Sexual Health

I Had an Abnormal Pap Smear!

No woman expects it. Most of us don’t even think about it.

Women Love Lube, Study Says

Debby Herbenick, associate director of the Center for Sexual Health Promotion at Indiana University, and colleagues studied over 2,000 heterosexual women and found what many will find obvious: women love lube.

Rape-aXe: The Anti-Rape Device

August 31st, 2005 was a big day in South Africa. It was the day that Sonette Ehlers, a blood technician who worked for the South African Blood Transfusion Service, unveiled an innovative solution to the increasingly dangerous issue of rape in her country – Rape-aXe.

AIDS is the Leading Cause of Death in Women

On Monday, November 9, the World Health Organization (WHO) stated that the AIDS virus is the leading cause of death and disease among women between the ages of 15 and 44. Unsafe sex is the main reason for this factor.

Women's Internalized Oppression: Undermining Your Own Sexuality

"Slut!"

Like children telling stories about a scary old man, women criticize each other's sexuality - from a safe distance.

"Slut!"

It's hit and run.

'Viagra' for Women Raises Questions

Apparently Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH doesn't believe that women could have sexual dysfunctions the same way men do. Unlike Viagra, this German drugmaker plans to create a drug that doesn't act on women's bodies, but minds.