In this episode I look at the history of sexual health, our attitudes towards it and how we things have changed over the last 100 years.
TW: use of sexual language and references to adult themes.
HPV: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/human-papilloma-virus-hpv
Shame and STIs: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8297218/
Philadelphia trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKDz2LVHz0Y
Venereal Disease bill 1916: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11589807/
Dr Kellogg: https://www.history.com/news/dr-john-kellogg-cereal-wellness-wacky-sanitarium-treatments
Erectile dysfunction and heart disease: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/erectile-dysfunction/in-depth/erectile-dysfunction/art-20045141
Pfizer propagated the term erectile dysfunction to replace ‘impotence’:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-12-11/the-little-blue-pill-an-oral-history-of-viagra?leadSource=uverify wall
LARCs and teenage pregnancy: https://www.england.nhs.uk/atlas_case_study/increasing-the-uptake-of-long-acting-reversible-contraception-larc-in-general-practice/
Young men, erectile issues and pornography: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8569536/
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