One of the most fascinating aspects of SEX-ED + project is that everything is moulded on humans. People’s reaction range from incredulous (who would do that!) to technical (how do you do it?) to sometimes totally inappropriate. It still seems inconceivable for some that a project can focus on genitals... Read more →
Jan 23
Jan 09
The numbers are in and one of the most shared New York Times' article in 2022 is about the clitoris. Written by Rachel E Gross, science journalist and author of Vagina Obscura, an anatomical voyage, the article Half the World Has a Clitoris. Why Don’t Doctors Study It? is available... Read more →
Jan 03
Stickers to start talking about bodies and sexuality SEX-ED + is about dismantling taboos around sex and genitals. We think all of us should feel confortable talking about it without stuttering or blushing, to better name our desires, pleasures, traumas, fears and pains. It is not yet a reality, but... Read more →
Dec 05
Anatomie classes, Melbourne University Down under in Melbourne University, Anita Brown-Major facilitates clinical education sessions about vulva anatomy. This is to be celebrated as there is so little training devoted to sexual health in medical and allied healthcare professional training, and even less on genitalia (especially non cisgender male anatomy). A bit of recent... Read more →
Dec 01
An article writen by Leïla El-Mahi, translated by Lisa Keppen, published on GAMS' website Nov 23rd 2022 From across the Atlantic, independent researcher Magaly Pirotte of SEX-ED + visited GAMS Belgium for two days and made ten casts of vulvas of women who had undergone female genital mutilation as part of an exchange... Read more →
Nov 21
The dorsal nerve of the clitoris contains 10281 nerve endings This new data was presented at a scientific conference hosted in November 2022 by the SMSNA Sexual Medicine Society of North America and the ISSM International Society for Sexual Medicine . Those results are not yet published as they are... Read more →
Oct 10
Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève SEX-ED + presented it's models and the prototype for gynecological exam training to the gynecology and maternal health team of the hospital. We are enthousiastic and a million projects may come out of it if we can secure funding and institutional support: research paper, new models, prothesis... Read more →
Sep 20
The Journées francophones de sexologie et de santé sexuelle happened in Montpellier, France. During three days, 700 people turned up, from all fields related to sexual health. It was amazing to have access to so many professionals in one go after spending the last two years locked in the basement.... Read more →
Mar 16
Toward a positive, inclusive and emancipatory sexuality education has been a trending sentence in Québec over the last few years. Indeed, it's a great catchphrase that has been used in a diversity of contexts. It is nonetheless important to know its origins and the social/political concepts it refers to, so... Read more →
Jan 17
Think it's a thing? Well in 50% of the cases it's a myth. Despite physicians frequently caring for patients with sexual health issues, only 50% of United States medical schools require formal education in sexual medicine. Due to the lack of standardized education, medical trainees (except for Urology and OB-GYN... Read more →