Legalization of Family Planning Legalization of family planning and reproductive rights for women took a great step forward in 1965, when the U.S. Supreme Court, in Griswold v. Connecticut, struck down state laws prohibiting the use of contraceptives by married couples. The decision paved the way for the nearly unanimous acceptance of contraception that now [...]

Taoism Taoism is an ancient Chinese teaching that offers insight and guidance in the art of living a harmonious life. There are Tao teachings с health, spirituality, and sexuality. The Tao teaches that sex is necessary for the general health of all people. To deny the sexual energy in the body can create health problems. [...]

How each of us expresses our sexuality depends on our understanding of it. We learn about from our families, our peers, the media, schools government, and our personal experiences. This mix is very different for each of us. That is why each of us has an understanding of our sexuality that different from other people’s. [...]

Birth to Two Years Old Children learn about sexuality from the day they are born. By constantly observing the people who care for them—what they do and how they act—infants pick up lots of information about themselves. Babies feel secure or insecure by: • the way they are held and touched • the way they [...]

Sexual Orientation. Sexual orientation refers to the gender to which a person is physically and emotionally attracted. Someone who is sexually attracted to people of the other gender is called heterosexual or straight. People who are attracted to others of their own gender are called homosexual or gay. Gay women are also called lesbians. Those [...]

We still do not know just why allergic reactions occur. But we do know what happens to the person with an allergy. The substance to which he is allergic may be something he eats, breathes in with the air, touches, or is given as an injection. The bronchial tubes, the skin, and the mucous membranes [...]

Under this heading, I discuss diseases of the coronary arteries— the vital blood vessels of the heart. Arteriosclerosis (hardening) of the coronary arteries impairs the heart because it affects the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle. It narrows their diameter, making it difficult for the blood to flow through. It also causes irregularities [...]

Children are usually more susceptible to colds than adults. It is not the cold itself that you have to worry about, but what a cold may lead to if it is not completely cured. There are many things you can do to reduce the frequency of a child’s colds. He should not be allowed to [...]

The majority of people in our culture assume a certain position during coitus; but this is only a matter of custom. There is no reason to believe that any position is the right one if another method is desirable because of health, relative size, or individual preference. The purposes of the different positions are to [...]

The sex glands, or gonads The gonads—from the Creek word gonos, meaning seed—consist of the testicles in men and the ovaries in women. Besides producing sperm and egg cells, the sex glands make the hormones that are responsible for the special characteristics of the male and female. The female sex glands The female sex glands [...]