The Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health
Education. Pleasure. Health. Advocacy.
Every Friday, The CSPH shares with you stories, reports, and headlines we've come across during the week focusing on sexuality, gender, sexual health, sexual politics, and more. These may be stories we found to be controversial, thought-provoking, or just plain interesting! Without further adieu, here is the roundup for the week of April 27, 2012! 1. Reducing STI Infections among Drug … [Read more...]
Each week the CSPH highlights an upcoming workshop, conference, and other continuing education opportunity pertaining to sexuality, gender, or reproductive justice issues. This week we are featuring Feminism Unbound: Imagining a Feminist Future! Who: National Women's Studies Association What: Feminism Unbound: Imagining a Feminist Future Where: Oakland Mariott City Center, Oakland, … [Read more...]
Each week, one of the CSPH interns reviews a sexuality or gender related issue that appears in the media and reflects upon how it challenged them in ways they didn’t expect. This section is devoted to showing the growth process in becoming a sexuality professional. This week, we’re reflecting on an article that compares the bonobo brain to that of humans, and how this knowledge could shed some … [Read more...]
Every Wednesday The CSPH highlights a Sexuality Professional you should keep your eye on. Their backgrounds are very diverse in order to bring attention to the wide variety of amazing people working in the field. This week we bring you Therese Shechter! 1. What do you do in the field of sexuality? I'm a documentary filmmaker, writer and over the last few years I’ve become a big … [Read more...]
Every Monday, the CSPH takes a look at a book or film focusing on an aspect of sexuality. This week we are looking at a documentary by Malcolm Burt entitled, “The Bedroom Commandments,” in which he explores the concept of whether or not a person can be both gay and religious. In the film, Burt interviews with former ordained ministers, homosexuals sent to conversion camps in their youth, … [Read more...]
PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a postcard. Every week, the owner of this art project (Frank Warren) displays selected new secrets on the PostSecret website. The CSPH highlights those that discuss issues pertaining to sexuality, gender and reproductive justice issues. … [Read more...]
Every Saturday the CSPH highlights news or recent research in the field of human sexuality. This week we’re discussing a study which found that women who have early access to the birth control pill tend to be better educated and better paid than women did not have early access to oral contraceptives. The results of this study were discussed in a MSNBC.com article in the context of the recent … [Read more...]
Every Friday, The CSPH shares with you stories, reports, and headlines we've come across during the week focusing on sexuality, gender, sexual health, sexual politics, and more. These may be stories we found to be controversial, thought-provoking, or just plain interesting! Without further adieu, here is the roundup for the week of April 20, 2012! 1. Sex Positivity Does NOT Equal Coercion Dr. … [Read more...]
Northampton Sex Therapy Associates and The Northampton Center for Couples Therapy in collaboration with The Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health invites mental health professionals, students, health-care providers, and anyone interested in reflecting on and gaining awareness about sexuality-related issues to its Sexual Attitude Reassessment Seminar (SAR). The SAR will be a two and a half-day … [Read more...]
Each week the CSPH highlights an upcoming workshop, conference, and other continuing education opportunity pertaining to sexuality, gender, or reproductive justice issues. This week we are featuring the the 11th Annual Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference! What: The 11th Annual Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference Where: Philadelphia Convention Center; Philadelphia, PA When: May 31st-June … [Read more...]
