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Article • The Impact of Gender Stereotypes on Male Victims of Sexual Abuse

18 September 2018
Last year was really turbulent on the media front. Indeed, the number of reports of sexual abuse rose around the world during fall 2017, especially in Canada. According to CBC, between October 15 and November 20, 2017, ...

Article • Sexual Education: The Case of France (Part I)

11 September 2018
Last December, Quebec’s Minister of Education, Sébastien Proulx, declared his intention to make sexual education compulsory for all elementary and secondary ...

Story • Natural Childbirth

5 June 2018
This is my first pregnancy. In talking to women who’ve given birth before, I’ve noticed they often use the word “natural” to describe their delivery, as in, “I didn’t give birth naturally.” I’ve also ...

Story • A Never-Ending Fight

30 May 2018
I come into work. A job I chose. A job that sometimes makes me want to scream and cry, but also to smile and above all, to keep going. Each day is unpredictable and ...

Article • Clitoris, Orgasm, and Identity: Female Genital Mutilations

24 May 2018
In 1997, the World Health Organization (WHO) published a statement condemning female genital mutilation (FGM) (WHO, 2018). However, still today, WHO estimates ...

Story • Crying over spilt milk

15 May 2018
In the street, a big sign draws my attention. It showcases a beautiful young woman, clean and neat, her hair done, not a dark circle in sight, breastfeeding a baby, smiling. The sign reads “We’re all born organic,” as if this idyllic representation of motherhood was not far enough removed from the reality of...

Article • The Potential of Romantic Algorithms

9 May 2018
Like research in psychology, many sexological studies present the very real limit of the non-representativeness of their samples. Documented in scientific literature...

Story • First Meeting

17 April 2018
Marvellous scent! The scent of blood, milk, amniotic fluid, and vernix. The scent of soft, sweet, intoxicating skin. It lingers briefly: a week at most. The joyous scent of birth, emerging from you...

Article • Heterogeneous Reasons for Late-in-life Virginity

10 April 2018
For a long time, youth sexuality was mainly examined through its associated issues, such as sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBIs), and unplanned pregnancies....

Article • An Ode to Menopausal Vulvas

4 April 2018
Menopausal vulvas are rather unpopular. We don’t speak of them, don’t think of them—we don’t know anything about them. When I bring them up, I am confronted...

Story • Easy Girl

27 March 2018
It’s 7:30 PM. My palms are sweaty, and there’s this knot in my stomach. I’ve changed outfits three times already. A skirt, a pair of jeans, or a dress? A T-shirt, a (somewhat) low-cut sweater, or a ...

Article • Erotic Glasses

20 March 2018
If glasses usually compensate for a deficiency, or correct vision disorders, they also highlight the individuality of those who wear them and “nowadays belong ...

Article • Ethics and Morals Regarding Sexuality (Part II)

6 March 2018
In this second text, I present the Canadian social morality regarding sexuality and make the link between personal ethics and the sexo-ethical approach......

Story • She Cried Because She Was Suffering

6 March 2018
Recently, she broke down in tears in her psychologist’s office, overwhelmed by her inability to be intimate with a guy—to kiss, to touch, etc. She cried because society insists that she should be able ...

Article • Bisexuality: Invisibility (as a) Means (to) Freedom

28 February 2018
June 2017. Pride in Bordeaux is in full swing. As I approach one of the mobile kiosks, I notice that, although the bear and transgender pride flags hang...

Article • Ethics and Morals Regarding Sexuality (Part I)

21 February 2018
This article in two parts aims to clarify notions of ethics and morality regarding sexuality......