Sex ed diagrams in books don’t show darker skin

A look at skin color and skin tone diversity in anatomical diagrams in human sexuality textbooks finds a lack of darker skin tones.

April Toler-Indiana • futurity
Jan. 19, 2022 ~5 min

Microsoft purchase of Activision Blizzard won't clean up gamer culture overnight: 5 essential reads about sexual harassment and discrimination in gaming and tech

Sexual harassment and discrimination in gaming and tech are not inevitable or permanent, write experts in the field. The solutions are positive community standards and women in power.

Eric Smalley, Science + Technology Editor • conversation
Jan. 18, 2022 ~10 min


People with anxiety, depression may use ‘sextech’ to ease distress

People who report anxiety or depression are more likely to use "sextech," as a way to relieve their psychological distress, researchers find.

Mary Keck-Indiana • futurity
Dec. 2, 2021 ~6 min

Why COVID-19 must be included in safer sex messaging on college campuses

Schools have not adequately educated students about the increased risks of virus transmission when it comes to being sexually intimate.

Michele R. Cooley-Strickland, Project Scientist and Clinical Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine • conversation
Dec. 2, 2021 ~9 min

Use of HIV prevention treatments is very low among Southern Black gay men

This finding suggests public health efforts will have to address the treatment barriers these men face – like poverty or homophobia – to meet the nation’s goal of ending the HIV epidemic by 2030.

Xiaoming Li, Professor of Health Promotion, Education and Behavior, University of South Carolina • conversation
Dec. 2, 2021 ~5 min

Young American adults report having fewer sexual partners

A survey finds that fewer young adults report having more than one sexual partner in the last year and growth in the number who report abstaining.

Morgan Sherburne-Florida • futurity
Nov. 16, 2021 ~9 min

Many claims about sex differences lack scientific rigor

"...an alarming percentage of claims of sex differences are not backed by sufficient evidence." Researchers call for raising the bar.

Carol Clark-Emory • futurity
Nov. 10, 2021 ~8 min

Young people get less sex ed now than 25 years ago

A significant number of young people in the US receive no sex ed information about birth control and STI prevention before they have sexual intercourse.

Patti Verbanas-Rutgers • futurity
Nov. 5, 2021 ~5 min


Male and female fetuses respond differently to COVID-19

A new study finds that placentas of male and female fetuses respond very differently when a mother is infected with SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy.

Anita Slomski and Timothy Gower • harvard
Oct. 19, 2021 ~4 min

The Activision Blizzard lawsuit shows gamer culture still has a long way to go: 5 essential reads about sexual harassment and discrimination in gaming and tech

Sexual harassment and discrimination in gaming and tech is not inevitable or permanent, write experts in the field. The solutions are positive community standards and women in power.

Eric Smalley, Science + Technology Editor • conversation
July 30, 2021 ~10 min

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