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A little bit more on the medicalisation of sex
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 [...]
Also posted in Activism and Open Access, Bad science, Commercialisation, Erectile Dysfunction, Female Sexual Dysfunction, Flibanserin, Gender, Intrinsa, Journalism, Medicalisation, Orgasm, Premature Ejaculation Comments closed
‘Porn Block’ – a realistic proposal from the UK government?
This is a somewhat lengthy post, tackling a range of issues thrown up by the proposal to restrict access to online porn
Also posted in Child(ren), Commercialisation, Critical appraisal, Pornography, Sex education, Teenager(s) Comments closed
World AIDS Day 2010
TweetToday is World AIDS Day with events taking place globally around the theme of Universal Access and Human Rights. You can follow discussions about the day with links to activities and organisations involved on twitter using the hashtags #WAD2010 and #PreventionRevolution Access is an important but often overlooked issue within this area. Getting education to [...]
Also posted in Academia, Activism and Open Access, Critical appraisal, Health/care, HIV/AIDS, Homo/transphobia, Human rights/law, Sexually transmitted infection(s), Uncategorised, Violence/Abuse Comments closed
Politics, PR, science and evidence making – lessons from the field
TweetOne thing that has marked this election is the growing focus on science issues. This has partly been down to the interest of some politicians in the subject, and mostly due to the activism of a number of scientists (natural and social), science journalists and bloggers. The focus of these discussions has been around tackling [...]
Also posted in Reproductive health, Safer sex, Sex education, Sexually transmitted infection(s), Surveys/questionnaires, Technology, Television Comments closed
Sexualisation of Young People report released. How useful are the findings? Here’s your chance to find out
TweetThe UK has just seen the launch of an anticipated Consultation into Sexualisation of Young People. The work has been widely reported and generally accepted by the media both in the UK and Internationally. Perhaps due to the sensitive topic focusing on the wellbeing of young people, it seems there has been little attention paid [...]
Also posted in Critical appraisal Comments closed
Sex and science stuff 06/11/09
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 [...]
Also posted in Academia, Bad science, Critical appraisal, Ethics, Homo/transphobia, Sex and science stuff, Sexuality Comments closed
Outside my experience,so it can’t be normal:mainstream media and neonatal death