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When most of us talk about sexuality, we are almost always focused on sexual health: from sex education in the classroom, to access to public health services, to STI prevention and management. At NSRC, our vision off healthy sexuality is broader, and does not focus solely on disease prevention or on the medical aspects of sexuality. Being sexual literate is being sexually curious; the desire to learn and understand the myriad aspects of our sexuality only enhance our overall (sexual) health and well being. This section does the “dirty” work for you, providing information on a range of sexual topics.

Strategies for Staying Sexual After Menopause

Strategies for Staying Sexual After Menopause

When was the last time you heard a joke suggesting that sex invariably goes ever downhill or totally crashes after menopause? Like yesterday? This concept was boldly reaffirmed—without reference to reliable research—at a conference on menopause held by the National Institutes of Health in 2005! So, if you ask your doctor about sex

Circuncisión masculina: ¿una alternativa para la prevención?

Circuncisión masculina: ¿una alternativa para la prevención?

Estudio sobre este procedimiento medico

In Hanoi: the 2009 IASSCS Conference

In Hanoi: the 2009 IASSCS Conference

NSRC Director Dr. Gilbert Herdt often refers to the Bush years as the dark ages for sexuality. Fortunately, Americans have a new president and things are already looking brighter.

Genital Beautification: Plastic Surgery or Mutilation?

Genital Beautification: Plastic Surgery or Mutilation?

“It doesn’t look right,” said forty-two-year-old Carla Westman*. “Like I’m uneven, like one side is larger than the other and as I’ve gotten older, I think one side is stretching.  Before I could close my legs and you couldn’t see anything but now one side peeks through just a tiny bit more than the

Waiting to Have Kids: The New High Risk Sexual Behavior

Waiting to Have Kids: The New High Risk Sexual Behavior

Sexuality education in the classroom? The new sex ed is more suited for the boardroom.Sexuality education and postponing pregnancy are two concepts typically reserved for discussions on abortion or teen pregnancy. Rarely do these notions seep into the lexicon of grown, coupled adults. Never mind those adults actually wanting children.

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Sex Across Borders

How the sexuality of Mexican gay immigrants influences their paths of migration to the United States, their sexual health, and their HIV risk

Con un Pie en Dos Islas

Con un Pie en Dos Islas

La Salud Sexual y Reproductiva de las Mujeres Dominicanas de Santo Domingo y la Ciudad de Nueva York

Abstinence-Only a Failure, Latest Research Shows

Abstinence-Only a Failure, Latest Research Shows

San Francisco, September 16, 2008—As pregnant teens take the national stage and the merits of sexual education are suddenly being debated by pundits across the country, the latest research findings from the National Sexuality Resource Center’s Sexuality Research and Social Policy journal leave no room for doubt: abstinence-only

Are You Kidding?

Are You Kidding?

Tubal ligation procedures denied to young women who don't want children

To Your Health: Taking a sexuality history in medical school View Workflow

To Your Health: Taking a sexuality history in medical school

A person’s sexual health impacts their physical, emotional, and psychological well being. Those who are sexually healthy have control over their fertility and avoid unwanted pregnancies; they are free from reproductive disorders; they avoid STDs or, if they do have a disease, know how to manage it; and they are comfortable expressing