Category Archives: Bad science

Responding to Channel 4 on The Joy of Teen Sex

By Dr Petra | Published: 27 June, 2011
TweetYou may remember earlier in the year Channel 4 ran a new series called The Joy of Teen Sex (JOTS). Series 2 is currently in production. Practitioners and educators were anxious about JOTS while it was being made. When the series aired we continued to be very worried about the core messages shared, the way [...]
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A little bit more on the medicalisation of sex

By Dr Petra | Published: 13 June, 2011
TweetIt’s been a while since I’ve written about medicalisation. Which seems as good an excuse as any to revisit this issue and reflect on some of the developments in this area in healthcare, therapy and media. A few months ago I took part in the 41st Maudsley Debate entitled ‘Love is a Drug’. Ben Goldacre [...]
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Unpacking the Bailey Review on Commercialisation and Sexualisation of Childhood

By Dr Petra | Published: 6 June, 2011
TweetToday sees the launch of the Bailey Review of the Commercialisation and Sexualisation of Childhood. A copy of the report and appendices available here. Background to this review here, with terms of reference here. More information can be found via their Facebook page and these videos. [If you are interested in evaluating the review – [...]
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¼ men worried about the amount of porn they watch online

By Dr Petra | Published: 22 April, 2011
Radio 1 is the latest media outlet to seemingly stuff up a sex survey.
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Channel 4 sent complaint from practitioners re problem sex broadcasting

By Dr Petra | Published: 9 February, 2011
TweetOver the past few weeks parents, practitioners, young people and journalists have been concerned about the Channel 4 series ‘The Joy of Teen Sex’. This has led to a number of us deciding to complain to the Channel and recommend a way forward to ensure future programming is improved. Below is a copy of our [...]
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“Women with low libidos ‘have different brains’”

By Dr Petra | Published: 29 October, 2010
Tweet * If you ever wanted to see how the media simultaneously loves and destroys stories on sex and science, this week we had a classic example of truly bad sex coverage. All based on a conference presentation that suggested low libido in women could be detected through brain scanning. I’ll move on to the [...]
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Celebrating this blog’s fifth birthday!

By Dr Petra | Published: 30 November, 2009
It's five years since I started blogging. So please put on a party hat, help yourself to some nibbles, and join me for a look back over the past half decade.
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Drinks Company + PR Firm + Enthusiastic Undergraduate = Massive Hangover for Universities

By Dr Petra | Published: 8 November, 2009
PR companies are well known for using 'fake formula' to promote products, often involving academics to front them. Now it seems companies are getting students to do this job, which raises a lot of worries for universities that they may not be aware of.
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Sex and science stuff 06/11/09

By Dr Petra | Published: 6 November, 2009
TweetOne story you can’t have missed in the past week or so was the sacking of Professor David Nutt in a situation where the government (yet again) disregarded evidence. Sadly it’s something we’ve got used to with this current administration. There’s been an interesting discussion about this over on Bad Science forums, although my favourite [...]
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