As a scholar with ties in both humanities and medicine, I'm always interested when those realms intersect. Medical understanding of sexuality has been heavily influenced by …
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Sex biology redefined: Article suggests that genes don’t indicate binary sexes
The scenario many of us learned in school is that two X chromosomes make someone female, and an X and a Y chromosome make someone male. These are simplistic ways of thinking about what is scientifically very complex.
The scenario many of us learned in school is that two X chromosomes make someone female, and an X and a Y chromosome make someone male. These are simplistic ways of thinking about what is scientifically very complex.
Changing the prevailing attitude about AIDS, gender and reproductive health in southern Africa
During the 1990s and early 2000s, HIV/AIDS pummeled through southern Africa killing thousands. Although the epidemic has abated somewhat, the disease is still spreading through …