Female sexuality

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Forget about consensual sex, where’s the care-filled sex?

Recent films, books and podcasts are highlighting how women are left feeling vulnerable and even violated due to…

By Roe McDermott

peach female sexual pleasure
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Refusing to represent women’s sexual pleasure onscreen renders us obscene

Female sexual pleasure in films and pop culture is often treated as obscene, though men receiving oral sex…

By Roe McDermott

SELF

Sex educator Jenny Keane: ‘I refuse to be restricted, controlled or censored’

As an Irish venue pulls their support of her Sex Toy Show, holistic sex educator Jenny Keane says…

By Sarah Finnan

The orgasm gap
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The Orgasm Gap: ‘We have this frustrating myth that sex is easy and innate’

Is there a story you have told yourself about how sex “should” be? Aoife Drury, psychosexual and relationship…

By Aoife Drury

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LIVING

Lynn Enright: This test is redefining female pleasure in film and TV (and ‘Bridgerton’ passes)

Lynn Enright wonders if 'The Clit Test' has the potential to change the kind of sex we see…

By Lynn Enright

LIVING

Emma Thompson’s new movie covers sex and ageing how ‘And Just Like That’ should have

Emma Thompson's new movie, 'Good Luck to You, Leo Grande', does what 'And Just Like That' fails to…

By Sarah Finnan

Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

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Everything you need to know about Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

After struggling with issues of pain herself, our writer looks at the condition that affects one in three…

By Jennifer McShane

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‘Puberty is a gift from God’: Ireland’s new Catholic sex education is not good enough

When it comes to sex education, children and teenagers don’t need prayers; they need to be able to…

By Lynn Enright

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Porn addiction: ‘It was like having another relationship. It was affecting me physically and I was sneaking around’

Ireland is now the sixth largest consumer of pornography in the world, and while pornography can have benefits,…

By Michelle Heffernan

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Does Only Fans take advantage of women’s economic precarity? Or give back financial power?

Finn McRedmond asks, should we raise concern over a business model that thrives on the economically vulnerable?Covid-19 has…

By Finn McRedmond

Sex education

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Sex education in UK to include FGM, sexting and menstrual health

It wouldn't be unfair to say, that on Irish shores, our current sex education is nothing to boast…

By Jennifer McShane

Painful sex

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When love hurts: Durex’s new ad wants women to talk about painful sex

Being a woman, simply uttering the word "vagina" or "vulva" can prompt a degree of embarrassment, depending on…

By Jennifer McShane