Educational efforts on sexual violence prevention typically place a strong focus on communication, especially on the giving and receiving of consent to particiate in sexual activity. As thorny as it can be to define what consent looks and sounds like, what if your attempts to communicate your intention are completely misinterpreted?
Dr. Louanne Weston Cole, in her Sex [...]

Preventing prostate cancer can be fun? Huh?  Well, it seems that regular masturbation and ejaculation provides a protective effect from prostate cancer. (Who knew?) Here’s the scoop from New Scientist:
A team in Australia led by Graham Giles of The Cancer Council Victoria in Melbourne asked 1079 men with prostate cancer to fill in a questionnaire detailing their sexual [...]

If you haven’t had the pleasure of watching the podcasts for the Midwest Teen Sex Show, now’s your chance. Their latest installment is on Sex, Drugs & Alcohol.

or view it here.

Medical News Today offers a great video that reviews your testing options for HIV:
Click here: Fast and Easy HIV Testing
Health Services offers testing services for Wesleyan students at low and reasonable costs.

Go Ask Alice!, Columbia University’s Health Q & A Internet Service, answers a question from a person who is curious about the effects of her prescribed Adderall on her sexual feelings and behavior.
Q: Dear Alice,
I am a teenage girl currently taking Adderall (20 mg) to treat my ADHD. My question: does taking this medication [...]

No matter how you feel about Williams, their Peer Health program has a great web page on keeping oral sex safer. While their focus is on HIV prevention, using barrier protection during oral sex can also reduce your risk of contracting other sexually transmitted infections. Go here to read it.
If you are a Wesleyan student and need [...]

The Mayo Clinic, in answering a question from a male reader named John, indicates that it is possible – though relatively uncommon – for a man to contract a genital yeast infection through sexual activity. Read on…
Q: Can I get a yeast infection from my girlfriend? I thought only women got yeast infections.
 A: It’s possible for a man to contract [...]

Go Ask Alice! , Columbia University’s Health Q & A Internet Service, answers this great question about HPV:
Q: I have read a lot about HPV. I have read that most strains clear within 2 years. Does this mean that the genital warts associated with the virus will clear also? I understand that it is types [...]

From Medical News Today…
Pregnancy rates for females under age 25, including teenagers, in the United States declined in 2004 compared to 1990, according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The report says nearly 38 percent of pregnancies in 2004 were to women under age 25, down from nearly 43 [...]

There is a gem of a sexual health lesson buried in this story about oatmeal from WebMD’s Sex Matters blog…
Nearly twenty-five years ago, when I was studying for my comprehensive exams for my Ph.D. in sexology, I had to learn a certain amount of history as it pertained to cultural beliefs about sexuality. I learned [...]