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Empathy is Not Acquiescence
Have you ever had an argument or a heated discussion and your partner says, “I get it?” It feels good in the moment but you really don’t...


What If You Could Have It All?
An excerpt from When You’re the One Who Cheats © RL Publishing 2019 By Dr Tammy Nelson “Twenty percent of adults have practiced consensual non-monogamy at some point in their lives” – Wednesday Martin, Author of Untrue Marriage is evolving, adapting to our 21st-century sensibilities. You could have your cake and eat it, too. And why shouldn’t you? Most people, if they could arrange it, would want the cake and the marriage, too. But could you have it if you discussed it op


Women, It’s Time to Claim Your Right to Pleasure
I recently read an inspiring article in The Guardian about several women who are working at the radical edge of sex positive feminism, called “ The Pleasure Revolution .” I was particularly struck by this line: “#MeToo was about men imposing their pleasure on women. The pleasure revolution is about women asserting their own pleasure.” Time to Claim Our Right to Sexual Pleasure Women, it’s time. Time to assert our rights to our own sexual pleasure. Throughout most of history,


How to Train Toxic Masculinity OUT of Our Boys
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


Why We Need More Education About Sex and Consent
I was surprised by many statements in the recent article in America Magazine, “ #MeToo shows the dangers of ‘end-less’ sex. ‘Humane Vitae” shows the way forward. ” I think we need to think more about this idea of consent. What is consent and what does it have to do with sex? Does it justify all sexual behavior or does it lead the way to all great sex? What are we talking about when we talk about consent? How do feminists feel about consent? Does the idea of granting or gettin


Why We Need to Teach Our Children About Consent
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
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