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Surviving sex work on the streets

In care at four, on the streets at nine, Charmaine has had a traumatic journey to reach life as it is now: no drugs, no sex work, looking after her mum, and enjoying her grandchildren. Here she writes honestly about her past.

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Virtual reality and the fix of the future

Virtual reality, with its complex sensory tricks, takes us beyond the real world. Find out how these potentially addictive experiences can harm us – or might even have therapeutic uses.

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Nymphomania and hypersexuality in women and men

The history of nymphomania is closely bound with society's views on women and their sexuality.

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Acid and the sexual psychonauts

How LSD fuelled one woman’s journey of sexual self-discovery in the late 1950s.

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  • A warning in Italian green lettering about seeking advice about drug addiction with a warning not to start taking drugs; one of a series of safe sex posters from a 'Stop AIDS' poster campaign by Aiuto AIDS Svizzero, in collaboration with the Office of Public Health. Colour lithograph.
  • A winged woman with a skull as her head, standing in a man's pelvis, holding in one hand a bow and in the other a man's severed head. Soft ground etching by Félicien Rops.
  • An orange background bearing the white message "Your doctor has a duty of confidentiality. And you have freedom of speech on AIDS, sexuality and drug problems"; an advertisement by the FMH / BAG in association with the Swiss Physicians and Swiss Federal Office of Public Health.
  • A warning in Italian brown lettering about drug problems and AIDS; one of a series of safe sex posters from a 'Stop AIDS' poster campaign by Aiuto AIDS Svizzero, in collaboration with the Office of Public Health. Colour lithograph.
  • A warning in Italian purple lettering that 'Drugs exist. Talk about it'; one of a series of safe sex posters from a 'Stop AIDS' poster campaign by Aiuto AIDS Svizzero, in collaboration with the Office of Public Health. Colour lithograph.
  • A message in German purple lettering that drug problems must not be ignored but dealt with; one of a series of posters from a 'Stop AIDS' campaign by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz in collaboration with the Office of Federal Health. Colour lithograph.
  • A warning in German purple about drug problems, AIDS and youths; one of a series of safe sex posters from a 'Stop AIDS' poster campaign by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz, in collaboration with the Office of Public Health. Colour lithograph.
  • A message in German that drug problems concern everyone; one of a series of posters from a 'Stop AIDS' campaign by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz in collaboration with the Office of Federal Health. Colour lithograph.
  • A message in German blue lettering that drug problems must not be ignored but dealt with; one of a series of posters from a 'Stop AIDS' campaign by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz in collaboration with the Office of Federal Health. Colour lithograph.
  • Sins and subsequent punishment in Hell. Chromolithograph.
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