HEALTH INTIMACY
& SEXUALITY
My experience of intimacy and sexuality
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APPS
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(2020) Article detailing three apps which aim to help with problems of intimacy and sexuality.
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VIDEO
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(2015) by Thames valley police. Wonderfully simple animation to understand consent​ in intimate relationships​.
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(2020) a series of videos by Betty Martin. Learn to distinguish between the roles of allowing, accepting, taking and serving in touch.
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10 things you didn't know about orgasm
Ted talk (2009) by Mary Roach. Fun and educational talk about healthy sexual functioning (warning contains adult themes.) ​​
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(2015) by Sasha Neulinger. Moving video description of one person coming to terms with being sexually abused as a child.
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(2020) Watch how fifty different couples negotiate the end of real intimate relationships. Compelling and life affirming.
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(2015) by Monica Lewinsky. Describes how we can endure shame associated with our sexuality and recover.
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(2015) pop video by Galantis. Joyful celebration of healthy adult sexuality.
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(1986) by Victoria Wood. Joyful celebration of the complexities of healthy adult sexuality.
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(1997) by Victoria Wood. Humorous vocal account of being asexual in a sexual world.
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Shirley Valentine
(1989) 'An extraordinary woman trapped in an ordinary life,' joyful trailer for this wonderful film of self discovery.
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Written
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Is my wife's masturbation killing our sex life?
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(2020) short story by Alan Bennett. A moving tale of an incestuous mother and son relationship.
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My porn life
(2020) article by Tracy Clark Florey. 'Fully grown adults routinely fail to grasp the distinction between fantasy and reality... Fantasies are an escape hatch – and so much more.They can symbolically process hopes and fears, pleasure and trauma.... (Promoting a) culture that allowed for nuanced, expansive discussions of sex.'
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