Chanel Contos teams up with Tinder on ‘crucial’ Australian consent course, but some have doubts
Push to improve syphilis testing in US as disease makes dramatic comeback
Sex ed Paraguay-style: condoms are unsafe, silence on LGBTQ+ people
Australia running low on HIV-prevention drug PrEP as experts warn users to plan ahead
August 2024
Young people’s health at risk from fall in condom use, warns WHO
International survey of 250,000 15-year-olds found nearly a third of them did not use a condom or the pill
Gonorrhoea getting more drug-resistant and ‘may become untreatable’
Rise in super-strength cases in England reaches highest level since records began, UKHSA says
When ‘sex’ only means penetration, of course there’s a huge orgasm gap between men and women
Franki Cookney
The things that happen with lips and tongues and hands are completely discounted in the latest misguided sex study, says host of The Second Circle podcast Franki Cookney
July 2024
STIs surge across Australia while resistance to antibiotic treatments ‘increasing rapidly’
Fair Access
Doctor behind trial of HIV prevention drug recounts breakthrough moment
Women's right to choose
Frozen in Time: the motherhood dilemma for single women in China
24:14
The Guardian documentary
Frozen in Time: the motherhood dilemma for single women in China
20,000 female condoms, 200,000 male condoms, 10,000 dental dams: will Paris 2024 be the sexiest Olympics ever?
Arwa Mahdawi
Ruth Westheimer obituary
Risk of serious injury as strangling during sex becomes normalised among young Australians
June 2024
Brief letters
All cabbage whites great and small – oh lord, gardeners hate them all
Microplastic discovery in penises raises erectile dysfunction questions
Pornography and social media driving rise in labia surgery, Australian report finds
The period that almost killed me: ‘My mam was told, if you take her home, she won’t last the night’
April 2024
Worried about a bump on your date’s penis? There’s an app for that – but not everyone is convinced
Company behind app says no personal information is collected but experts warn of ‘how easily’ data can be hacked
March 2024
‘It feels like we’ve been lobotomised’: the possible sexual consequences of SSRIs
Long-term sexual dysfunction is a side-effect for some patients who take these widely prescribed antidepressants, and can leave sufferers devastated
