Sex
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Kiss chaste: number of high school boys in Japan who have had first kiss falls to record lows
Polls showing downward trend in kissing indicates a move away from ‘real physical sexual activity’ that could …
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Girls Will Be Girls review – sexual awakening in Indian boarding school is poised and plausible
Preeti Panigrahi is excellent as Mira, a prefect dealing with first love and, unusually, sex, as she navigates…
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Thai conservatives vow to legalise sex toys in bid to shake up election
Freedom to use devices could curb prostitution, divorce and sex-related crimes, says Democrat party politician…
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Share your views on Indonesia’s new laws criminalising sex outside marriage
We’d like to hear from people living in or who are planning to visit Indonesia what their views are on the cou…
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Sex, laughs and the snip: an audience with Thailand’s ‘Condom King’
Thailand’s population growth has slowed dramatically since the 60s, with a little help from Mechai Viravaidya’…
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‘My crime is I fell in love’: should India rethink tough laws on underage sex?
Laws intended to tackle child abuse are resulting in young men in consensual relationships being imprisoned. A…
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Japan’s ‘love hotels’ accused of anti-gay discrimination
Same-sex couples say hotels make excuses to turn them away despite 2018 law changeIn May this year, at the hei…
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The art of tantra: is there more to it than marathon sex and massages?
The west reduced tantra to a quest for sexual liberation and wellness. But a new show charts its darker depths…
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‘Love and desire’: how erotic poetry is helping Afghans through lockdown
A new generation of poets in Afghanistan is exploring the physical side of love – and isolation is their inspi…
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Global condom shortage looms as coronavirus shuts down production
World’s biggest producer says lockdown has already caused shortfall of 100m condomsCoronavirus – latest update…