Toddlers and what? Preschoolers and what? S-E-X? While parents and caregivers may be more prepared to give The Talk to their kids somewhere around puberty (or the age of 40), teaching your kids about sex should start at a much earlier age. While this article is full of tips recommended by researchers and sexual health …
It’s a tough decision for parents to make. To vaccinate your child against HPV or not? Are there risks? Does it work? I’ve been doing a little research on this still-evolving subject. It’s important to note that medical research is always changing, so what is true today may not be as true tomorrow. Although medical studies …
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It’s that time of year again—back to school. And back to the many relationships that are often our first awkward attempts at establishing romantic partnerships. Sometimes, we find our high school sweethearts. Other times, we simply stumble through relationships to discover what works for us. Enthusiastic Consent Years ago, feminists and sexual health educators fought sexual assault with the slogan “No …
The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network has produced several videos where former prisoners or family members of prisoners tell their stories of drug use in prisons. The reality is that drugs do get into the prison system, but sterile injection equipment is not available. Therefore, prisoners are at high risk for being infected with HIV and …
May is International Masturbation Month. The first IMM was created in 1995, after feminist and queer-positive sex shop Good Vibrations, decided to do something in honour of Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders who was fired by President Bill Clinton after she made comments in support of talking about masturbation. Masturbation is something that many people do, and is an important and healthy part of many people’s …
Sex toys are increasingly popular and available, but not much research has been done on sex toy materials and their impacts on STI transmission. Some sex toys (often called “jelly”) are made of porous materials that can trap and hold dirt and viruses. This can lead to transmission of an STI from one person to …