Kim Alexander
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 11/2/2023
Beyond ‘no means no’: Creating a culture of consent
Keep these tools in mind when considering the complicated nature of consent. - 9/27/2023
“Protecting children”
A colleague of mine was worried that the curriculum teaches about sexual orientation, because “he doesn’t believe in that.” - 9/6/2023
How best to think about herpes
About one in six people have genital herpes, and most of them have no idea. - 8/10/2023
Non-monogamous patients: From infidelity to polycules
I sometimes joke that my children’s university tuition has been paid by midlife relationship instability because I see so many people in their forties and fifties who test HPV positive. - 7/6/2023
Patients heading into a hedonistic summer? A refresh on STI and pregnancy prevention
Human beings are generally terrible at abstinence, so a harm-reduction approach is our best bet for keeping our patients safer. If you don’t ask the questions, you’ll never know who needs to hear the answers. - 6/6/2023
Genderbread
About a year ago a colleague asked me why people have pronouns in their email signature. He thought that perhaps it was a signal that they were interested in dating and signalling the gender of their preferred partner. - 5/3/2023
Genital hygiene 101: A class a lot of adults need to retake
Patients (and some physicians) think that genital hygiene products are useful but the reality is that the industry exploits a marketing strategy designed to turn shame and insecurity about sexuality into profit.
