The Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University, Victoria, developed this national resource for the Australian National Council for AIDS, Hepatitis C and Related Diseases (ANCAHRD). It is provided here with permission from the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. Sexuality education provided at these age and …

Profile Articles Activity Jennifer Power is a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University. Her …

Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University Abstract Objective: To review the content, method and process of the Australian Study of Health and Relationships (ASHR). Results: ASHR achieved a large sample, a high response rate and documented the sexual life histories and current sexual health-related knowledge, attitudes and practices of the Australian …

Using twelve measures of objectification, I measured the degree to which women are objectified in mainstream pornographic videos in Australia. Seven of the measures allowed for direct comparison of female and male objectification. Of these, one shows women being more objectified than men (presence of orgasms, where women have fewer orgasms).

Private Lives 3 (PL3) is the third iteration of the Private Lives surveys. PL3 is Australia’s largest national survey of the health and wellbeing of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people to date. It was conducted by the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS) at La Trobe University.

This study of the casual sexual partnering of 570 male and 776 female Australian high school students on a schoolies week vacation expands on earlier research on factors that influence the sexual activity of vacationing youth. Over 60% of the men and nearly 40% of the women who engaged in sexual intercourse during

The Australian Study of Health and Relationships (ASHR), a survey of 19,307 people aged 16–59 years which had a broad focus across many aspects of sexual and reproductive health. Our primary goal in presenting these data is to describe the overall prevalence of key outcomes and the ways in which they are patterned with respect to a range of sociodemographic factors.

Intersex Human Rights Australia receives a large volume of requests for research subjects, and requests to promote and distribute research surveys seeking intersex participants. We favour community-based participatory research that recognises the distinct nature and concerns of people born with variations of sex characteristics.

Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society Our mission, aims and history Social research in sexuality, health and the social dimensions of human relationships.

THE SEX HABITS OF MEN AND WOMEN The survey, which took place between the 12th and 19th of February, revealed that Australians are having sex twice a week on average and Saturday is the most common