Sarah Borg is a junior medical doctor trained in Adelaide, Australia with a Master of Public Health from The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She is currently working as an intern in theCategory Archives: reproduction
Let’s talk about sex: Why the Zika outbreak is really about reproductive rights for Latin American women
Sarah Borg is a junior medical doctor trained in Adelaide, Australia with a Master of Public Health from The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She is currently working as an intern in thePosted by in & Prevention, featured, feminism, gender, Global Health, latin america, parenting, Planned Parenthood, reproduction, reproductiverights, Sex, south america, women, womenshealth, zika, zikavirus
Why Isn’t Sex Ed Preparing Students for Adulthood?
When I was in high school, I took a class that taught me how to dissect a worm. We were not expected to go home and dissect worms or somehow put to use our newly found expertise on worm anatomy. … Continue reading
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Plastics, tiny penises, and human evolution
By Greg Downey. (5000 words) An Italian study in 2012 found that men’s penises were growing smaller over time — two centimetres lost from grandfather to grandson in the twentieth century. Conservative radio bloviator Rush Limbaugh knew who to blame: … Continue reading
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Science for The People: The V Word
This week, Science for The People looking at the social and biological science of female sex organs. They talk to Dr. Anthony Atala, director of the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Institute for Regenerative Medicine, about the creation and use of lab-grown vaginas. Biology professor Marie Herberstein exposes the bias against female genitalia in scientific studies. And science writer Emily Anthes tells them about the history and promising future of female condoms.
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