Vulvas and vaginas are pink

Posted On: May 26, 2010

This article first appeared on The Online Citizen where I am a contributor. I didn’t know I had a vulva until I went to sex school. Don’t get me wrong. Of course, I do have a vulva (pronounced as ‘vuhl-vah’) and a vagina (pronounced ‘vha-gine-a’). I just didn’t know what they were called. I couldn’t […]

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Sex is not the same as sitting for the ‘10-year series’

Posted On: May 19, 2010

This article first appeared on The Online Citizen where I am a contributor. I tell my clients that sex is not the same as sitting for the ‘10-year series‘. For those who don’t know, the 10-year series is a colloquial term unique to Singapore where students refer to official compilation books of examination papers for the […]

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Don’t lie back and think of England

Posted On: May 14, 2010

This same article first appeared in The Online Citizen. I am surprised that, in this day and age, I still am asked: “What can women do in bed besides lying back and thinking of England?” In case you are not familiar with this expression, it is an English saying with roughly the same meaning as […]

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Why I Became a Sexologist

Posted On: May 4, 2010

First published on The Online Citizen. If there is one question I am asked almost every time I meet somebody new, it is this: “Why did you become a sexologist?” Even complete strangers on Facebook find it is their business to pose one-liner questions along the lines of: “Is your job for real?” Occasionally my […]

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Vaginismus – When a Woman’s Body Says ‘No’

Posted On: April 23, 2010

Recently a girlfriend admitted that until she met me, she had always thought that vaginismus was a myth – a disease that was made up, or had been eradicated in the ’80s, and most definitely did not exist in modern day. In fact, vaginismus is a very real sexual concern that women experience, and more […]

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The elephant in the bedroom: Talking about sex

Posted On: April 17, 2010

This article first appeared on The Online Citizen. For most people, sex is a sensitive and difficult subject to talk about. Click here to read the article I wrote for The Online Citizen. For most people, sex is a sensitive and difficult subject to talk about. I have come across a man who, after 15 […]

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Still out of bounds? by The Star

Posted On: March 14, 2010

I partnered with holistic shop and therapy centre, ‘The Violet Flame’ in giving a preview in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia last month. The Star attended the talk and interviewed me subsequently. This is the article which just appeared on Saturday, 13 March. ************ In a land of taboos, an unassuming woman decides to follow the path […]

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