Sexuality

Amid sexuality, odd quirks and other multitudes

25 May 2012

Amid sexuality, odd quirks and other multitudes By Janet Maslin The New York Times Published May 25, 2012 09:29PM MDT Look closely at the provocative image on the cover of John Irving’s new novel, In One Person. It depicts a slender, nearly bare-backed person either hooking or unhooking a bra. Context suggests that the photographer’s model is a woman, but the hands may be a little large. The ...

Sexuality Conference Promotes Sharing of Expertise

25 May 2012

“Sex in 3D: Dialogue, Diversity and Determinants of Sexual Health� will be this year’s theme for Canada’s largest and longest-running sexual health forum. The 34th annual sexuality conference will take place in the University of Guelph’s Rozanski Hall, May 31-June 1, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Organizers expect to attract more than 300 researchers, nurses, physicians, public health workers, therapists ...

Sex education: we should teach young people about more than the mechanics

25 May 2012

Young people need comprehensive sexuality education, which will help them make more informed decisions Sex education polarises opinion, sets legislators against parents and parents against schools and regularly inflames media opinion. Somewhere in the middle sit young people: ill-served, receiving confused messages and gaining their information from famously unreliable sources, such as peers or ...