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    Confusion over intimacy and sex

    I have long term couples coming to see me worried that because they are no longer having regular sex they are scared about losing their sense of intimacy. They think sex is intimacy and they are wrong....

    • Posted 98 days ago
  • Sex sells (unless you’re ugly)

    BENJAMIN RILEY Increasingly, I find excuses not to go to the plethora of indie queer nights sprouting throughout the northern suburbs. Each one seems to be run by a friend of a friend of a fuck buddy...

    • Posted 127 days ago
  • Let’s talk about sex

    Sex, sex and more sex. It seems that sex is everywhere; from ads depicting scantily clothed men and women as a marketing ploy, to debates on the importance of abstaining from pre-marital sex. Sex is a (taboo)...

    • Posted 317 days ago
  • Getting scientific about sex

    The Royal Institution of Australia (RiAus), in collaboration with ABC TV’s Catalyst program, will host a special event examining the ins and outs of the modern human’s sexuality. This live event will commence with an advanced screening...

    • Posted 408 days ago
  • SAM wants YOU!

    Well, not the American Uncle Sam you have probably seen wearing a ridiculous huge hat, pointing at you and saying, “I want you!”, but the SAM project which launched the Down an’ Dirty website in October. We...

    • Posted 547 days ago
  • Granta – Sex

    English periodical Granta’s latest issue is devoted to that most beloved of pastimes, sex. From its witty, shocking cover onwards, the authors (and few photographers) included here approach the topic with admirable frankness and insight. Pleasingly for...

    • Posted 1059 days ago
  • It’s all about sex

    Entertainer Simon Gillespie will bring his new show, SEX — and other disasters!, to Slide on April 21. Through tell-it-all tales and great songs, Gillespie will attempt to find the sense in the journey we take in...

    • Posted 1137 days ago
  • Fancy a quickie?

    The media is full of stories about how much sex we’re not having. Whether we’re too tired, too busy or too depressed, sex can often come way down on the list of priorities. And when we do...

    • Posted 1340 days ago
  • The art of sextasy

    Mention the words -˜tantric sex’ and you’re likely to conjure up images of bad ’70s porn, elaborate and impossibly difficult sex positions, or the supposed favourite pastime of Sting and his missus. But tantra is more than...

    • Posted 1375 days ago
  • One little word

    Sex. One little word, and yet one massive subject. It’s our strongest instinct, our driving force. It’s all around us, on our TVs and computer screens, in our books and magazines, on our streets and beaches, in...

    • Posted 1379 days ago