Knowledge Transfer Archive

Sex- It’s all in the “Relationship”

I recently caught up with Cindy Masaro, whose work I blogged about last summer. Cindy’s a sexual health nurse and PhD candidate at the University of British Columbia. As part of her PhD studies, she’s researching how women connect with sex partners through technology- online dating sites, texting, chatting- and how these technologies could influence [...]

Robot Love and Sex Toys

I was a little wary of Googling it, because I wasn’t sure what might result but I did it anyway: “history of sex toys.” I was prompted by a radio story I heard on CBC Q about having sex with robots and a piece about manufacturing sex toys in China (the demand’s increasing at home [...]

Pregnancy Diary on Sex Ed Site: Awesome

So there I am cruising through articles to post on our Twitter feed, and I come across this one on Scarleteen (great sex education site aimed at folks 15-25, BTW). It’s called Pregnant & Posting: 10 Weeks. What a cool idea- posting about pregnancy on a site that’s about safe sex, contraception education, and healthy [...]

Tell It Like It Is About Mental Health

If you follow You Should Know on Twitter or visit regularly here, you know I’m a fan of Jenny Lawson whose online persona is The Bloggess. One of the things I like about her writing is she’s a huge advocate for mental health awareness. Her recent admission that she wrangles with depression self-harm and was [...]

Grandchildren in a Glass?

I couldn’t help but follow up on this headline: The End of Sex? on the Stanford School of Medicine blog.  “What?” I thought.   The blog introduces the concept that sex won’t be necessary for making babies in the future. It profiles a scientist who suggests that as soon as 50 years from now, the majority [...]

Are You Too Old For Sex Education?

While this piece is a few months old, its topic is fresh and troubling: a safe sex education session for adults over 60 was cancelled due to lack of interest. Given that those over 60 are still having lots of sex and enjoying it, it’s not like such a session isn’t necessary.  Big Little Wolf [...]

Happy New Year!

 I’ll admit my chocolate eating holiday didn’t go as planned. We all dropped like zombie dominoes to a nasty cold virus and it ain’t over yet, so this week’s post is just a launch to more interesting reads: Loved this “Best of re:Cycling Blog” list  from the The Society for Menstrual Cycle research.  DO read [...]

Media Watch helpful with Mannequins and Muffs

My endless rant has so much fodder it’s disheartening. Regular reader and Twitter friends know that one of the things I post about is body image. It not only affects women and girls, but boys and men as well. It’s amazing how female forms (Note the S- there IS more than one) are presented, objectified, [...]

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