Recently added articles from Contemporary Sexuality:
The myth of teen promiscuity
Sep 01, 2008; Melby, Todd ... A new study finds that when America's teens engage in oral sex, they do it in the context of a relationship. If you've been tuned into the media buzz about "rainbow parties," "technical virgins," and the so-called "oral sex epidemic," this might come as a surprise. Yet that's the ...
From the Executive Director
Sep 01, 2008; Conley, Stephen ... AASECT's Directory of Members 2008 is now available online and updated every month. In keeping with our attempts to keep AASECT green, our first new directory of members can be found online through the Members Only area in PDF format (you must have free Adobe Acrobat software to access the ...
News of Members
Sep 01, 2008; Anonymous ... Elizabeth Schroeder (Piscataway, N.J.) is the new executive director of Answer, an organization providing and promoting comprehensive sexuality education to young people and the adults who teach them. Answer is based at Rutgers University. Schroeder is a cofounding editor of the American Journal ...
Most Chicagoans with syphilis met online
Sep 01, 2008; Anonymous ... The Chicago Department of Public Health is reporting that in recent times most gay men with syphilis met their sexual partners on the Internet. Previous surveys conducted at city clinics found that most syphilis patients met sexual partners at bars, not online. Men having sex with men ...
Member Spotlight
Sep 01, 2008; Miletski, Hani ... Charlotte (Charley) Franklin (Philadelphia, Pa.) Charlotte (Charley) Franklin decided to become a sex therapist while in college. She graduated in 2005 from the University of Alabama at Huntsville with bachelor degrees in psychology and business. She found AASECT on the Internet ...
Men's Sexual Health: Fitness for Satisfying Sex
Sep 01, 2008; Zoldbrod, Aline ... Men's Sexual Health: Fitness for Satisfying Sex Barry McCarthy and Michael Metz. Routledge, 2008. $19.95. Men's Sexual Health: Fitness for Satisfying Sex is a remarkable contribution to the field of sex therapy. This book should be on the bookshelf and bibliotherapy list of every sexual ...
Website hopes to curb HIV/AIDS among young gays
Sep 01, 2008; Anonymous ... Researchers at the University of Minnesota are spending $3.5 million to work on a new website aimed at educating young gay men about the dangers of HIV/AIDS. Called Sexpulse, the site will include "provocative picture of nude men, cartoons and cheeky icons." Instead of frequenting gay ...
HIV on the rise among Georgians over 50
Sep 01, 2008; Anonymous ... More older people in the state of Georgia are contracting HIV/AIDS than 10 years ago. In 1998, 189 men and women over age 50 became HIV-positive. Today, that number has risen to 341 new annual infections. "What accounts for these numbers is a mixture of patients infected previously who ...
Louisiana can't execute sex offenders
Sep 01, 2008; Anonymous ... The U.S. Supreme Court has prevented Louisiana from executing a man convicted of raping his stepdaughter. "The death penalty is not a proportional punishment for the rape of a child," wrote Justice Anthony Kennedy. Four other justices signed Kennedy's majority opinion: Justices John Paul ...
Doing it Right: Making Smart, Safe and Satisfying Choices about Sex
Sep 01, 2008; Glickman, Charlie ... Doing it Right: Making Smart, Safe and Satisfying Choices about Sex By Bronwen Pardes. Simon Pulse, 2007. $14.99. Doing It Right is a general overview of many of the sexuality topics that adolescents have questions about. Some of the issues that Pardes covers include anatomy, puberty, ...
Tristan Taormino's Expert Guide to Anal Sex
Sep 01, 2008; Ehrmann, Elizabeth ... Tristan Taormino's Expert Guide to Anal Sex Vivid-Ed, 2007. 164 minutes, $29.95. As a master's student in counseling psychology and an aspiring sex therapist, I am always thrilled at the opportunity to review a book or film that may expand my knowledge base. When I was asked to review ...
The Guidebook of Sexual Medicine
Sep 01, 2008; Finger, Bill ... The Guidebook of Sexual Medicine By Waguih William IsHak. A&W Publishing, 2008. $29.95. IsHak's Guidebook of Sexual Medicine provides an introduction to the history of sexual medicine, an overview of the sexual response cycle and the biopsychosocial approach, and a summary of ...
Should gay students be protected in anti-bullying measures?
Sep 01, 2008; Anonymous ... Conservatives say a North Carolina anti-bullying measure shouldn't include protections for gay and lesbian students. The state legislature has been considering a proposal aimed at protecting elementary and secondary students from harassment in classrooms, playgrounds and other school ...
Nevada brothels entice customers with ... free gas
Sep 01, 2008; Anonymous ... The high price of gasoline seems to be affecting every corner of the American economy. Even brothels. Sixteen of Nevada's 28 legal brothels are located along rural highways. Their best customers are truckers, who are paying nearly $5 per gallon for diesel fuel. Compared to one year ago, ...
Report: Gays in military don't hurt morale or discipline
Sep 01, 2008; Anonymous ... A new study by retired U.S. military officers has concluded that the ban on openly gay service members is counterproductive and should end. The nonpartisan study group has a combined century and a half of military service from all four branches of the military, and it marks the first ...
Reflections on AASECT's annual meeting
Sep 01, 2008; Anonymous ... Conferences are a place to learn, share ideas, engage in intellectual battles and inspire. At really great conferences, like AASECT's annual gatherings, participants often have many of these experiences, sometimes in the same day. After June's conference in New Orleans, two members wrote to us, ...