The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality articles from September 1997

The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality archives from September 1997

Issues and strategies in STD prevention and control: a view from clinical, public health and community settings. (sexually transmitted disease)
September 22, 1997... Abstract: Canada's goals for STD control must be considered in the context of the social, economic, political and personal environment. Key issues include behavioural determinants of STD risk, access to clinical services, social supports,...

Factors influencing condom use among students attending high school in Nova Scotia.
September 22, 1997... Abstract. To examine factors influencing condom use among high school students in Amherst, Nova Scotia, a self-administered questionnaire was completed by students at the town's only high school. Using the theory of planned behaviour as a...

A comparison of the demographic, lifestyle, and sexual behaviour characteristics of virgin and non-virgin adolescents.
September 22, 1997... Abstract: This study used cluster analysis to compare the demographic, lifestyle, and sexual behaviour characteristics among virgin (n = 605) and non-virgin (n = 321) high-school students in grades 9 to 13. In a multiple logistic regression...

Depression among women with hypoactive sexual desire: orgasm consistency training analysis and effect on treatment outcomes.
September 22, 1997... ABSTRACT: This study addressed two issues concerning the clinical and theoretical relevance of depression to hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSD): (a) whether reliable differences among depressed, mildly depressed, and non-depressed women...

Drug and alcohol problems: heterosexual compared to lesbian and bisexual women.
September 22, 1997... Abstract. This exploratory study compared alcohol and drug use experiences of 19 lesbian/bisexual women and 19 heterosexual women matched according to age, race and socio-economic status. Participants were drawn from a larger study on the...

Susie Bright's Sexwise.
September 22, 1997... Just what is it about San Francisco, anyway? Why should one particular city -- whether you think of it as liberated paradise or Sodom-by-The-Sea -- seem to have such a stranglehold not so much on sexual permissiveness, but on the compulsion to...

First Person Sexual: Women and Men Write About Self Pleasuring.
September 22, 1997... Just what is it about San Francisco, anyway? Why should one particular city -- whether you think of it as liberated paradise or Sodom-by-The-Sea -- seem to have such a stranglehold not so much on sexual permissiveness, but on the compulsion...

Speaking of Sex: Are You Ready to Answer the Questions Your Kids Will Ask?
September 22, 1997... When I first saw this book I knew I wanted to review it because: * it is written by a Canadian sex educator who I know has a great deal of experience and is widely respected. * I work in this field and wanted to see if her approach is...

Out With It: Gay and Straight Teens Write About Homosexuality.
September 22, 1997... Out With It was recently published by Youth Communications of New York City, a non-profit program organized to teach teenagers the fundamentals of journalism. The history of Youth Communications is interesting in itself. The Group was started...

Know About Gays and Lesbians.
September 22, 1997... This is an odd little book. As you read it, you are, by turns, surprised, irritated, perplexed, discomforted. Why, one asks, is there no preface, no introduction, no biographical notes about the authors? Why is there no hint as to who the...

Love Affairs: Marriage and Infidelity.
September 22, 1997... An examination of why people have extramarital affairs sounds enticing, but there isn't a lot of new information in this reprint by Professor Richard Taylor. Although the author valiantly attempts to tackle a most complicated subject which...