Sex after 50

Headlines about STDs among older people skirt one of the last taboos – that it's not just the young who have fulfilling sex lives

Stop this slut-shaming

Laurie Penny: The word sexualisation is a troubling cultural shorthand – it sends girls an unhelpful message

Men off the hook with HIV gel

Paul McNally: A new gel designed to help prevent the spread of HIV may be used to pander to male irresponsibility over safe sex

Fifty years of the pill

Since it was introduced in 1960, the pill has been blamed for promiscuity, hideous side-effects and even destroying marriage. But the world's most popular oral contraceptive has also liberated millions of women. Is it time we showed our gratitude?

South Africa, Aids and the World Cup

Alice Klein: Don't blame women for South Africa's Aids problem: it's the men who pay for sex and a government that makes prostitution illegal