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In Search of the "Perfect" Vagina: Women Spend and (Spread) to Achieve Porn Ideal

Posted on: Apr 16, 2009, Source: National Sexuality Resource Center

The labiaplasty: Yet another symptom of our culture's need to assert control over women's bodies and sexuality.

Let's Talk About Sex

Posted on: May 8, 2008, Source: American Sexuality Magazine

A health educator uses hip-hop to talk to girls about gender and sexuality.

Circumcision: What's a Nonpracticing Jew to Do?

Posted on: Apr 14, 2008, Source: American Sexuality Magazine

Circumcision remains one defining trait for Jewish men. But how does a Jewish feminist parent rationalize the tradition today?

The End of Natural Beauty?

Posted on: Oct 4, 2007, Source: American Sexuality Magazine

As millions adopt life-long regimens of cosmetic surgery, is the idea of natural beauty a thing of the past?

Why Do Doctors Get to Decide When a Woman Is Old Enough to Have Her 'Tubes Tied'?

Posted on: Jul 26, 2007, Source: American Sexuality Magazine

Women under 30 who have made the decision not to have children often find their requests for tubal ligation procedures denied -- simply for the reason that doctors think they are "too young."