Sex Education
HIV Made Me Fabulous unpacks link between social inequity and sexual health
February 14, 2022By: Yelin Gemma Lee, News Writer SFU health science professors Dr. Allison Carter and Dr. Angela Kaida presented their national study through the short film HIV Made Me Fabulous which premiered publicly for the first time at an online event on November 26, 2021. The researchers conducted a survey with over 1,400 women living with HIV across Canada who were part of the Canadian HIV Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Cohort Study. The Peak spoke to Carter, adjunct professor at SFU faculty of health sciences and senior lecturer at the Kirby Institute to learn more about the study. “We wanted to…
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We need to bring sex ed to post-secondary — Part Two
October 17, 2021by Victoria Lopatka, Staff Writer Content warning: mention of sexual violence in fourth and fifth paragraph Previously, I discussed how sex ed in high school can be terrible, with many students receiving fear-based, inaccurate, and limited lessons. Sex ed at…
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We need to bring sex ed to post-secondary — Part One
October 12, 2021by Victoria Lopatka, Staff Writer The quality and content of your sexual education depends largely on where you grew up and which high school you attended. This leads to discrepancies in how much sexual health knowledge post-secondary students have. In…
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“Sex Education”: a mixed bag of captivating and cringey
October 8, 2021By: Meera Eragoda, Editor-in-Chief Content warning: mention of sexual assault in paragraph four Sex Education returned to Netflix on September 17, 2021 for yet another comedic and, of course, sex-filled season. But it’s becoming a mixed bag of hoaky writing…
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Shows and films with inclusive LGBTQ2S+ representations
February 13, 2021By: Dev Petrovic, Staff Writer Orange Is the New Black (OITNB) A bit of an oldie now, but this show is a classic queer favourite. Based on a novel, the show takes place in a women’s correctional facility and follows…
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Sex Education breaks through the taboo around teenage sex but falls to overplayed clichés
February 17, 2019By: Yelin Gemma Lee Sex Education is a nitty-gritty, in-depth exploration of high schoolers’ sex lives, fully loaded with awkwardness, charming characters, and physical comedy. The new British Netflix show follows Otis, a sexually inexperienced outcast in school whose…
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Five harmful myths and stereotypes about sex perpetuated in film and TV
July 15, 20171. Condoms are always kept in wallets In almost every movie and TV show that includes a sex scene, the guy is always taking the condom out of his wallet. This is portrayed in media as normal, and the best…
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