Posted On: January 7, 2011
This article first appeared on The Online Citizen. As the Lion City’s only clinical sexologist with a doctorate in human sexuality, I have often been asked by journalists, friends, and complete strangers to share my thoughts about what I felt was my most bizarre/ interesting/ fulfilling case. I could become the next media darling or […]
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Posted On: January 6, 2011
This article first appeared on Good Vibrations Magazine. According to a new research study in the UK, more than 60 percent of British women in relationships do not feel comfortable eating in front of their partner, and almost half get shy when undressing. Also, four in ten women feel as though they are ‘always dieting’ […]
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Posted On: January 3, 2011
This article first appeared on Good Vibrations Magazine. A free clinic offering sex education and advice for youths in Shanghai, China, which operated in the city for five years, has closed because it was not attracting enough visitors. Operated under the Shanghai International Peace Maternal and Child Health Hospital, the clinic was set up to […]
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Posted On: January 2, 2011
This article first appeared on Good Vibrations Magazine. For the second time this year, fashion magazine Elle finds itself caught in a racial controversy after reportedly whitening the skin of Bollywood superstar Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in the photograph that appears on its cover. Readers reacted with anger after it was suggested that the fashion magazine […]
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Posted On: December 28, 2010
This article first appeared on The Online Citizen. During my training to be a sexologist, I was confused by the differences between PE, DE, and ED. They are, namely, premature ejaculation, delayed ejaculation and erectile dysfunction or disorder, respectively. Later, I realised it was just as confusing for the men who have sexual concerns. Hopefully, […]
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Posted On: December 27, 2010
The trailer of the new Singaporean film ‘When Hainan Meets Teochew’ was enough to persuade me that I had to watch it. The movie was premised as a romantic comedy between a ‘manly’ woman, and a ‘womanly’ man, as opposed to the usual Hollywood cliché where a handsome man meets a pretty lady and […]
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Posted On: December 24, 2010
This article first appeared in the December 2010 issue of Ezyhealth. Click on image to read.
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Posted On: December 22, 2010
This article was first published on The Online Citizen. Released in 1992, ‘The Best Things in Life Are Free’ is a song by Janet Jackson and Luther Vandross. The song went to number one on the R&B singles chart and debuted at number 24 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 the week of May 30, […]
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Posted On: December 20, 2010
This article first appeared on the Good Vibrations Magazine. I got married on Thursday. It is my second marriage. I am just putting the word out there for those who wonder how one can be a clinical sexologist and not be married. I was previously married for a period of five years. This is an […]
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Posted On: December 16, 2010
This article first appeared on The Online Citizen. I am a sexologist. Since I am the only one with this unique combination of qualification and training in Singapore, there exists a lot of confusion about what exactly a sexologist does within our little city/state. Not only that, I have my share of detractors who think I am a […]
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Posted On: November 30, 2010
This article first appeared on The Online Citizen. Have you heard of the expression, “Men don’t grow up; their toys just get bigger and more expensive.”? True, since adult men don’t talk of Matchbox cars, but full-sized motorized ones. What of their electronic devices and gadgets from the iPhone, Wii, mp3 players, to laptops? While […]
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Posted On: November 25, 2010
Written by Andrew Loh, the current Editor of The Online Citizen. Posted on his Facebook under Notes on 22 Nov 2010 and reposted here with permission. “When Ravi Philemon first told me he’d asked Martha to write for us (and that she’s agreed), I was rather intrigued. I’d come across Martha’s website – https://www.eroscoaching.com/ – […]
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