Alcohol
'fuels sexual health crisis in UK'
Strong links between alcohol, drugs and
risky sexual behaviour are providing fuel for a "sexual
health crisis" in Britain, a government advisory body
report said this week.
2-7-2007
Teenage pregnancy in UK: Let's talk about sex
Teenage pregnancy is one of those totemic
issues used to measure how well a society brings up its
young people. And in study after study, the UK compares
badly with other European countries, with teenage girls
here five times more likely to become pregnant than
their Dutch counterparts.
28-5-2007
Muslim women in France regain their virginity in clinics through surgery
Sitting in a
cafe near the Champs Elysees, the 26-year-old
French-born woman of Algerian descent looks like any
other Parisian. But two months ago, she did something
none of her friends have done.
12-5-2007
Irish teen wins right to travel for abortion
An Irish court has ruled that a pregnant
17-year-old who knows her baby will die has the right to
travel to the UK for an abortion.
12-5-2007
Scotland: Hundreds of condoms given out to teens in safe sex drive
More than 1000 condoms
a week are being handed out free to children under 16 as
part of a controversial safe sex programme in the
Lothians. 18-3-2007
Britian: Help to sexual disease patients proposed
To address the plight of people afflicted
with the human immunodeficiency virus, which causes
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), a measure
was submitted before the City Council with the end in
view of extending assistance to those who have it and to
further promote awareness about the virus.
18-3-2007
Shibuya's sleazy happening bars offer chaotic, erotic action at bargain prices
"Are you sure
this place is all right?" Sayaka whispers nervously.
Sayaka's reaction to this out-of-the-way club in Tokyo's
Shibuya district, located in the corner of a nondescript
building off Miyamasuzaka Street, may be understandable.
She's never been to a "happening bar" before, and this
place looks, well, sleazy. 17-7-2006
10 percent of Japanese men in their 40s still virgins
Haruka is a
38-year-old temporary employment agency worker. She met
her 41-year-old boyfriend through an online matchmaking
site. Judging by his e-mail, he seemed to be kind and
was certainly mature. 17-7-2006
'Clean' Nagano's dark, dirty secret: AIDS
"Among Japan's 47 prefectures, Nagano is
a rarity in that its public morals laws and ordinances
prohibit sex businesses like 'soaplands' and 'fashion
health' salons," the unnamed "pink" journalist tells the
Japanese weekly Shukan Shincho.
17-7-2006
The 'pink parlors' of Lhasa
Once a sacred Buddhist pilgrimage
destination, the Tibetan capital Lhasa is rapidly
turning into a hot spot of 'pink parlours' where flesh
trade thrives under China's modernisation drive, a US
couple says. 17-7-2006
