Sex

'Without able-bodied women I'd never have sex'

Sex, Disability, and Sex and Disability
Disability and sex is a topic around which there are a lot of misconceptions, but what do disabled people think when people get awkward talking about sex with them?

What sex can teach us about the past

The documents, clues and artifacts from our past, are helping our future.
The documents, clues and artifacts from our past, are helping our future.

Sex historians Kate Lister and Fern Riddell discuss sexology with presenter Matthew Sweet. 

This discussion is taken from the Free Thinking episode 'How we talk about sex and women's bodies' on BBC Radio 3. 

Video by Howard Timberlake

Why we're fascinated by the orgasm

In recent centuries, sex has become an awkward topic, but is that really the whole story?
Once upon a time, sex was discussed more openly than it is now. But is that really the whole story?

Sex historians Kate Lister and Fern Riddell discuss sexology with presenter Matthew Sweet.

This discussion is taken from the Free Thinking episode 'How we talk about sex and women's bodies' on BBC Radio 3.

Video by Howard Timberlake
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