Sex ed needs to talk about pleasure and fun. Safe sex depends on it and condom use rises

  • Written by: Jennifer Power, Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
Sex ed needs to talk about pleasure and fun. Safe sex depends on it and condom use risesUnsplash/NeONBRAND

A focus on pleasure in sexual health education can increase condom use and enhance positive attitudes toward safe sex, according to a new international study led by the University of Oxford.

The study, published today, supports decades of policy and advocacy work seeking to push sexuality education beyond abstinence or risk-based...

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