The Age, February 18, 2016 – 1:17AM Did the word “pleasure” ever crop up in your sex education class at school? Chances are that, between ripping condoms off bananas and examining the vast array of sexually transmitted diseases, the notion that sex could be pleasurable, didn’t exactly leap to mind. But a new, progressive, sex education resource for secondary students...
New website to help teachers talk sex and gender with students
Educators NZ, September 23, 2015 RainbowYOUTH has launched a new website aimed to increase understanding and support of sex, gender and sexuality diversity within year 7-13 classrooms in New Zealand. The website, Inside Out, contains free teaching resources, class guidelines and video content designed to ignite conversations. The resource has been produced in a partnership between RainbowYOUTH...
Learn the Effects of Hepatitis C on the Body
Healthline, 2015
Hepatitis C is a viral disease that primarily causes inflammation of the liver, but the effects can be felt throughout the body.
Read more here
Sex and disability: breaking the taboo
The Independent, Thursday 16 July 2015
The topic of sex is constantly talked about in the media, yet there is a taboo surrounding the issues that many people with disabilities face when they want to have sex, or even talk about sex, both from the general public and the medical profession.
Read more here
Access Sexual Respect Toolkit here
The Cycle of Violence [image]
Destroy the Joint Facebook page, 5 May, 2015
The Destroy the Joint Facebook page has published this graphic, The Cycle of Violence.
It was adapted from this page from the Central Domestic Violence Service (SA) website.
Porn belongs in the classroom, says Danish professor
Guardian, Monday 16 March 2015 11.36 AEDT A leading sexologist in Denmark has called for pornography to be shown in the classroom, claiming that starting a debate about the industry could help teenagers become “conscientious and critical consumers” who are able to tell the difference between pornography and the reality of sexual relationships. Read more here Read opinion piece “Sex...