Porn has never been more available than it is now. Young people can access porn on their phones, in magazines, on the internet and on the TV. Young people either watch porn willingly to explore and learn about sex and sexuality (rightly or wrongly), or are curious occasional consumers, or are exposed to it without[…]
On Sunday 11th December I’ll be taking part in an interview and Q&A after a screening of the film ‘Weird Science’ (showing at 2.30pm). It’s at the Clapham Picture House and it’s part of the CineSci series, you can read more about this here It’s a story about two adolescent young men who use their[…]
Dear Colleague It’s World Aids Day on Thursday. Below is a free factsheet, and images to use as a slideshow, from me. Feel free to print out and photocopy. Please do not put this on your own website though. It’s based on my piece at bishUK.com which you can see here Whilst you’re here, why[…]
Buy over £50 worth of Bish Leaflets by the end of December and receive a free product download of the Bish Posters and Stickers, worth £3.95 (see here). An innovative and cost effective way to give young people access to high quality sex and relationships education. To order simply email justin at bishtraining.com
In a young person’s clinic I work at, we have lots of magazines in the waiting area for clients to read while they are waiting to see us. Young people like reading them but I always have concerns about the seemingly perfect images of people/models/actors etc that they contain. I think that we don’t give[…]
It is important to reflect on our practice and offer a service which meets the needs of young men as much as young women. When we have achieved this (or taken steps to do this) we need to promote what we are doing effectively, as well as be very, very patient… When we successfully deliver[…]
Working With Young Men in Contraceptive and Sexual Health Settings 4 Young men can attend our services full of anxiety which can be accompanied by an exhibition of macho behaviours. The way that we communicate with young men in services needs to demonstrate that we value them, that we understand what they want from the service,[…]
Sometimes traditional methods of service provision can make working with young men more difficult. Registration, triage, the emphasis on diagnosis and treatment and one-to-one work can cause problems with groups of young men wanting a quick and easy access to condoms and check-ups. Here are some suggestions for practical strategies to overcome these challenges. One[…]
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