The Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health
Education. Pleasure. Health. Advocacy.
Every Saturday, The CSPH highlights news or recent research in the field of human sexuality. This week we’re talking about a recent study in Clinical Neuropsychiatry that hopes to discover how time, relationships, and culture change sexuality. In this article, the authors explore three theories that aim to determine what really drives sexuality. The first theory focuses on gender … [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 March 15, 2013. 1. It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s -- … [Read more...]
Every Saturday, The CSPH highlights news or recent research in the field of human sexuality. This week we’re exploring the intersection of sex, relationships, and lung cancer. Though sexuality is recognized as an important part of overall health and wellbeing, conversations about it in the medical setting are all too rare. This study from Psycho-Oncology looks at how sex, relationships, … [Read more...]
Each week, The CSPH answers questions that have been submitted anonymously through Formspring. This week’s question is: My boyfriend keeps asking me to have sex with him in the doggy style position, and as much as I would like to, I'm way too embarrassed to do it. This is a really tough subject for me as a woman, and I don't really want to tell him about it. I have a condition that causes me … [Read more...]
Each week, The CSPH highlights information from some of our favorite sites that is relevant in the exciting world of sexuality. This week, we are focusing on five editions of Nerve’s Sex Advice From column featuring film and television actresses. Sex Advice from Aubrey Plaza Q: ...so what would you say is the best way for people to approach you? A: Just come up and slap me real hard in the … [Read more...]
Each week, The CSPH answers questions that have been submitted anonymously through Formspring. This week’s question is: I run /r/DeadBedrooms, a support group for redditors in sexless relationships. Most of our members are coping with the frustrations of dealing with a low-libido partner... some of them with a co-operative but sexually-incompatible person, and others with a person who refuses … [Read more...]
Each week, The CSPH answers questions that have been submitted anonymously through our Formspring or other channels. This week’s question is: In your professional opinion, are open relationships healthy? Under what circumstances would they not be? Open relationships are just one type of intimate relationship people can have; whether monogamous, polyamorous, open, or anything in between, … [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 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 Nancy Nowell! 1. What do you do in the field of sexuality? I teach relationship skills, sexuality and sexual health to adolescents and adults who are on … [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...]
