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Wikimedia Commons What Can Be Done About Pedophilia?
Academics on the most common questions, and where we stand with "treatment"
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For Kids, Plastic Surgery Not Always the Answer
The many considerations in "repairing" the face of a child
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When to Do Surgery on a Child With 'Both' Genitalia
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
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Ending Forced 'Genital-Normalizing' Surgeries
Moving against "often undetected forms of abusive practices that occur under the auspices of health care policies."
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Sex, Lies, and Separating Science From Ideology
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.
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What the Sunshine Act Means for Health Care Transparency
Part of the Afordable Care Act was designed to allow anyone to look up which doctors are getting how much from which companies
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Abrams When Taking Multiple Husbands Makes Sense
Historically, polyandry was much more common than we thought.
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Growing Up Gay in 2013
Talking with a 17 year-old about anti-bullying assemblies, daddy-daughter balls, and why theater.
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IVF on Steroids: The Dangerous Off-Label Use of 'Dex' During Pregnancy
Fertility clinics across the U.S. are prescribing a medication with a seriously concerning safety profile and no proven benefits.
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Where Masturbation and Homosexuality Do Not Exist
When sex means reproduction, certain proclivities may simply not be part of models of sexuality.
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Bettmann / Getty The Sex Lives of Conjoined Twins
Why does the topic “defy imagination”?
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Football and the Sexual Side Effects of Head Trauma
Head injuries have been found to cause variant sexual behaviors, raising yet another concern over the effects of repetitive head trauma.
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The Olympic Struggle Over Sex
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.
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Are Straight People Born That Way?
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.
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The Most Scientific Birth Is Often the Least Technological Birth
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.
