Sex Edition 2016
latest news & developments
Let’s talk about sex, ethically
Sex education is often limited to blistering genitals and contraception. But what about the ethics of sex? Michelle Solomon argues for its inclusion.
What do the kids have to say?
The M&G interviewed children between the ages of 10 and 17 to find out how music, TV and social media shapes their approach to relationships and sex.
Close encounters with alien sex
Alien relations served writer Alice Bo Sheldon well as a metaphor for the gender obtuseness and sexual obsessions of dominant human males on Earth.
If only we were taught that sex should be fun
How can we look at teaching boys and girls that sex is also a natural and delightful part of being a human being, asks Milisuthando Bongela.
Polygamy still relevant but complicated
The structures that once governed how men and women were prepared for marriage have fallen away, leaving those in polygamous marriages vulnerable.
The pen is mightier than the penis
From Shakespeare to ‘Portnoy’s Complaint’, writers have been saucing up their literary efforts since time immemorial – with mixed results.