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) displays selected new secrets on the www.postsecret.com website. The CSPH highlights those that discuss issues pertaining to sexuality, gender and reproductive justice. … [Read more...]
Urban Outfitters Father's Project?
May 31, 2010 Leave a Comment
Urban Outfitters has a sale going on, and for a limited time, you can purchase the following T-Shirt. http://www.urbanoutfitters.com, type into the search bar, Fathers. Or you could contact Urban Outfitters and let them know how offensive this to women, men (they don't need to preserve their virginity?), and to the actual battles that our country fought for. Here's their number: … [Read more...]
Man Murders Three Women Who Worked in the Sex Industry
May 31, 2010 1 Comment
The following statements where taken from: The Sun, and The Telegraph. Cross outs were implemented by The CSPH as we object to language that was included in the original articles. In West Yorkshire, England, three women: Suzanne Blamires, Susan Rushworth and Shelley Armitage, all of whom were sex workers where targeted and killed by Stephen Griffins. Griffins, 40, a man who identified … [Read more...]
This Week In PS: Desire, Age Differences, Rape, Porn and Spiders
May 30, 2010 Leave a Comment
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) displays selected new secrets on the www.postsecret.com website. The CSPH highlights those that discuss issues pertaining to sexuality, gender and reproductive justice. … [Read more...]
Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Disorders of Sex Development in Childhood
May 29, 2010 Leave a Comment
Children born with intersex conditions, also known as disorders of sex development, are often passed around as clinical abnormalities, cases to write about and constant poking and prodding. Individuals who are born intersexed often grow up to be very angry and distrustful towards medical organizations due to the lack of empathetic behavior they received as children. But how are providers to … [Read more...]
Asexuality Visibility
May 29, 2010 Leave a Comment
This past April, I attended the Society for Sex Therapy and Research conference that was held in Boston, Ma. There was an interesting lecture presented to the conference attendees that generated much discussion. The topic? Asexuality. Anthony F. Bogaert, Ph.D. from the Department of Community Health Sciences, Department of Psychology Brock University St. Catharines, in Ontario, Canada L2S 3A1 … [Read more...]
Life Saving Abortions
May 29, 2010 1 Comment
Reprinted in full from Faith and Reason, A Conversation about Religion, Spirituality and Ethics Here's a horrific choice: OK an abortion for a pregnant woman facing heart failure or let her die? Now, make that question tougher: You're a Catholic sister charged with standing for the teachings of the Church in the administration of the biggest hospital in town, one that adheres to Catholic … [Read more...]
Vote for the 10 Worst Sex Stories Ever Heard
May 29, 2010 Leave a Comment
This article is being reproduced from Jezebel.com Last week, we put out a call for the best (worst) bad sex stories. And boy, did readers come through. In fact, the hundreds and hundreds of submissions we received make us want to retire our genitals forever. What makes a bad sex story the worst sex story, particularly when you've received 900 submissions of them in a matter of hours? There is so … [Read more...]
"Men, Masculinity and Responsibility": Journal Publication Call
May 15, 2010 3 Comments
Call for Submissions: Special Issue of the Journal "Men and Masculinities" "Men, Masculinity and Responsibility" We (Sage Publications) invite abstracts for papers which critically address the theme of 'men, masculinity and responsibility'. We invite theoretical and empirical submissions; empirically we are especially interested in the following (1) the responsibility of men for … [Read more...]
