Civics in the Suburbs

Civics roughs

Civics roughs

Sex in the suburbs.

BACKGROUND Many suburban sexual health clinics exist in Australasia. However, sexual health research has hitherto been restricted to populations from major metropolitan centres. OBJECTIVE To describe the demographic, sexual characteristics and presenting diagnoses of 6521 new patients attending a sexual health clinic in the western suburbs of Sydney (New South Wales). DISCUSSION Patients or...

Civics and Health

Civics and Health. By William H. Allen, with an introduction by William 1. Sedgwick. .Boston and New York. Ginn and Company, 1909. Pp. xi -f411. "Civics and Health" is just what the publishers have called it, a "handbook on getting things done." It is a splendid campaign document. Not the least of its merits is its easy quotability. We shall search through it in vain for any admission that ther...

(de)sexing the Suburbs

Sex work and the operation of brothels in Perth (WA) remains an 'illegal' activity. Despite this, brothels manage to continue to operate in the Perth metropolitan area, with most 'formal' brothels located within the inner city-suburban ring. In recent years, there has been a rise in the presence of 'discrete' brothels, i.e. so-called therapeutic massage parlours that are alleged to offer sexual...