Internet Porn and Young Mens Brain. A Danger?

Watch this brilliant talk from Gary Wilson on TEDx

Worry about penis size

I often have young men ( and older men) wonder about thier penis, the size of thier penis and their anxiety around penis size and performance. Click here to listen to a nice mp3 from the Kinsey Confidential blog that addresses this issue.

Men and HPV vaccination

Reading in mens health on msnbc;  according to a new study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Between 1988 and 2004, head, neck and throat cancers that tested positive in men  for the human papilloma virus rose an astounding 225 percent. 
The suggestion is that these are almost always from male to female oral sex. Furthermore this study predicts that that within the next decade this type of cancer in men will surpass rates of cervical cancer in women.
What seems crazy about this is that maybe all it would take to protect men is to have the same vaccination for HPV that women do. For many of us working in the sexual health field we have been suggesting this since the vaccination became available. Not necessarily for this reason tho. Because both men and women can carry the virus it always seemed sensible to vaccinate the whole population. Now it makes even more sense.

Go on: Support our young men and boys to get the HPV vaccination

In support of young men

I just thought I'd share an experience I recently had with 7 young men.

Not long ago myself and another worker were asked to work with some young men that had been identified by a rural school as being able to benifit from some work around racism, mysogeny, homophobia ( as they were considered perpetrators of these isms, eny's and ias). As it turns out these young men were awesome. They understood the issues of oppression that were all around them. They understood that school is a difficult place to survive in. They WANTED to be given space to explore these issues. They wanted to be able to speak out about SO MANY THINGS.

As it turns out these young men reinforced the belief that it is up to US as workers to find a way to reach the young people we work with. If we can do work together, be creative and be flexible - so much is possible. Thanks so much to the highschool for providing the flexibility and opportunity for this to occur.

Here is a picture that these young men put together. Can you figure it out?