Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search

November 23, 2008 4:20:36 CST

Learn about Newser Points »

safe sex

safe sex news stories

12 Stories

 New Regs to Prep 
 UK Scouts for Sex 

Guidelines will encourage counselors to promote safe sex

Guardian (UK) Guardian (UK) Oct 20, 08 6:34 CDT
(Newser) - Britain's Boy Scouts may soon be as prepared for healthy sex as they are for camping and woodworking, reports the Guardian . Counselors will discuss sexual health with Scouts, may even hand out condoms to prevent unprotected sex, and take their boys on visits to clinics under new guidelines to be issued today by the Scout Association primarily for boy ages 14 to 18. The association has some 400,000 members, 85% of them boys. More »

More about:  Great Britain • health • contraception • sexual health • safe sex

 Ten Steps to Greener Sex 

From recycled bikinis to fair trade condoms

Green Daily Green Daily Jun 26, 08 11:32 CDT
(Newser) - Eco-conscious sex certainly doesn't have too enticing a ring to it, but don't discount the enjoyable ways to spice things up while doing your part to save the Earth, says Greendaily.com. From the reasonable to the wacky, they've got you, er, covered: Grab French Letter condoms, the world's only fair trade rubber Clean your place—add eco-friendly mood lighting More »

Sex in the
City: 26% of 
New Yorkers
Have Herpes

City well above
national average

New York Post New York Post Jun 10, 08 4:47 CDT
(Newser) - Sex in the Big Apple comes with a higher risk of herpes than the national average, the New York Post reports. A full 26% of the city's inhabitants carry the virus that causes genital herpes. The condition only manifests itself in 15% of carriers but health officials warn that herpes carriers are two to three times more likely to get HIV, and urge that people pay special attention to safe sex in the city. More »

More about:  New York City • New York • AIDS • HIV • STD • safe sex • AIDS prevention • herpes

 Sex Please, We're Drunk 

Hooking up is the aim of booze and alcohol binging: study

BBC BBC May 11, 08 9:09 CDT
(Newser) - Young people intentionally binge on booze and drugs to improve their sex lives, according to new research. A third of European men under the age of 36 and a quarter of women said they drank to increase their chance of sex—and were more likely to engage in unsafe sex when they were high, reports the BBC. Cocaine, ecstasy, and marijuana were used to enhance arousal or prolong sex, according to the study published in BMC Public Health. More »

More about:  drugs • alcohol • alcohol abuse • safe sex • alcohol consumption • premarital sex

 Scientists Warn Doctors
 of Syphilis Comeback 

Cases are on the rise, doctors not spotting the symptoms

Reuters Reuters Mar 18, 08 4:14 CDT
(Newser) - Health researchers have warned that syphilis is making a comeback, and doctors may not be recognizing the symptoms. Developed countries came closing to wiping out the disease in the '90s, Reuters reports, but infection rates in the US went up last year for the seventh year in a row. A study published in the journal Lancet urges authorities to move fast to educate the public—and doctors—about the disease. More »

China Strips Down Sexual Mores

Sex education hasn't caught up

Associated Press Associated Press Mar 3, 08 2:25 PM CST
(Newser) - After years of Maoist repression, during which sex was considered bourgeois and hand-holding was a major taboo, Beijing is alive with seedy clubs and no-tell motels catering to one-night stands. Most Chinese—60% to 70%—have indulged in premarital sex, compared with just 15% in 1989. But lingering disapproval has kept the revolution largely underground, the AP reports. More »

More about:  China • sex • sex education • safe sex • premarital sex • Maoism

Spanked Kids May Become Sex Aggressors: Study

Heavy corporal punishment increases likelihood of masochism, rape

Newsweek Newsweek Feb 29, 08 10:41 CST
(Newser) - Though some 90% of American parents do it, spanking remains highly controversial, and research being released today will probably fan the flames, Newsweek reports. Heavily spanking kids has a major effect on their eventual sex lives, a new study finds, making them more likely to coerce a partner into having sex, avoid protection, or indulge in sado-masochistic play. More »

More about:  sex • parenting • child abuse • safe sex • sexual behavior • sado-masochism • spanking

'Get Some' Condoms Free in NY

City hopes hipper packaging, dispensers encourage residents to 'get some'

MyFox New York MyFox New York Feb 14, 08 1:49 PM CST
(Newser) - Last Valentine’s Day, New York City unveiled the “NYC Condom,” a free prophylactic designed to make safe sex cool. Today, the program gets a facelift with new packing for the condom—and an ad campaign that urges New Yorkers to "get some." “Good design can help bring condoms out of the closet,” the man behind the new look tells MyFox New York. More »

More about:  New York City • advertising campaign • condom • safe sex • Valentine's Day • New Yorkers

Brazil Govt. Targets Carnival Debauchery

Sex-crazed partygoers get free condoms, morning-after pills

AFP AFP Jan 29, 08 11:35 CST
(Newser) - As Brazil prepares to indulge in the 5-day party known as Carnival, the president is spearheading a campaign to get samba-crazed revelers to practice safe sex and drink in moderation. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told Brazilians to have fun in his weekly radio address, AFP reports, but reminded them that "the next week we have to work and look after our families." More »

More about:  Catholic Church • Brazil • AIDS • contraception • condom • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva • safe sex • Carnival • samba

Abstinence Ed. Isn't Slowing Teen Sex

Celibacy-only programs have little 'positive impact,' study argues

Associated Press Associated Press Nov 7, 07 1:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Abstinence-only sex-education courses funded by the federal government are no match for teenage libido, according to a new study from a non-partisan group seeking to reduce teen pregnancy. The study found such programs had less “positive impact” than more comprehensive curricula, the AP reports, and dismissed as myth the idea that teaching about contraceptives increases promiscuity. More »

More about:  pregnancy • teenagers • sex education • abstinence • safe sex • abstinence education

Online Daters Get Hotter on First Night

Women take more sexual risks with men they've 'met' online

Houston Chronicle Houston Chronicle Aug 30, 07 6:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - A third of women have sex on the first date with men they've previously met online, and 77% of those don't use condoms, a new study reports. "They may not think of it as being risky sex," the survey's author tells the Houston Chronicle, citing "virtual intimacy" as a factor in unsafe behavior. More »

More about:  Internet • public health • online dating • safe sex

Sex Is Most Common Cause of HIV in China

Society struggles with openness as virus spreads beyond IV-drug users

BBC BBC Aug 20, 07 8:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Unsafe sex has become the most common means of transmission of HIV in China, edging out IV-drug use and blood transfusions, the BBC reports. That points to the need to focus prevention efforts on mainstream sexual practices—not just those of high-risk groups—which poses a daunting challenge in a country with conservative attitudes about sex. More »

More about:  China • sex • AIDS • HIV • prostitute • safe sex • sexual behavior

12 Stories

Today's Most Popular

Loading...

Premium Articles from HighBeam

Find more articles like this

What is Newser?

2008 Codie Finalist

Face it: there's too much news. At Newser a team of editors and writers culls the most important stories from hundreds of U.S. and international sources and reduces them to a headline, picture, and two paragraphs. It's the Newser guarantee: we can take any report or column or video and pack what you need to know into 120 words or less. Newser's short-form aggregation, visual format, and unique information tools help you get more of the kind of news you want, in a quicker and more entertaining way. And we do it 24/7—you can come back morning, noon, night (and in between) for something new that matters. Read less, know more.

Learn more »