Women suffering from loss of sexual desire should be offered testosterone
Testosterone is a vital male hormone that is responsible for the development and maintenance of male attributes. Women also have testosterone, but in much smaller amounts. Testosterone is an androgen...
Do teenage girls dress too sexy?
It seems that teenage girls are dressing more sexy than when I was a teenage girl. My son went to a party recently and one girl was wearing a tiny pair of shorts and a bra, a normal bra. She was...
What is sex addiction?
Sex is a normal biological function. Besides being great fun, we need sex to procreate. Almost every species does it. But can our desire for sex get out of control and lead to sex addiction? Sex... 1 in 10 young people report distressing sex problems
One of the largest surveys of its kind in the UK states that 1 in 10 young men and 1 in 8 young women reported having persistent distressing sexual problems. The study was a collaboration between...
Chlamydia vaccine being developed
Globally 113 million people develop chlamydia each year. It can cause permanent damage to a woman’s reproductive system, making her infertile. Chlamydia also can cause an ectopic pregnancy, which...
Emergency contraception – some facts
Emergency contraception is a method of contraception that is used after intercourse but before pregnancy has been established. It may be needed if a condom breaks or if the woman has forgotten to...
Why you should give your daughters the HPV vaccine
A study based in Alberta, Canada investigating the efficacy of the HPV vaccine was published yesterday. The study implemented a HPV vaccine in schools in 2008 for girls aged 10-11 years old as well...
Six months for the horrendous rape of an unconscious woman
I cannot keep quiet about this any longer. In my view, Brock Turner should be put away for life. He was caught in the act of raping an unconscious woman and doing even worse things to her and he...
Should a woman remain a virgin until she is married?
When I was growing up, it was expected that girls should stay a virgin until they got married. But with the advent of the contraceptive pill which gave Western women the freedom to control their...
Losing your virginity: it’s in the genes
A group of Cambridge scientists analysed genetic data from 125,000 people aged 40-69 years enrolled on the UK BioBank study. In this group they found the average age to lose their virginity was 18...
Online chlamydia tests
Chlamydia is a common STI that can sometimes cause permanent damage to a woman’s reproductive system, making her infertile (unable to become pregnant naturally). Chlamydia also can cause an ectopic...
Sexual harassment at work
Sexual harassment constitutes any unwelcome behaviour of a sexual nature. Yesterday I posted about sexual harassment in schools. 25 years ago, the case of Anita Hill hit the headlines...
Sexual harassment in schools
In the UK, MPs have launched an inquiry into sexual harassment and violence in schools. The Commons’ Women and Equalities Committee is trying to establish the scale of sexual harassment and violence...
Sexual attitudes and lifestyle in Britain
Following on from our discussion about who should teach sex – I wanted to share this study with you. In the Natsal 3 study, 15,162 men and women aged 16-74 between September 2010 and August 2012...
Who should teach sex education?
Today Helen and I have been involved in the UK Fertility Health Summit – Choice not chance . We are part of the task force working on a project to include fertility awareness in sex education...
How much do prostitutes get paid globally?
This makes for very sad reading. $0.60 in Bangladesh. $5.50 for a 13 year old girl in Brazil. Greece $12 with a HIV positive girl. Syrian women in a refugee camp – £7. What world do we live in?...
The Turkish sex industry
In the UK there is a series on BBC TV called ‘Sex in Strange Places”. The first episode reports on the 52 state run brothels in Turkey, half of which have recently been shut as the...
Syrian refugees turn to prostitution
For some Syrian refugees, the only way to feed their families is to work as prostitutes. In Lebanon, some of these women work in ‘supernight clubs’ where it is illegal for a Syrian women...
