Semen Cocktails

I posted several years ago about a cookbook of semen recipees. Well... here is the authors latest installment - semen cocktails. Have a look HERE.

Disability/Sex/Intimacy video

People who are dependent or have a disability are helped in all the basic everyday chores. Getting washed, dressing.... But one essential and constitutive aspect of human life seems to have been forgotten: sexuality. And yet like everyone else people with a disability have physical desires, a need to be loved, a need for sex and intimacy. In France there are currently few or no provisions to take these needs into account, whereas in countries such as Germany, Switzerland and Holland they have existed for many years. Our film challenges the preconceptions that being handicapped means no sex, no physical desire or love. In a series of hard-hitting, moving and surprisingly frank interviews, we learn of the needs and desires of people with a disability  across France. Also featured are interviews with other Europeans, to show that sexual help not only exists, but that it also can be made to work.

CLICK HERE to watch the video

Interesting bird facts re Sexuality

Thanks to http://www.drpattibritton.com/2013/04/dead-duck-sex-anyone-just-when-you-thought-science-was-dull-and-dry-check-this-out/ for passing this on to me.


I’m not coming from quackery now; take a look (11 short minutes) at this insightful and hilarious, yet highly important serious presentation on the death of a duck in this Rotterdam scientist’s experience and what that means…..about sex, necrophilia, homosexuality in a mallard duck species and life itself! Oh, and glass windows…

Equal Play

IMPORTANT RESEARCH - Thanks to Frances Whaley for passing this on to me.

Dr Grant O’Sullivan the research officer on the Beyond Blue funded and Victoria University run Equal Play Study. 

Equal Play is study examining the sport and PE experiences of same-sex-attracted and gender diverse (SSAGD) young people between the ages of 14 and 23.

We want to see how sporting and PE experiences, from good to bad, impact on health and wellbeing and future participation in sport and physical activity. We hope our results will influence sport and PE policy and contribute to safer and more welcoming sport environments for SSAGD youth.

We have recently opened up our recruitment nationally and I am hoping you could promote the below e-brochure though your networks and media. The brochure has an embedded click-through link to our survey. If you copy and paste the image the link will copy too.
Participants get to tell their stories about sport and PE and can also go in the draw to win an iPad. The survey closes April 30th.

You can also promote our Facebook page and find out more at www.facebook.com/EqualPlay
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Much appreciation,
Grant
Dr.Grant O’Sullivan
Research Officer
(I work Monday to Thursday)
Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living (ISEAL)
Victoria University
Phone 61 3 9919 4267
Fax 61 3 9919 9480
Email grant.osullivan@vu.edu.au
Web www.vu.edu.au
http://bit.ly/15tjGML

What men say to men who say things to women

Sexual Health Counselling and Education Services

Sexual Health Counselling and Education Services

Ejaculation reduces risk of prostate cancer

Issue

BJU International

Volume 92, Issue 3, pages 211–216, August 2003

App to stand up against homophobic bullying

Youth mental health foundation headspace has declared war on homophobia, bullying and depression with a new smart phone app that encourages young Australians take on the three big issues from the privacy of their own phone.

It’s part of The Fifth Army campaign, in partnership with retail clothing company Cotton On, launched on Wednesday to urge young people to stand up against those issues.

Neighbours star James Mason, who plays the gay character Chris, said they were trying to raise awareness around homophobia and bullying.

“First hand I can’t say I’ve experienced it myself but through my character I’ve learnt a lot about homosexuality and the traumas people can face when coming out,” he said.

“There’s so many people out there, young people and the general public who have no idea what someone would go through in these circumstances so it’s really great to be involved in something like this and help create awareness.”

He said it was very important to tackle homophobia through education, not just for young people coming out but also for people with friends and family who were LGBTI.

Headspace CEO Chris Tanti told the Star Observer that homophobia was one the key areas because of the high levels of risk taking in the LGBTI community.

“What we know about same-sex attracted people, particularly men in the community, is that on top of the suicide rate being four times what it is in the mainstream community, the level of substance use is triple, quadruple what it is in the mainstream community as well,” he said.

“I think that’s about acceptance, I think one of the difficulties when you’re different in our society is that you struggle to gain acceptance and you struggle to find where you fit.

“We want to really make sure that the community know we support same-sex attracted young people and they are welcome and safe in our centres.”

About 36 per cent of eheadspace users, the 24-hour free online and telephone support service, are same-sex attracted.

“We’re hoping people can have some fun with the app… we’re hoping that people will at least realise that homophobia is a really big deal,” Tanti said

Once the app is downloaded young people can watch videos, undergo ‘missions’ and earn points to move up ‘army’ ranks and Cotton On store rewards.

Ruby Rose, singer Sarah De Bono and Channel Ten Bondi Rescue star Trent ‘Maxi’ Maxwell are also part of the campaign.

GO HERE FOR MORE

MT GAMBIER FREEDOM TO EXPLORE SEXUAL HEALTH COURSE

The next FRESH Course in Mt Gambier is on 25/26/27 March.
Numbers are a little low so if you know anyone who would like to (needs) to do this course please have them register HERE or give me a call on 83005325



This course is for workers with young people, people with a disability, people working with aboriginal community - or ANYONE who feel this will enhance their practice.

In the course you will cover:

• Personal Attitudes to Sexuality
• Bringing up the conversation
• Sexual anatomy
• STIs
• Contraception
• Sexual Health Law
• Sexual Violence
• Pleasure
• and MUCH MORE

Hope to see you there.

5 Religions traditions of masturbation

Thanks to the Kinsey Confidential blog for this.

Judaism: Yes, No, Maybe So

The Talmud prohibits masturbation, citing the flood in the Noah story as punishing the world with liquid, a response to men who had sinned by wasting semen: “Anyone who holds hispenis when he urinates is as though he brought the flood upon the world…” Another ancient text compares masturbation to murder, as a man who masturbates “kills his own, and he spills very much blood.” In the present day, Orthodox Judaism is relatively less condemning but continues to frown upon masturbation, describing it as a “heinous crime of the highest order, a moral waste of an opportunity to share and instead using that opportunity selfishly.” Conservative and Reform Judaism, however, view masturbation as acceptable as long as it is used as “a form of release, of sexual pleasure, and of learning about the body,” but note that it should not be done obsessively or as a substitute for a heterosexual relationship. The Talmud also allows for masturbation if it leads to married heterosexual intercourse.

Catholicism: Pretty Much No

The Catholic church has taught that “the deliberate use of the sexual faculty, for whatever reason, outside of marriage is essential contrary to its purpose. For here sexual pleasure is sought outside of the sexual relationship which is demanded by the moral order and in which the total meaning of self-giving and human procreation in the context of true love is achieved.” However, circumstances such as a woman bringing herself to orgasm when it is not achieved through intercourse is seen as permissible.

Islam: If It Keeps You From Adultery…

Although the Koran does not specifically mention masturbation, many debates among Islamic scholars have occurred regarding whether masturbation is simply discouraged, or forbidden. Some view masturbation as the “least of available evils” that one might resort to “in emergencies” such as situations where one might be tempted to commit adultery. Other Islamic scholars have considered masturbation to be a minor issue.

Buddhism: Suffering or Pleasure?

Similar to other religions, masturbation has been discouraged in Buddhism, even though it was not mentioned by the Buddha. Buddhist teachings on masturbation range from prohibition, to acceptance for those who are not monks and are seeking temporary satisfaction. A key teaching of Buddhism is that suffering is caused by desire, which can inhibit spiritual growth. Thus, masturbation may be seen as not “sinful” per se in Buddhism, but an act that will ultimately result in continued suffering. Buddhism, like many other religious categories, includes many different traditions, resulting in myriad views. One author notes that “early Buddhist were determined and creative masturbators…” and in countries such as Japan, “wildly masturbating Buddhist nuns and monks frequently appear in Japanese erotic art.”

Hinduism: It’s Up to You (and Your Wisdom, and Your Tradition)

While Hinduism prohibits sex outside of marriage, masturbation is a matter of interpretation. Hindu teachings state that “intensely personal matters of sex” are “left to the judgment of those involved… the only rigid rule is wisdom, guided by tradition and virtue…”