Sexual Health
AFP - The UN children's agency on Thursday proposed a new approach for ending female genital mutilation, saying campaigns should work with communities instead of fighting local traditions.
Sexual Health
UN urges 'social' approach against genital mutilation (AFP)
Holistic Approaches Key to Ending FGM - Study (OneWorld.net)
OneWorld.net - NAIROBI, Nov 18 (IRIN) - Narrow approaches which focus on
individuals or appear to attack deep-seated customs are less successful
at reducing female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) than those that
aim for community-driven change that addresses the complex social
dynamics associated with the practice, according to a new study by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Oral sex often a prelude to intercourse for teens (Reuters)
Reuters - Engaging in oral sex may be a gateway to intercourse for some teens, indirectly raising their risks of sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy, according to a new study.
Sex, lies and pomegranate juice focus of US legal battle (AFP)
AFP - If the claims are to be believed, pomegranate juice can change your life, preventing prostate and breast cancer, protecting against heart disease and even alleviating erectile dysfunction.
Middle-School Sex Survey Targets Kids as Young as 11 (associatedcontent)
associatedcontent - Relying on a 'one size fits all' sex survey, D.C. middle school students were asked to detail their sexual exploits and drug use. Sexually active youngsters and those who just went through the transition to middle school all received the same questions.
David Arquette Not the First Celebrity to Share TMI After a Breakup (associatedcontent)
associatedcontent - It has been a busy week of celebrity breakup announcements, the latest of which involves Courteney Cox and David Arquette. Cox and Arquette are currently doing a trial separation, but after the remarks that David made to Howard Stern, it is doubtful that a reconciliation will take place. Arquette was more than forthcoming about his relationship with the Friends star, particularly regarding their sex life. He is not the first celebrity to reveal intimate details after a split. Here are three more individuals who divulged more than we cared to know.
Boehringer pulls the plug on "pink Viagra" (Reuters)
Reuters - German drugmaker Boehringer Ingelheim has stopped developing a drug dubbed the "pink Viagra" after failing to convince U.S. regulators the experimental pill could boost women's sex drive.
Games backs safe sex despite plumbing problems (AFP)
AFP - Commonwealth Games chief Mike Fennell said he was happy to see competitors engaging in safe sex at the athletes village even if it caused problems with the plumbing.
Guatemala asks US for full disclosure on sex diseases study (AFP)
AFP - Guatemala on Wednesday issued a formal request for full disclosure on how US scientists deliberately infected hundreds of people here with sexually transmitted diseases from 1946-1948.
Legal Sex Work in Canada Just Became Easier, But Will It Be Safer? (Time.com)
Time.com - We have a complicated relationship with the world's oldest profession.
United States Apologizes for Conducting Inhumane STD Study in Guatemala (associatedcontent)
associatedcontent - It's a tragic story that reveals the unthinkable immorality of a group of American scientists and doctors in the 1940s. As Guatemalan soldiers, mentally ill patients, and prisoners were detained, the American researchers infected the victims with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) for scientific purposes. The human experiment was recently discovered, and the researchers infected 696 Guatemalan men and women from 1946 to 1948 in order to test the effectiveness of penicillin against STDs.
U.S. apology to Guatemala isn't first embarrassing incident for America (associatedcontent)
associatedcontent - The recent revelation of unethical medical experiments in 1940s Guatemala doesn't help the U.S.'s sullied international reputation, but there have been other incidents that happened far more recently that have commanded attention.
Americans' Sex Lives Exposed by New Survey (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Americans, on average, use a condom one in four times when
they have vaginal sex, according to a recent survey that also finds men think
women are having orgasms more than they are.
New survey on sex in US, biggest since 1994 (AP)
AP - The male-female orgasm gap. The sex lives of 14-year-olds. An intriguing breakdown of condom usage rates, by age and ethnicity, with teens emerging as more safe-sex-conscious than boomers.
Outrage in Guatemala over US study on sex diseases (AFP)
AFP - Guatemalans on Saturday slammed a US confession that it led a 1940s study in the Central American country in which hundreds of people were deliberately infected with sexually transmitted diseases.
Obama apologizes to Guatemala leader on STD tests (AFP)
AFP - President Barack Obama on Friday called his Guatemalan counterpart, Alvaro Colom, to personally apologize for US research on sexually transmitted diseases carried out on unwary Guatemalans in the 1940s.
U.S. apologizes for syphilis experiment in Guatemala (Reuters)
Reuters - The United States apologized on Friday for an experiment conducted in the 1940s in which U.S. government researchers deliberately infected Guatemalan prison inmates, women and mental patients with syphilis.
US apologizes for 1940s STD study in Guatemala (AP)
AP - The U.S. government apologized to Guatemala Friday for a study 60 years ago in which American scientists deliberately infected prisoners in that country with syphilis.
U.S. apologizes to Guatemalans for secret STD experiments (The Upshot)
The Upshot - U.S. scientific researchers infected hundreds of Guatemalan mental patients with sexually transmitted diseases from 1946 to 1948 -- a practice that only came recently to light thanks to the work of an academic researcher. On Friday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius issued a formal apology to the [...]
New sex ed funding ends decade of abstinence-only (AP)
AP - For the first time in more than a decade, the federal government is funding sex education programs that aren't based solely on abstinence. But they're not just about handing out condoms, either.
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