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Topic: Sexual practices

	Human sexual behavior - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sexual behavior, like other kinds of social activity, is generally governed by rules which are culturally specific and vary widely (see sexual morality, sexual norms).
		Sexual sadism is the recurrent urge or behavior involving acts in which the pain or humiliation of the victim is sexually exciting.
		Different-sex sexual practices may be monogamous, serially monogamous, or polyamorous, and, depending on the definition of sexual practice, abstinent or autoerotic (including masturbation).
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sexual_practices (3078 words)

	Masculinities, Sexualities and Child Sexual Abuse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		For example, sexually exploitative behaviour on the part of those who belong to a privileged group of men could be a particular gender enactment that serves to maintain their experience of being 'on top' by reference to their experiences of power and powerlessness with men of their own privileged backgrounds.
		Because child sexual abuse is not confined to particular races, classes or ethnicities, this analysis of child sex offending enables an understanding of the sexual behaviour of different types of offenders, from the socially empowered, white, middle-class father to the comparatively less socially powerful homosexual offender, fl offender or working-class offender.
		The recognition of the sexed specificity of child sexual abuse means that it is necessary to ask whether offenders seek to constitute themselves as men through their sexual practices, and whether the lived experience of a sexed male body is important to understanding their sexual behaviour.
	www.britsoccrim.org /bccsp/vol03/cossins.html (5825 words)

	Sexual Practices, Risk Perception and Knowledge of Sexually Transmitted Disease Risk Among Lesbian and Bisexual Women
		In the few studies that have examined this topic, sexual practices involving digital-vaginal or digital-anal contact, particularly with shared penetrative sex toys, have been frequently reported among female sex partners; such practices present a plausible means for STD transmission, presumably by transfer of infected cervicovaginal secretions or by direct mucosal contact.
		An intervention aimed at reducing the sexual transfer of vaginal fluid as a means of reducing the recurrence of bacterial vaginosis and STD transmission in general could emphasize one or more protective strategies, depending on what sexual practices participants engage in.
		For penetrative sexual practices, discussions explored perceived extent of practice, whether penetration is vaginal or anal, objects used, extent of sharing when objects are used, cleaning practices, and use of lubricants and protective barriers.
	www.agi-usa.org /pubs/journals/3700605.html?emc=&m=436618&v=851504264 (5419 words)

	Jade Goddess - Practices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		To reveal the mystery of the female sexual organ is a goal of the class.
		(Atmosphere) Some of the non-sexual, yet essential practices will be done within the class setting as a means of creating a solid understanding of the foundational practices that are necessary for the higher levels of sexual practice.
		This practice is designed to reawaken the mind / body connection and the necessary 'polarity' within a relationship (no polarity, no sexual attraction).
	www.jadegoddess.com /practices.html (1106 words)

	Overview of Taoist Sexology -- What you need to know (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		On the contrary, sexual practices are considered a branch of the Taoist tree of disciplines having as central trunk the meditations for calming the mind and opening the infinite potential of the human spirit.
		The risk of practicing without the two fundamentals is energy becoming stuck in the upper part of the body and causing a host of undesirable side effects such as headaches, insomnia, irregular heartbeat, high blood pressure, ringing in the ears and so on.
		Sexual energy has been called `the water of life' in many ancient cultures because it was observed that when non-aroused sexual energy is tranquil and behaves like water at room temperature.
	www.taoisthealing.com /taoist_sexology.html (1652 words)

	Sexuality 4: Purpose of This Module
		It is important for health care providers to have a good working knowledge of the sexual response cycle, as well as the range of sexual practices clients may engage in.
		Sexual response in women who have undergone various forms of FGC has not been well studied.
		In women, the ways in which sexual response is affected by the menstrual cycle, lactation, pregnancy, the postpartum period, the use of hormonal contraception, and menopause have not been adequately studied.
	www.engenderhealth.org /res/onc/sexuality/response (416 words)

	Sexual health
		Sexuality research must go beyond concerns related to behaviour, numbers of partners and practices, to the underlying social, cultural and economic factors that make individuals vulnerable to risks and affect the ways in which sex is sought, desired and/or refused by women, men and young people.
		Sexuality is a central aspect of being human throughout life and encompasses sex, gender identities and roles, sexual orientation, eroticism, pleasure, intimacy and reproduction.
		Sexual health is a state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being in relation to sexuality; it is not merely the absence of disease, dysfunction or infirmity.
	www.who.int /reproductive-health/gender/sexual_health.html (719 words)

	MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Safe sex
		However, abstinence is not always a practical or desirable option.
		The condom should be in place from the beginning to end of sexual activity and should be used every time you have sex.
		Sexually transmitted diseases, HIV, and AIDS in women.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/article/001949.htm (825 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The data presented were obtained as part of a larger study of substance use and sexual practices among adolescents and young adults residing in south Florida.
		The results of prior research have indicated that males engage in sexual behaviors at an earlier age than do females; they are more likely to have multiple partners, and their sexual activities are more often associated with alcohol and drug use and other risk factors (CDC, 1997).
		The discrepancies suggest also that factors found to be correlated with risky sexual practices in one population or sample may not be significant in another one.
	www.psycport.com /news/2001/02/02/36980/66837144-0246-KEYWORD.Missing.html (3046 words)

	researchpaperV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		With the prevalence of sexual themes in the media bombarding the average American today, it is hard to imagine a time when sex was a fairly forbidden subject or a culture in which the subject of sex was openly discussed and practiced.
		Community efforts at sexual repression, gossips about scandals, numerous public confessions, and sadistic punishment, along with the lack of other outlets for entertainment, led to an excessive interest in sex, not unlike the preoccupation with sex in America today (Ellis 96).
		The similarities between the sexual practices of the Puritans and that of the Indians basically exist only in the physical manifestation of sexual intercourse.
	e3.uci.edu /faculty/losh/resources/in-class/researchpaperV.html (1629 words)

	Public Health & Education \| Teens 'Redefining' Sex, Engaging in 'Riskier' Sexual Practices - Kaisernetwork.org
		Teenagers are having sex at younger ages and are engaging in "riskier" sexual practices, but many "mask their promiscuity by redefining what sex is: only intercourse counts," the
		reports that the influences on teens' sexual behavior are "hard to measure," but most observers agree that teens are inundated with sexual images in the media that may have an influence over their behavior and beliefs.
		A Kaiser Family Foundation survey released last month found that nearly 75% of 15- to 17-year-olds think that sexual imagery on television influences the behavior of their peers either "somewhat or a lot." However, only 25% of teens responded that their own behavior was influenced by such images.
	www.kaisernetwork.org /daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=2&DR_ID=11514 (355 words)

	Sexual Practices and Knowledge and Perception of Risk of Bacterial Vaginosis among Women who have Sex with Women (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In order to inform development of an intervention to prevent sexual transfer of vaginal fluid between women, four focus group discussions were conducted with lesbian or bisexual women aged 18-29 years living in the Seattle area who reported having sex with another woman in the past year.
		Results will be grouped according to common penetrative and non-penetrative sexual activities practiced in the community, use of lubricants during penetrative sex, and knowledge of BV and perception of risk during penetrative and non-penetrative sex.
		In addition, preventive practices including the acceptability of specific actions such as the washing of sex toys and/or body parts, the use of gloves or finger cots, the use of condoms on dildos and/or vibrators, abstinence, and not sharing items used for penetrative sex will be discussed.
	apha.confex.com /apha/131am/techprogram/paper_57834.htm (423 words)

	OnceCatholic \| Reading Room
		This teaching sees sexuality as both a wonderful gift and an awesome responsibility, a precious part of God’s plan that has potential for great abuse.
		Because sexual intercourse is designed to unite two people in an act of vulnerability and intimacy, it is reserved for married couples.
		Natural family planning is not only a way to avoid or achieve pregnancy; it is also a way for couples to become closer through the shared task of charting fertile and infertile periods.
	www.oncecatholic.org /reading_answers.asp?QC0685 (302 words)

	stopVAW -- Monitoring Workplace Practices and Enforcing Sexual Harassment Law
		The role of a commission, ombudsmen or agency devoted to equality issues could encompass efforts to guide or assist victims of sexual harassment to bring complaints before the entity or another authority, investigation of such complaints, enforcement of sexual harassment laws and research and reporting on sexual harassment practices.
		If such a resolution is not reached, the EEOC may bring suit in federal court against the employer/harasser or may issue a right-to-sue-notice to the complainant permitting she or he to sue the employer/harasser in court.
		The functions of this commission include research on sexual harassment for the benefit of parliament and other authorities and education and investigations relating to sexual harassment.
	www.stopvaw.org /Monitoring_Workplace_Practices_and_Enforcing_Sexual_Harassment_Law.html (811 words)

	Foxman: Risky sexual practices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		and history of self-reported sexually transmitted diseases in an urban population.
		CONCLUSIONS: These data confirm the association of douching and anal sex with various STD and suggest that sex during menses is associated with chlamydial infection.
		Interrelationships among douching practices, risky sexual practices, and history of self-reported sexually transmitted diseases in an urban population.
	www.cirp.org /library/disease/HIV/foxman1 (209 words)

	Colloquium explores similarities in primates' sexual practices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Discussing variations in sexual behavior from marmosets to macaques, Midyette cautioned homosexual behavior did not signify exclusive or inherent homosexuality in primates.
		While researchers can categorize and quantify certain sexual acts in primates, they cannot infer any meaning for human sexual behavior, especially because human sexual variation is not fully understood.
		Homosexual acts, as defined by persistent same-sex genital stimulation and sexual arousal, are common, Midyette said.
	www.goddesscafe.com /opinion/monkeysex.html (406 words)

	Hepatitis B markers in men having high risk sexual practices in Mexico City.
		Hepatitis B markers in men having high risk sexual practices in Mexico City.
		Likewise, only 0.3% of men with exclusively female sexual partners were HBsAg carriers, as compared to 4.8% of men with exclusively masculine sexual partners.General anti-HBc prevalence in the study population was 15.4%.
		However, among men with exclusively female partners, we found 4.6% prevalence, while for men with exclusively male partners we found a prevalence of 30.4%.Logistic regression showed an association with age, sexual preference and being seropositive for HIV, T. pallidum Conclusions: In HIV-positive Mexican men, co-infection with the hepatitis B virus is quite common.
	www.aegis.com /aidsline/1997/jan/M9715787.html (548 words)

	Safer Sexual Practices
		Changing sexual practices are putting young Australian's at risk of developing cold sores "down under", warns an Australian GP well-versed in "pillow-talk".
		GP and media health commentator, Dr Sally Cockburn, aka Dr Feelgood, is echoing global concerns of sexual health experts regarding the increasing incidence of genital herpes caused by Herpes Type 1.
		According to Dr Catriona Ooi, sexual health expert from Clinic 16 at the Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney: "Anyone with genital lesions, such as blisters or sores, or who is concerned about herpes, should see their doctor.
	www.girl.com.au /coldsoresdrfeelgood.htm (490 words)

	► Safer sex behaviors
		A monogamous sexual relationship with an individual known to be free of any STD is probably the least risky approach that sexually active people can take.
		Before having sex with a new partner, it is prudent for each potential sexual partner to be screened for the presence of STDs, especially HIV and Hepatitis B, and share the results of such evaluations with one another.
		The condom should be in place from the beginning to end of sexual activity and should be used EVERY time an individual engages in sexual activity with a nonmonogamous partner or other suspect partner.
	www.umm.edu /ency/article/001949.htm (915 words)

	Essence: A new sexuality? - AIDS has forced many to change sexual practices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The threat of AIDS, combined with a longing for loving relationships founded on friendship and emotional intimacy rather than sexual pyrotechnics, are powerful incentives for changing the kind of freewheeling sexual behavior that characterized the sixties and seventies.
		But in this process of redefinition our practices and attitudes seem to be all over the map: Some espouse and practice celibacy or monogamy; others--both married and single people--pay lip service to "safe" sex but engage in multiple relationships without the use of condoms.
		A new sexuality seems to be emerging out of the chaos, the full flowering of which may not be seen for a decade or more.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1264/is_n9_v19/ai_6932648 (1341 words)

	Archive: Teen-Agers Alter Sexual Practices, Thinking Risks Will Be Avoided
		In part because of the fear of AIDS, and in part because of a basic shift in sexual practices, those who study adolescent sexuality say, oral sex has become a commonplace initiation into sexual activity, widely perceived by many young people as less intimate, and less risky, than intercourse.
		There are little comparative data from past decades, but those who teach and counsel adolescents say they have no question that there has been assignificant rise in the prevalence of oral sex, and a decline in the age at which it starts -- with little awareness of the health risks.
		Counselors and sex-education teachers say that although they make a point of telling adolescents that AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases can be contracted through oral sex, especially by those with open sores in their mouth or recent dental work, students do not seem to be taking their advice to use condoms or dental dams.
	www.nytimes.com /specials/women/warchive/970405_1594.html (1642 words)

	Taoist Sexual Practices
		Taoist sexual practices are finding their way indiscriminately into the lives of people who have no idea either of their real purpose or of the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual dangers associated with them.
		Though these practices originally had mainly to do with the transformation of energy for spiritual development, and required many years of close study with a master, they are often being utilized today both by men and women to increase sexual endurance, pleasure, and power, and by women to reduce or even eliminate menstruation.
		Such practices, available in many books today, include, for instance, the dangerous practice of hanging weights from the genitals in order to strengthen them and increase hormonal flow.
	www.authentic-breathing.com /taoist_sexual_practices.htm (347 words)

	Go2Lanka: One step gateway to Sri Lanka. Latest News, update throughout the day
		Despite the much-hyped claim of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam that their troops are observing near puritanical sexual practices out side marriage a 27-year-old Tamil pregnant mother complained that she was sexually molested by an armed LTTE gang in her home.
		The seven month pregnant woman Amavasa Yogeshwari had complained to her husband she was harassed and sexually molested by several men whom she identified as LTTE cadres from Navakkudam area in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka.
		The alleged victim of this sexual molestation had told that she could identify the young LTTE cadres who stormed her house on June 5, 2002.
	www.go2lanka.com /stories/020621.html (451 words)

	Risk perceptions and unsafe sexual practices among adolescents in West Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Young people in West Africa, like their counterparts in other parts of the world, are facing the challenges of early menarche combined with early sexual experimentation and delayed marriage.
		Unprotected sexual relations (either premarital or within marriage) are taking place at early ages.
		Specifically, the paper will provide pertinent information on the types of situation that young people face that could lead to unsafe sexual behavior, how they handle such situations, and the influence of peers, parents and other adults on decisions to engage in, or abstain from, sex.
	apha.confex.com /apha/129am/techprogram/paper_22552.htm (283 words)

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