Use of euphemisms among English-Chinese female bilinguals by Cheng, Hilda Yi Wei

“…The purpose of this study is to look at how English-Chinese bilinguals use euphemisms when describing taboo topics. 20 English-Chinese bilingual undergraduates from Singapore and China were asked to describe pictures that depicted scenes of defecation, menstruation and sexual intercourse as these topics are usually referred to with euphemisms, especially in public. …”
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Prediction condom usage intention : the role of protection motivation amongst homosexual and heterosexual males by Cai, Chengji, Chan, Desmond Kangsheng, Yang, Xinrong

“…The number of individuals infected with the HIV/AIDS continues to rise at an alarming rate in the world, as well as in Singapore. Sexual intercourse amongst heterosexual and homosexual males remains the main mode of transmission of the virus. …”
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Coming to terms with not coming : meanings, lived realities, & sexual identities of young women by Masagoes Agoes, Masayoe Nabilah

“…Even in a contemporary, postfeminist environment of heightened sexual awareness and liberty, the orgasm gap persists to plague heterosexual women in their penetrative sexual intercourse experiences. Yet, relatively little social science research has inquired how women, particularly young women, make sense of and around sexual pleasure, and how these meanings influence their identities as sexual beings. …”
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Investigating body constitution and infertility: a Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective by Lim, Chloe Chin Ching

“…Infertility is the inability to get pregnant after one year of regular and unprotected sexual intercourse, affecting 15% of couples in Singapore. …”
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On Zhang Jingsheng’s sexual discourse : women’s liberation and translated discourses on sexual differences in 1920s China by Hee, Wai Siam

“…Zhang Jingsheng highly valued eugenics and “aesthetic sexual intercourse,” and he attempted to use sex education to improve Chinese people’s innate physical weakness and their “androgynous” sexual characteristics. …”
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“性育”的底线：以张竞生主编的《新文化》月刊为中心 = The bottom-line of “sex education” : focusing on the Journal New Culture, edited by Zhang Jingsheng... by 許维贤 Hee, Wai Siam

“….＂ Zhang Jingsheng accords great value to ＂eugenics＂ and ＂aesthetic sexual intercourse,＂ including the ＂sex education,＂ based upon which he tries to make improvements in Chinese people's innate physical weakness and ＂neither male nor female＂ ＂sex＂ characteristics; and with touted ＂aesthetic education＂ on all of the basic aspects of life, he attempts to remedy and correct the lacked or inverted masculinity and femininity in Chinese men's and women's ＂gender.＂ He also makes his comments on how to save and cure those ＂sex perverts＂ identified in Chinese men's and women's ＂sexualities,＂ the information of which he collected from and analyzed in the articles solicited on the topic of ＂Sexual Histories＂ as well as the letters to ＂New Culture.＂ Finally, this article compares ＂New Culture＂ with those discourses or translated discourses on sexual difference published in other Chinese magazines in the twenties, and concludes that ＂New Culture＂ seems to have a group of writers holding ＂unified＂ opinions on the issues of ＂homosexual love＂ and ＂sexual aesthetics＂ and seems less tolerant of differing opinions than magazines like ＂The Chinese Educational Review, The Ladies' Journal,＂ and ＂New Women…”
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