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NORMAL’s Guide to Moving on After a Break-up

Breakups are incredibly common and often really difficult - here's how to process the emotions, reflect and move on in a healthy way, whichever...

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The wonderful world of sexology

The wonderful world of sexology

Sexology in the 1800s Johann Bachofen’s version of human history read a little different to most. In 1861, he published his theory of cultural evolution in Das Mutterrecht, or ‘Mother Right’....

Sex, gender, and sexuality - what's the difference?

Sex, gender, and sexuality - what's the difference?

It can feel overwhelming to be faced with a litany of new words that talk about our bodies and what we do with them. Sex, gender, sexuality, gender and sexual...

Premature ejaculation: it’s more common than you think

Premature ejaculation: it’s more common than you think

Premature ejaculation—otherwise known as ‘coming too soon’—is common. It’s so common, in fact, that one in three men1 will experience it during their lifetimes. But let’s be honest: this common...

NORMAL's Shame-Free Guide To STIs

NORMAL's Shame-Free Guide To STIs

STIs—or sexually transmitted infections—are infections that are spread through sexual activity. This includes sharing bodily fluids (kissing, oral sex, rimming, sharing sex toys, unprotected/condomless sex) and skin-to-skin contact (scissoring, penetrative sex,...

How to access the sexual healthcare you need

How to access the sexual healthcare you need

Let’s be real: the quality of healthcare in Australia is excellent. But accessing it can be really tough. There are heaps of reasons why people might find it difficult to...

A primer on pain during sex

A primer on pain during sex

Sex can be full of so many feelings: pleasure, intimacy, raunchiness, and even surprise. But there’s one feeling we don’t often talk about with regards to sex, and that’s pain....

What It's Like to Recover From Vaginismus

What It's Like to Recover From Vaginismus

I have been listening to bad stories about sex my entire life. There’s the childhood sex education that said sex was meant to be nice - but to my young...

Vulvodynia, vaginismus, and the reality of having a ‘depressed vagina’

Vulvodynia, vaginismus, and the reality of having a ‘depressed vagina’

Here’s What It Means To Have Vulvodynia Or Vaginismus Anyone who grew up watching Sex and the City will recall the episode in which Charlotte was diagnosed with a depressed vagina. Itching,...

There's No Normal Down There (an Anatomy Lesson)

There's No Normal Down There (an Anatomy Lesson)

Why there’s no such thing as ‘normal’ down there Most of us probably studied anatomy in high school—or at the very least, we remember that the foot bone is connected...

The 10 most common myths about anal sex, debunked

The 10 most common myths about anal sex, debunked

There are heaps of myths out there about anal sex. A couple of them are based in truth, but many of them are totally false and might actually be preventing...