Sex

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Peak positions: Sex tips from your student paper

Peak Web February 9, 2026

Tired of the same boring old stuff in the bedroom? Hoping to spice things up? Look no further. Here are The Peak’s top horizontal tango positions: The McFogg You’ve probably heard of doggy style. This one’s similar, but with a slight Scottish twist. One partner dons a tam o’ shanter, while the other plays “Highland Cathedral” on the bagpipes. This will have you finishing faster than Scotland’s EU exit, without leaving 73% of citizens dissatisfied. SFU’s independent newspaper since 1969 What do those lips do? Read out loud. That’s what. If you thought anything else, please go ahead and get…

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Men, don’t let the manosphere ruin sex for you

Peak Web March 27, 2025

If there’s one thing the red-pilled manosphere has managed to do with stunning efficiency, it’s strip sex of its joy, intimacy, and social complexity. According to the worldview, sex is nothing more than a transactional function of evolutionary biology, the…

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Love, intimacy, and more in The Peak’s February TV picks

Peak Web February 13, 2025

A love letter to XO, Kitty — Karly Burns, Fact Checker  [caption id="attachment_130766" align="alignnone" width="300"] PHOTO: Courtesy of Awesomeness and ACE Entertainment[/caption] For those who love coming-of-age romance tropes, XO, Kitty will have you feeling butterflies. This spin-off of the…

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ILLUSTRATION: Multiple bodies tangled together, but with eyes looking elsewhere
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Where’s the sexy in sex?

Peak Web February 10, 2025

Not too long ago, right after hooking-up with a guy I met on Tinder, I thought to myself, “Man, that was such a boring interaction.” There were many factors influencing my perception: it was the first time we met, it…

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Breaking the cycle of sexual shame

Peak Web February 14, 2024

Content warning: discussions of sexual trauma. Yes, I’ve cried after sex, often to me for what seems like no reason. I wasn’t crying because the sex was bad, or I was in pain, or I regretted it. I cried because…

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This is a photo from the 2011 Slut Walks in the United Kingdom. Protestors are holding a large banner that reads “We Demand Sex Worker’s Rights,” in red font.
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By Us, For Us reports pressing circumstances faced by BC sex workers

Peak Web May 16, 2023

The By Us, For Us project surveyed over 200 sex workers across Metro Vancouver and Southern Vancouver Island; it highlights essential topics like the COVID-19 pandemic, the criminalization of sex work, the ongoing overdose crisis, and the national inquiry into…

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The ongoing campaign for free contraception by AccessBC

Peak Web February 16, 2023

AccessBC’s campaign has been at the forefront in fighting for access to contraceptives in BC. In a statement to The Peak, a spokesperson for the ministry of health said AccessBC’s advocacy is welcome and “our government is committed to making…

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Our conversations about sex lack nuance and perspective

Peak Web February 14, 2023

I learned about sex for the first time at the ripe young age of five, when my kindergarten class had a presentation on the reproductive system. I continued to learn and hear about sex all through elementary and high school,…

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Analyzing the lack of queer representation in reality dating shows

Peak Web February 14, 2023

Reality dating shows have a huge influence. With 52 seasons of The Bachelor franchise, it’s safe to say that audiences are heavily invested in all the messiness and cheesiness the genre delivers. Newer series like Love is Blind, Singles Inferno,…

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Learn more about sexual health resources on the SFU campus

Peak Web February 14, 2023

The week of February 14–18 marks the annual Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Week in Canada. A survey designed by the Sex Information and Education Council of Canada was conducted by the Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality in January 2021.…

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