Tag: sexual education

• When Thou Liest Howling

  There are some things we just don’t want to acknowledge aren’t there? Some things that we would rather not hear, not so much because we don’t think they’re important, but because they embarrass us… Or maybe offend us. Sexually transmitted diseases are prime examples. For some reason, many of us find them difficult to talk…

  gozzter

  November 29, 2017

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  antibiotic resistance, antibiotics, BBC news, British Association for Sexual Health and HIV, Dr. Mark Lawton, Dr. Teodora Wi, generational biases, gonorrhea, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Men B jab, meningitis, National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Neisseria meningitidis, oral sex, premarital sex, Professor Richard Stabler, sexual education, sexually transmitted diseases, Shakespeare, unintended consequences, University of Auckland, VD, WHO, World Health Organization

• Teenage Sexuality

  It seems like every time I turn around nowadays, I learn something new about what my colleagues are doing -or not… A recent article published online in JAMA Pediatrics, Dec. 30/13 (abstract: http://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1791584 ) suggests that we in the medical profession are not doing enough to disseminate information about sexual health -especially to teenagers. The study was…

  gozzter

  January 3, 2014

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  gender barriers, generational barriers, medical advice, problems with addressing sexual health, rapport with teenagers, sexual education, sexual health, teenage sexuality