A whopping 90 percent of U.S. erotic films are made in Los Angeles (mainly concentrated in the San Fernando Valley), but this may be about to change. This Tuesday, the Los Angeles City Council voted 9 to 1 that performers must wear condoms. But the policy, which will go into effect in 90 days, is ...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend has recently has been talking about cumming on my face. I know he watches porn, and I think he got the idea from porn movies. I do not like the idea of being part of some gross, porn-inspired fantasy, and don’t see why anyone would want a face full of ...
We all hate condoms, right? Well instead of thinking of them as a mood killer, think of them as something that can free you up to enjoy sex without any worries of pregnancy or (most) STIs. Having those worries off your mind will allow you to have awesome care-free sex that rocks your world.
Apparently there is more than one way to be an animal lover. The term usually refers to someone who, plain and simple, loves animals. Each day I do whatever I can to enrich the life of my kitty, whether it means petting, cuddling or playing with him. Like an animal rights activist or someone who ...
Young people in England and Wales are patronized and poorly informed by sex education in schools. Negativity from adults toward teenage sex, along with a lack of basic knowledge about pregnancy and STIs, were flagged up by a recent study commissioned by sexual health and advice service Brook. Young people rely on friends for information, ...
Unprotected sex is on the rise, STIs are spreading like wildfire and education is sorely lacking — everywhere. A worldwide study, involving 6,000 people from 26 countries found that teens are clueless about contraception and sex. Unprotected sex went up 111 percent in France in three years, which makes the American increase of 39 percent ...
Hepatitis C patients in Britain have to fear no more as a wonder drug is now available that will rid them of the virus completely. There have been products before to suppress the symptoms, but now Victrelis has the potential to clear the virus for those with genotype 1, the most common form of the ...
The Male Pill is apparently on its way. Yes, soon men will be able to take care of their contraceptive needs in a convenient tablet to be crumbled daily over their Cheerios, and need never bother with the difficulty, embarrassment and expense of condoms ever again. Women will be protected from the risk of unwanted ...
Syphillis-awareness ad campaign, “Plenty of Syph,” pokes fun at the online dating world to help spread awareness. Sometimes the most shocking or controversial ads are the ones that get the most done. Such is the case with “Plenty of Syph,” the Alberta-based PSA that pokes fun at dating website “Plenty of Fish” to get the ...
Dear Madame X, I have just started seeing this girl. She seems great, but she recently told me she...
Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved arrived in my hands via a public library, when I was a broke teenager with...
My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to...
Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...
The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...
Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...
When A Clockwork Orange was published in 1962, the term sexualized violence wasn’t in use. The distinction between sexualized...
Skincare. Not so very long ago, a man would have been mocked mercilessly for using just the word, never...
