Sexual myths are exaggerated and unscientific ideas on sexual topics that people mistakenly believe to be true. Sex education is the most cost effective intervention to prevent sexual problems and to promote high standards concerning the quality of sexual life. In this study, the sexual beliefs of Turkish university students were evaluated. A 33-question survey form was administered to 290 females and 308 males (total of 598) senior university students. A greater proportion of females than males had received formal education about sexuality. Approximately one-third of the males believed that providing sex education encouraged sexual behavior. More than half of the students believed that marrying a virgin increased sexual satisfaction and that circumcision was important for cleanliness of the penis. The percentages of students who accepted or rejected these myths were similar regardless of whether they were studying social sciences, physical science, and health sciences. Studying the sexual beliefs of adolescents and young people will be beneficial in planning sex education programs as well as determining their content within academic and medical environments.

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This study aimed to determine the attitudes and beliefs of the nursing students toward sexual healthcare and the obstacles they encounter.Methods: This descriptive study included 475 nursing students.Findings: The total Sexual Attitude and Belief Survey score was associated with many characteristics such as nursing year, mothers' educational status; talking about sexuality, receiving sexual health education, the status of clinical sexual health evaluation; having difficulty in providing sexual healthcare to the opposite sex, feeling shy about providing sexual healthcare (p < 0.05).Practice Implications: The result of this study showed that nursing students have negative beliefs and attitudes toward sexual healthcare.

The perception of menopause, menopausal attitudes, and problems faced during this period vary from one society to another. This study was conducted in order to determine the symptoms and perception of menopause, as well as factors affecting and influencing this perception. This study was made with the help of 300 women in menopause who applied to Akdeniz University Research and Application Hospital in January 2007. The study used sociodemographic data from a descriptive survey form. The data were collected by researchers in face-to-face interviews. The mean menopause age of participating women was x = 45.75 ± 4.7. A total of 41.3% of the women had primary education, and 62% of the women also had one or two children. There was a significant relationship between attitudes toward menopause and a woman's age, educational status, number of children, duration of living with spouse, satisfaction with marriage, menopausal age, menopause duration, and sexual intercourse after the menopausal period. The most important aspect of polyclinic services related to menopause is to increase and maintain women's quality of life. In this context, education modules should be developed to help couples perceive menopause in a more positive way.

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