Teenagers
Condom use
Sex survey points to teenagers who are wise
David Crary Teenagers in the US are more safe-sex-conscious than boomers.
Sex education
Planet porn
Matty Silver Should high schools be encouraged to introduce discussions about pornography in their sex education curriculum?
Micro Volunteering
Can you spare 15 minutes?
Amy Molloy It could improve your health, your career - and save the planet, too.
Condom craze
Dangerous condom party trick
Jenna Clarke Medical experts have condemned condom snorting, the latest viral video craze in the US and Britain, as "remarkably stupid".
I married a murderess
On the surface, it's a straightforward enough scenario: an Aussie dad locked in an international custody battle with his homicidal American ex-wife.
Depression crisis
Outside the sun is shining, but behind the closed blinds it's dark, just the way the girl inside feels. At 15, she joined a group of teenagers in similar difficulties.
Giving back
Volunteering in Cambodia
Larissa Ham Volunteering abroad is a noble dream for many people. But it's not just orphanages that need assistance.
Stalked by a dark trait
Kelly McDonald* was afraid to have children in case they inherited mental illness.
CityKat
Don't let the young'ns have all the sexting fun
Katherine Feeney It's time the couples who never had access to smart phones when they met to get on the sexting bandwagon.
Pleasure zone
The female genital surgery conspiracy
Matty Silver There has been an increase in women seeking genital cosmetic surgery in the hope of achieving a “designer vagina”.
Beyond thirteen candles
Adele Parks Adele Parks wonders why teenage years are so little cause for celebration.
Au revoir
The etiquette of 'it's over'
Annabel Ross Is there any “right” way to break up with someone?
Older parents
'We're too old for this'
Emma Cook How a third baby at 45 made Emma Cook and her husband feel "half dead" - but no less bemused than when their first child arrived, ten years before.
Birds and bees
Let's talk about sex
Matty Silver Could Australians learn a thing or two from the Dutch approach to sex education?
Diet offender
'The obese have a mental problem'
Daisy Dumas The Frenchman behind the popular Dukan diet says that the overweight have a "mental problem".
Time to go to dating school
Katherine Feeney Australians have much to learn from Americans when it comes to dating.
Purity myth
When is a virgin, a virgin?
Matty Silver The abstinence movement is bending the definition of "virgin" beyond recognition, writes Matty Silver.
Feminist crusader
Who's afraid of Melinda Tankard Reist?
Rachel Hills Love her or hate her, anti-porn crusader and "pro-life feminist" Melinda Tankard Reist is a force to be reckoned with.
Girls gone mild
The hook-up myth
Rachel Hills Thanks to raunch culture and "Jersey Shore", it’s easy to believe that young people are at it like rabbits. The truth is a bit more complex, writes Rachel Hills.
