Posted On: January 4, 2012
This article first appeared in the September 2011 issue of Health and Beauty magazine, Malaysia. Dr Martha Lee is Founder and Clinical Sexologist of Eros Coaching in Singapore. She is a certified sexuality educator with AASECT (American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists), as well as certified sexologist with ACS (American College of Sexologists). […]
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Posted On: January 3, 2012
The following is my letter to the Straits Times Forum page and the Today newspaper. On 27 December 2011, Yahoo Singapore reported how the New Paper had reported that the Ministry of Education “has drafted a revised Sexuality Education Programme (SEP) to boost emphasis on abstinence over contraception.” I read with great dismay that the […]
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Posted On: January 2, 2012
This article first appeared on PublicHouse.sg. This is part four of a four-part series on sexual consent. The other pieces can be found here: Sexual consent: When no is no; Sexually Confused: When No is a Game; and No Go: Too Drunk to Consent. In early December, paparazzi pictures of 19-year-old Hong Kong starlet, Rose […]
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Posted On: January 1, 2012
“I was rather nervous when I was about to have our first session. I did not know what to expect. But I must say I was really surprise to see a very gentle and demure lady. I felt awkward and thought would she be able to talk about sexual issues? As we started the discussion, […]
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Posted On: January 1, 2012
This article first appeared in the October 2011 issue of Health & Beauty magazine published in Malaysia. Click image to enlarge/ read. Dr Martha Lee is Founder and Clinical Sexologist of Eros Coaching in Singapore. She is a certified sexuality educator with AASECT (American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists), as well as certified […]
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Posted On: December 27, 2011
This article first appeared on PublicHouse.sg. It started as a post on my Facebook: “Please comment: What I want for Christmas is…” The answers came fast and furious ranging from: More positive sexuality: “Comprehensive Sex Education Programs in Public Schools!” for Dorian Gomez, Art Director & Resident Curator at Erotic Heritage Museum of Las Vegas. […]
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Posted On: December 22, 2011
This article first appeared on PublicHouse.sg. During the presentation “Promoting Consent, Preventing Coercion” by AWARE as part of SlutTalk on Saturday 3 December, I shared for the first time, how years ago, a male friend rebuffed me when I suggested we went clubbing. Me: “Hey, we should go clubbing together one of these days!” His […]
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Posted On: December 22, 2011
Day/ Date What JAN Sat 9, 15 Jan – Conducted With a Bang workshops, a project for Health Promotion Board FEB Tues 1 Feb – Launch of 1st Febulove Campaign www.febulove.com. It returns 1 Feb 2012. Tues 9, 16, Fri 25 Feb – Completed 1st Manifest the Love of your Life workshop Fri 11 and […]
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Posted On: December 21, 2011
These videos have nothing to do with sex but your relationship with the first people in your life: your parents. We have been so busy growing up, we sometimes forget that they are getting old. When was the last time you expressed your love to your parents? After all these years, it is still hard […]
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Posted On: December 20, 2011
“This was a very enlightening day trip as I witnessed first-hand the painstaking process that goes behind making a condom – from the creation of those thin rubber sheaths to how they’re finally packaged. You won’t believe the amount of work that goes into ensuring sure your rubbers are safe-to-use! Props to the factory staff […]
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Posted On: December 13, 2011
This article first appeared on PublicHouse.sg. As a follow up to an earlier piece “Sexual Consent: When no is really no“, I would like to discuss when the act of saying no is actually a game women play; or, when no is actually a heavily coded yes. When I first read this piece “No” Means […]
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Posted On: December 12, 2011
This article first appeared on PublicHouse.sg. Recently, there has been a lot of discussion about what sexual consent means. As part of SlutWalk Singapore, a fringe event entitled, “Silence Does Not Mean Consent”, was held on Sunday 27 November. AWARE, Singapore’s only gender-equality advocacy group, released two information leaflets: “What is consent?”, as well as […]
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