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Alice Dreger is a professor of clinical medical humanities and bioethics at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. She has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.
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Understanding the case of an intersex child whose adoptive parents claim was robbed of his genitals, and of the right to decide what should happen to his body More »
Moving against "often undetected forms of abusive practices that occur under the auspices of health care policies." More »
Margaret Mead saw in Samoa the possibility of loosening social strictures on sexuality -- something she suggested could lead to more pleasure, and less pain and suffering. She and her work were attacked and discredited, but nearly a century later, questions of separating science from ideology persist. More »
Part of the Afordable Care Act was designed to allow anyone to look up which doctors are getting how much from which companies More »
Historically, polyandry was much more common than we thought. More »
Talking with a 17 year-old about anti-bullying assemblies, daddy-daughter balls, and why theater. More »
Fertility clinics across the U.S. are prescribing a medication with a seriously concerning safety profile and no proven benefits. More »
When sex means reproduction, certain proclivities may simply not be part of models of sexuality. More »
Head injuries have been found to cause variant sexual behaviors, raising yet another concern over the effects of repetitive head trauma. More »
Even as it hopes to clarify the difference between male and female athletes, a new rule from the International Olympic Committee inadvertently stirs the waters. More »
The best scientific argument we have for the innateness of straightness is that evolution would favor it. But a poll of sexologists raises some interesting questions about arousal. More »
If you look at scientific literature, you find over and over again that many interventions increase risk to mother and child instead of decreasing it. More »
