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(Editor’s Note: This post contains updated information related to Resources for Parenting Transgender Kids from May 13, 2016.)...

Adam Fields recently published an article at The Good Men Project called, “ An Open Letter to Women and Girls Everywhere .” In it, he was representing all the good men out there – the men who have never sexually assaulted a woman. Fields talked about how he and other men like him were just as dismayed as women that a judge was confirmed to the Supreme Court after a hearing failed to hold him accountable for his past. He talked about how vital the concept of Consent is to sex

Do you talk to your children about sex? What do you say to them about consent? As parents, we are responsible for teaching our kids not only positive values around sexuality, but also the meaning of consent. Kids are never too young to be taught about consequences, to understand the difference between consent and coercion, and to have compassion for others. This is especially significant in the age of #MeToo. Kids will be hearing about this movement and we can use this as an

Is there such a thing as sex after kids? A lot of couples have a decrease in desire after the kids are born. Or there is a discrepancy, where one partner wants it more often than the other. Sometimes mom needs time to heal. Or she may have a difficult time with the transition from mother to lover. Or her body image is challenged after giving birth and she just doesn’t feel as sexy. Some couples struggle with finding enough erotic time in a new hectic that is controlled by a n

Porn has been vilified for decades as a destroyer of marriages, an addictive drug, and a quick way to ruin a good sex life by destroying your once pure fantasy life. And with the rise of internet porn, the idea that it is somehow “perilous to our health and happiness” has only grown, at least in some circles. But if you talk to people who work in or report on the industry, the reality seems to be much different. Does Porn Make People More Perverse? Lux Alptraum shared her exp

Do you talk to your children about sex and their bodies? If not, you could be unwittingly contributing to what I call a “low sense of vagina-esteem.” Research by the BBC shows that girls, as young as 9 are seeking cosmetic surgery for their labia. Labioplasty reduces and reshapes inner and outer vaginal lips, which for most of these girls is purely for appearance since they have no medical basis for the surgery. Girls, Disgusted By Their Vaginas, Seek Surgery These youngsters

“Youth across the US, and the entire world for that matter, deserve access to relevant, contemporary information about sex,” said Robert Parmer recently in Elite Daily . Rarely today is there mention of LGBTQI+ issues when sex education is offered in schools. The curriculum is usually heteronormative, gives little in the way of orientation education , and most LGBTQI+ youth are left feeling invisible, unworthy, and sometimes even wrong. These young people are then more ill-pr

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