The Center for Sexual Health Promotion celebrating 10th anniversary with a visit from Dr. Ruth
Indiana University’s Center for Sexual Health Promotion is celebrating its 10th anniversary with special guest Dr. Ruth. Ruth Westheimer, better known as “Dr. Ruth,” will visit the Buskirk-Chumley Theater Sept. 14 to discuss a life spent in sex education as part of the Bloomington Sex Salon, a monthly community-based speaker series on the topic of […]
Debby Herbenick elected president of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists
Debby Herbenick, director of IU’s Center for Sexual Health Promotion and associate professor in the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, has been elected president of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists. Herbenick, who will start her tenure July 1, is the first person from IU to hold this position in the […]
Two IU faculty members serve as co-producers for Sundance documentary
Guest post courtesy of IU Communications colleague Milana Katic: Debby Herbenick, associate professor in the Department of Applied Health Science at the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington and Bryant Paul, associate professor in the Department of Telecommunications at IU’s Media School, are receiving co-producer credits in a documentary that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on […]
Optional campus sexual health survey to hit student emails this week
Guest post courtesy of IU Communications colleague Milana Katic: The Center for Sexual Health and Promotion at Indiana University’s School of Public Health-Bloomington will be sending out the Campus Sexual Health Survey to IU student email addresses starting this week. The survey is completely optional and will be addressing a range of sexual health issues relevant […]
Female condoms?
With an initial grant of $100,000 for her research project, “Development and Testing of the Female Pleasure Condom,” IU sex researcher Debby Herbenick and her collaborator, if successful, will be in the running for a follow-up grant of up to $1 million from Grand Challenges Explorations, a global health initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Advice on talking with children about sex and consent
Debby Herbenick, co-director of the Center for Sexual Health Promotion in the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, offers parents and guardians some nuts-and-bolts tips in this New York Times article that discusses talking with children about sex and the important topic of giving and receiving consent. Think your kids are too young? (And don’t […]
A visit to the Bloomington Sex Salon — what’s in it for you?
Guest post by IU Newsroom colleague Jaclyn Lansbery. Women’s perceptions of their genitals, masturbation, bisexuality and erotic art — these are just a few of the topics on tap at the Bloomington Sex Salon. The Bloomington Sex Salon began in February as a monthly discussion series led by Debby Herbenick, co-director of the Center for […]
Making sex normal — one picture at a time
Are Americas obsessed with sex? It’s always in the news, from the fast-paced national discussion about same-sex marriage (I like “marriage equality”) and hardcore political maneuvering to shut down Planned Parenthood clinics, to “news” articles about Hollywood crotch shots (really, Anne Hathaway?). What Americans need to do, says Indiana University sex researcher Debby Herbenick, is […]
