HEALTH INTIMACY
& SEXUALITY
APPS
(2020) Article detailing three apps which aim to help with problems of intimacy and sexuality.
VIDEO
(2015) by Thames valley police. Wonderfully simple animation to understand consent in intimate relationships.
(2020) a series of videos by Betty Martin. Learn to distinguish between the roles of allowing, accepting, taking and serving in touch.
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.)
(2015) by Sasha Neulinger. Moving video description of one person coming to terms with being sexually abused as a child.
(2020) Watch how fifty different couples negotiate the end of real intimate relationships. Compelling and life affirming.
(2015) by Monica Lewinsky. Describes how we can endure shame associated with our sexuality and recover.
(2015) pop video by Galantis. Joyful celebration of healthy adult sexuality.
(1986) by Victoria Wood. Joyful celebration of the complexities of healthy adult sexuality.
(1997) by Victoria Wood. Humorous vocal account of being asexual in a sexual world.
Shirley Valentine
(1989) 'An extraordinary woman trapped in an ordinary life,' joyful trailer for this wonderful film of self discovery.
Written
Is my wife's masturbation killing our sex life?
(2020) short story by Alan Bennett. A moving tale of an incestuous mother and son relationship.
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.'
