Home ›

Sex & Sexualities

Seeking acceptance

Submitted by Keba.sebetoane on Tue, 09/12/2008 - 09:48
Publisher: 
College Media network
Published Date: 
2008
Abstract: 
For most people, sexuality is a pretty basic thing. You're attracted to men, you're attracted to women or you're attracted to men and women. However, gender doesn't matter to me. I'm all right with blurring or even completely ignoring gender lines, as long as I find the person attractive.
Link to external site: 
Seeking acceptanceSeeking acceptance

Forum Focuses on Same-Sex Marriage and Catholicism

Submitted by Keba.sebetoane on Thu, 27/11/2008 - 14:24
Publisher: 
Windy City Times
Author: 
Yasmin Nair
Published Date: 
2008
Abstract: 
The passage of Proposition 8 in California came about because of efforts by Christian fundamentalists and the Mormon Church. As a result, there has been a great deal of discussion about the relationship between the gay and lesbian community and religion. Most accounts tend to separate the two; it's often forgotten that a significant number of gays and lesbians are also people of faith. The Catholic Church faces a great deal of controversy in the wake of Pope Benedict's stated opposition to homosexuality and his declaration that same-sex marriages are “pseudo-matrimony.” On Nov. 11, The New Ways Ministry organized “An Evening of Dialogue: Same-Sex Marriage and Catholicism.” Held at the Jewish Reconstructionist Congreation in Evanston, the event examined the theological underpinnings behind the Church's doctrines, and the disparity between those and the lived experiences and lives of laypersons.
Link to external site: 
Forum focuses on same-sex marriage and Catholicism

Prostitution: To Legalize Or Not

Submitted by Eva.Ramokobala on Wed, 19/11/2008 - 15:31
Publisher: 

State Government

Publisher / Organization Main page URL: 
http://blogs.state.gov/
Author: 
Mark Lagon
Published Date: 
2008
Abstract: 
This week I participated in a conference "Overlaps of Prostitution, Migration, and Human Trafficking" in Berne, Switzerland which brought together European government experts from Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and Spain to discuss a very hot topic: the relationship between prostitution and human trafficking.

The United States Government believes that prostitution fuels sex trafficking based on solid empirical evidence. It estimates that approximately 800,000 men, women, and children are trafficked each year across international borders. (This is not to mention millions more who are trafficking victims who never cross borders.) Two-thirds of these victims are trafficked into commercial sexual exploitation, making trafficking for prostitution the single biggest category of transnational human trafficking.
Link to external site: 
Prostitution: To Legalize Or Not

Banning Pornography Endangers Women

Submitted by Keba.sebetoane on Thu, 06/11/2008 - 15:35
Publisher: 
International Society for Individual liberty
Author: 
Wendy McElroy
Abstract: 
Since the mid 1980s, a strange sight has been on the political horizon. Feminists are standing alongside their arch-enemies, conservatives and religious fundamentalists, to call for anti-pornography laws.

     This phenomenon threatens the well-being of women in at least three important ways:

  • Feminism is no longer a stronghold of freedom of speech;
  • Women's unacceptable sexual choices are now under new attack;
  • It involves rejecting the principle "a woman's body, a woman's right."
Link to external site: 
Banning Pornography Endangers Women

Sex Work Toolkit

Submitted by Keba.sebetoane on Thu, 06/11/2008 - 14:32
Publisher: 
World Health Organisation
Author: 
Paulo Henrique Longo
Published Date: 
2005
Abstract: 
In many parts of the world, sex workers have been among the groups most vulnerable to and most affected by HIV since the beginning of the AIDS pandemic. After more than a decade of research and intervention in sex work settings there is a substantial body of knowledge on the behaviours that put sex workers, their clients and regular partners at risk and on the contextual factors that create vulnerability to HIV/AIDS. In addition, much has been learnt about what works to prevent HIV transmission in sex work settings, about how to provide care and support services, and to empower sex workers to improve their health and well-being. 
Link to external site: 
Sex Work Toolkit

Pornography and Sexual Violence

Submitted by Keba.sebetoane on Thu, 06/11/2008 - 13:09
Publisher: 
VAWnet Applied Research Forum
Author: 
Robert Jensen
Published Date: 
2004
Abstract: 
Given the epidemic levels of sexual violence and the widespread availability of increasingly graphic pornography in the United States, it is not surprising that researchers and activists have tried to answer the question of whether there is a connection between men's use of pornography and sexual violence. Since legal controls on sexually explicit material began to loosen dramatically in the 1970s and the issue attained a new visibility, a variety of different methods have been used to try to answer that question, or at least provide clues to the answer. After two decades of research, there is little consensus, not only as to that answer but as to definitions of terms, appropriate methods of investigation, or  even how to frame the question. This essay will attempt to highlight the most relevant aspects of these disputes and reach tentative conclusions that can guide people working in the field.
Link to external site: 
Pornography and Sexual Violence

New Study Finds Oral and Anal Sex Common Among Sexually Active Teens

Submitted by Keba.sebetoane on Thu, 06/11/2008 - 12:36
Publisher: 
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United Sates
Publisher / Organization Main page URL: 
http://www.siecus.org
Author: 
Laura Duberstein Lindberg, Rachel Jones, and John S. Santelli
Published Date: 
2008
Abstract: 
Although non-coital sexual acts-such as oral and anal sex-are common, little research has systematically studied these behaviors among adolescents. Anecdotal evidence, however, has led to a concern that today's teens are engaging in oral and anal intercourse more than teenagers in the past, that they are responding to increasing pressures to remain abstinent by engaging in oral and anal intercourse as a way to stay "technical virgins," and that they view oral and anal sex as less risky than "real" sex. A new study from researchers at the Guttmacher Institute seeks to determine what kinds of factors are associated with engaging in oral and anal sex and if teens do indeed substitute oral and anal sex for vaginal intercourse. 
Link to external site: 
New Study Finds Oral and Anal Sex Common Among Sexually Active Teens New Study Finds Oral and Anal Sex Common Among Sexually Active Teens

Study Shows Depression Worsens HIV Treatment

Submitted by Keba.sebetoane on Thu, 06/11/2008 - 12:32
Publisher: 
Sexual Health Network
Publisher / Organization Main page URL: 
http://www.sexualhealth.com
Author: 
Kaiser Permanente
Published Date: 
2008
Abstract: 
The largest study to examine the effect of depression on HIV treatment found that depression significantly worsens a patient's adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy and clinical measures, but that effective antidepressant medication can reverse this outcome, according to a study by the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research and the Group Health Cooperative published in the current online issue of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.
Link to external site: 
Study Shows Depression Worsens HIV TreatmentStudy Shows Depression Worsens HIV Treatment

How to Eroticize Safe Sex

Submitted by Keba.sebetoane on Thu, 06/11/2008 - 10:34
Publisher: 
Sexual Health Network
Publisher / Organization Main page URL: 
http://www.sexualhealth.com
Author: 
Petra Zebroff
Published Date: 
2008
Abstract: 

Why is it that most adults, even though they now know of the risk associated with unsafe sex, still refuse to use condoms on a regular basis? Because condoms allegedly "interfere with sensation, take away from the warmth of the real thing, and are smelly, inconvenient and simply...no fun." But wait!

Condoms are also about "Attitude." Yes, they do take away some from sensation, but they no longer have to be a bother, ugly or smelly. There are far too many new ones on the market that have done battle with those old stereotypes.

Link to external site: 
How to Eroticize Safe SexHow to Eroticize Safe Sex

Doing Research on Sexuality in Africa: Ethical Dilemmas and the Positioning of the Researcher

Submitted by Keba.sebetoane on Wed, 05/11/2008 - 16:09
Publisher: 
Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Centre
Publisher / Organization Main page URL: 
http://www.arsrc.org
Author: 
Emídio Gune* and Sandra Manuel**
Published Date: 
2007
Abstract: 
The process of knowledge production involves a series of steps and is influenced by several factors which impact upon the end result of the research in various ways. When the topic of research is sexuality such conditions and influences become surrounded by a greater number of implications, some with far-reaching consequences. Not only is this due to the fact that sexuality is generally regarded as a sensitive topic, if not a taboo, that must not be mentioned in public, but it is also a topic that poses difficult questions that the researcher must resolve or the very success of the project may be in jeopardy. This article reflects on key epistemological conversations and debates on doing research on sexuality in Africa. The authors are both anthropologists who have conducted research in urban areas of Mozambique on young people's sexuality.
Link to external site: 
Doing Research on Sexuality in Africa: Ethical Dilemmas and the Positioning of the ResearcherDoing Research on Sexuality in Africa: Ethical Dilemmas and the Positioning of the Researcher
Syndicate content