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 March 8, 2013. 1. Wanky Writing English class would be way … [Read more...]
Every Saturday, The CSPH highlights news or recent research in the field of human sexuality. This week we’re looking at whether Facebook can be used as an efficacious tool to decrease sexual risk behaviors. The study, featured in a recent issue of the American Journal of Preventative Medicine, sought to harness the power of Facebook to reach adolescents, a group that both uses the social … [Read more...]
Each week, The CSPH answers questions that have been submitted anonymously through Formspring. This week’s question is: My girlfriend sometimes has yeast infections. Is it bad to have unprotected sex? Yeast infections, sometimes known as thrush, are the result of an overgrowth of the candida albicans fungus. Although Candidiasis can occur throughout the body, the infection is prone to … [Read more...]
Each week, a developing sexuality professional that works with The CSPH 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 in an effort to show the process of growth they undergo while becoming sexuality professionals. This week Jaclyn Boudreau is responding to an article from Salon, “Ethical … [Read more...]
Every Monday, The CSPH takes a look at a book or film focusing on an aspect of sexuality. This week we are featuring “Doing It Ourselves: The Trans Women Porn Project” directed by Tobi Hill-Meyer, winner of the emerging filmmaker award at the 2010 Feminist Porn Awards. Featuring several different performers—all self-identified trans women—and their partners of various genders, the film … [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 July 20, 2012! 1. Getting Sweaty In An Olympic Orgy What do … [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 27, 2012! 1. Reducing STI Infections among Drug … [Read more...]
Every other week the CSPH takes a look at a sexual aid that can be just so darn spectacular for some people, that it needs to be highlighted. This week's sexual aid is "ooo" Boutique Feel Me latex condoms! How does this contraption work anyway? "ooo" Boutique Feel Me condoms are "exceptionally sheer" (i.e. ultra thin), FDA-approved, lubricated, latex male-condoms. What really sets them apart from … [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...]
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...]
