Category Archives: Journalism

Contraceptive pills from your pharmacist? Looking beyond the media hype

By Dr Petra | Published: 16 December, 2009
You may have read in the papers that the oral contraceptive pill’s going to be available in pharmacists. It’s certainly got some right wing papers and faith based groups in a state. But is it true? And if so, how does this fit with current sexual health provision?
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A sexual position? Researching lapdancing? NOTW need not apply

By Dr Petra | Published: 30 November, 2009
News of the World (NOTW) and several other papers have got hot under the collar about a job advert for a researcher to study lap dancing. The research is genuine, unfortunately the media coverage is misleading and could threaten an important study area before it starts. Welcome to the world of sex research.
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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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New trials of female sexual dysfunction drug (Flibanserin) will be reported this week

By Dr Petra | Published: 15 November, 2009
Here's the back plot to this latest drug for female sexual dysfunction and questions you should be asking about Flibanserin.
Also posted in Activism and Open Access, Desire, Female Sexual Dysfunction, Flibanserin, Intercourse, Intrinsa, Medicalisation, Orgasm, PT141, RCTs, Research, Sexual dysfunction, Viagra | Comments closed

“Twilight Success” – I invented that

By Dr Petra | Published: 11 November, 2009
Yesterday I discovered I’ve been quoted about the book/film Twilight in a Dutch newspaper. The journalist who wrote it must have been psychic, because they never interviewed me for the piece. And I can’t work out where the information they attributed to me came from. Must be the mysterious effect fictitious vampires have on the media. Read on for a creepy tale of supernatural journalism…..
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So…..are you a sexpert?

By Dr Petra | Published: 30 October, 2009
On Wednesday I hosted a 'So, you think you're a sexpert?' quiz at London's Science Museum. Yesterday I posted the quiz for you to take if you couldn't make the event. Today it's time to see how you scored....
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So you think you’re a sexpert?

By Dr Petra | Published: 29 October, 2009
Last night I ran a quiz 'So you think you're a sexpert?' at London's Science Museum. Why don't you have a go at the test and rate your sexpertise?
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It’s just a word…

By Dr Petra | Published: 29 November, 2004
It’s just a word…The word ‘therapist’ means something. It’s a job title like ‘cardiologist’, ‘architect’, ‘choreographer’, or ‘solicitor’. You’d expect newspapers to get basic facts like this correct. I opened my Sunday paper this morning to see myself described as ‘Dr Petra Boynton, Relationship Therapist’. Which is all very nice, except I’m not a therapist. I’m [...]
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