Sexual misinformation on the web? I’m shocked

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Via Feministing Be prepared to be amazed. It turns out that many of the websites offering information about sexual health have wrong information. According to a Stanford School of Medicine’s press release, even some highly trusted sites like WebMD have inaccurate info about things like birth control, sexually transmitted diseases and Pap exams. In all […]

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more developments in the world of HIV and sex education

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Four different articles on related topics came across my inbox today. First, according to MSNBC.com, 3% of Washington DC residents are living with HIV or AIDS. As if that weren’t appalling enough, “almost 1 in 10 residents between ages 40 and 49 are living with HIV, and black men had the highest infection rate at […]

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some good news from the HIV front

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The interwebs is buzzing with the news. According to an article published in Nature today, glycerol monolaurate or GML (a common ingredient in cosmetics and medications, as well as a component of breast milk) seems to stop HIV cold. Before you get too excited, the experiment looked at monkeys and SIV (the monkey equivalent of […]

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porn use higher among conservatives

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From New Scientist A recent article published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives takes a look at patterns in online porn and found some fascinating information. First off (but not too surprising), online porn use is higher among younger people and those who live in urban settings. On the other hand, a higher marriage rate […]

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BDSM community educational needs assessment

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<full disclosure> I’m on the Advisory Committee for the Community-Academic Consortium for Research on Alternative Sexualities (CARAS) </full disclosure> CARAS is conducting an online survey to assess the educational needs of the BDSM community. The goals of the project are to identify what educational needs people have, determine what practices educators and organizers have, and […]

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public health & family planning

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According to the latest report from the Guttmacher Institute, publicly funded family planning services prevent 1.94 million unintended pregnancies and 810,000 abortions each year. They are also “… highly cost-effective. More than nine in 10 women receiving them would be eligible for Medicaid-funded prenatal, delivery and postpartum care services if they became pregnant. Avoiding the […]

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sex research and fuzzy thinking

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I read a lot of sex research- both the sorts of stuff that makes a splash on the blogs and the stuff that most people never hear about. And I often see research become sensationalized in the media. OK, that’s nothing new, but can I just say this? CORRELATION IS NOT CAUSATION!! Just because two […]

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