Sexual assault is any unwanted sexual act that involves force, threat of force, or illegal seduction. It ranges from the more serious crime of rape to unwanted touching of the sex organs. Illegal seduction is nonviolent, coercive coaxing, often directed toward children. This includes obscene telephone calls, exhibitionism, and voyeurism. In the past, forced sex [...]
HIV infections weaken the body’s ability to fight disease and can cause acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)—the last stage of HIV infection. HIV is the most dangerous sexually transmitted infection, and it affects people of all ages. It is now the leading cause of death for American women and men between 25 and 44 years [...]
The influence of Freud’s and Ellis’s ideas interacted with other cultural phenomena, setting the stage for a new kind of research on sexuality which adopted the quantitative methods and techniques of the natural sciences. Before the publication of Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (Kinsey and others), however, only a few such studies had appeared, [...]
To get some perspective on the degree of permissiveness or repressiveness of parents, Sears tabulated mothers’ reported evaluations of their reactions to sex play among children and the severity of the pressure put on children. Only two percent rated themselves as “entirely permissive” and an additional fourteen percent of the mothers reported that they had [...]
It is a social and cultural imperative to assign an infant as male or female, in accord with external genital status. The regularity with which infants are assigned as male or female masks the social importance of that event for the child, the parents, and the family. Only when an infant is born with a [...]
Surgical treatment. When the gynaecologist is looking around in the pelvis with a laparoscope it is possible to treat specific spots of endometriosis with either diathermy (localised burning) or laser (another technique which does basically the same thing}. It sounds fairly unpleasant, but the woman is under an anaesthetic, so she doesn’t feel a thing. [...]
If you listen to every person who has good advice regarding the ‘right’ things to do in pregnancy, you may get yourself into a bit of a knot. Everyone will want to help you, and even strangers will feel in a position to tell you how to live your life. You will hear stories about [...]
(v) CIN1 (mild dysplasia). This is the earliest form of pre-cancerous change (dysplasia). CIN stands for ‘cervical intraepithelial neoplasia’, which basically means cancer changes within the cell. CIN1 is thought to precede CIN2, and therefore could progress further to invasive cancer. In some studies it has been suggested that many cases of CIN1 may spontaneously [...]
Rather than waiting on the results of the test, and enduring a few more days of increasing discomfort, treatment can be started if there is a good chance a UTI is the cause of the problems. An antibiotic will often be prescribed at the initial visit and the results checked later when they are available. [...]
Bondage and discipline (B&D)—Sexual stimulation and arousal is related to some form of ‘punishing’ behavior, like tying up a partner, or spanking. It is a milder expression of sadism and masochism. Bestiality—Sexual relations between humans and animals. Exhibitionism—Sexual stimulation and arousal from showing your genitals, typically the ‘flasher’, a man who exposes his genitals, and [...]