Posts tagged sexual health

The porn culture in Nigeria is growing: Nigerians are said to consume the most porn online, surpassing the United States. Now, a small number of Nigerian producers are creating a home-grown industry by making and sharing sexually explicit content online.

In the pursuit of being ‘good sexual partners’ for men, many women abuse their vaginas. At best, the measures they resort to add little to their own personal pleasure; at worst, they place women in harm’s way, says Kagure Mugo.

The sex toy trade is flourishing across South Africa as couples are increasingly relaxed with the idea of buying adult toys. The negative social stigmas around the adult toy industry seem to be slowly crumbling. Désir a luxury sex toy e-commerce store is recording month-on-month increases in the sales of couples’ sex toys, and the company says the sale of sex toys is now evenly balanced between both sexes, as the subject becomes more acceptable.

The World Health Organization has produced guidelines for health care professionals to strengthen the fight against, and prevent Female Genital Mutilation. The recommendations include providing tools and training materials to educate healthcare providers on treating sexual and mental health problems associated with FGM. The recommendations were developed to raise awareness of the negative health consequences of FGM.

Few things are as precious to a man as his manhood. Most men will go to great lengths to pay homage to, compensate for or even disguise their packages. South Africa’s Central Business Districts are littered with street signage advertising in bold letters: PENIS ENLARGEMENTS.

“Reading extensively about love and tantric spirituality led me to some ground-breaking discoveries about female orgasms. As a result, through experimentation and perfect chemistry, my soul melted into another’s and I had my most torrential climax complete with a trip to outer-space and absolutely no control over my mind and body. Nothing feels greater and lighter. Unfortunately, many women do not know what that is like because for them sex is a chore: cook, clean, tend to children, give man his sex when he wants it, and go to sleep. It’s a huge tragedy worthy of an intervention.”

Phindile Sithole-Spong was born with HIV but only found out at age 19 when she ‘was diagnosed with full-blown Aids’. She speaks about her organisation, Rebranding HIV, working to fight stigma and discrimination

Besides the uncomfortable idea of a steel blade in a highly sensitive region, many uncircumcised brothers are concerned with the effect circumcision would have on their sensation of sexual intercourse. Does circumcision really affect how the cock feels and derives gratification from the act of sex?

“Withdrawal,” “pulling out,” “pull and pray,” “coitus interruptus” – there are many terms for this contraceptive method, but there are also many myths surrounding its use. Here are some facts about this most ancient form of contraception