Tag Archives: Dr. Petra

The Viagratization of Sex

January 25, 2010 – 12:59 pm

I just made that word up, if you can believe it.
The more “correct” term would be medicalization, and my favorite debunker of hack sex science, Dr. Petra Boynton, has a very nice outline of the medicalization of sex. Check out the article, the links to more information, and follow that up with her appearance on [...]

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G may or may not mark the spot, depending on what study you’re reading.

January 11, 2010 – 12:34 pm

Some of you may have read the recent research “indicating” (oh yes! Scare quotes!) that the G-spot does not exist. One of my favorite bloggers, Dr. Petra, does a nice thorough analysis of the limitations of this sex study (such as, for example, its reliance on self-reporting and its intentional exclusion of queer women) and [...]

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How to talk to your kids about sex

July 9, 2009 – 2:27 pm

Dr. Petra, who by the way has a great informative blog on the intersections between sex, relationships, and science, has a particularly useful post for parents and other guardians on how to talk to kids about sex. Lest you think this is yet another rehash of stuff you already know, here’s an interesting tidbit:
Your child [...]

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