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The Soapbox: Let’s Really Talk About Sex

Julie GillisJanuary 9, 2012 //
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Enthusiastic Consent. I’m a fan. For any of you not in the know, Enthusiastic Consent is a way to make sure that yes really means yes and no means no, during sex. It’s an ongoing conversation during sex itself, where partners listen to all manner of cues to make sure that what’s happening is really wanted. Scarleteen has a good definition here. Enthusiastic Consent is a term designed to get people talking to each other about sex so that when the sex happens, everyone is on the same page, happy and in alignment with what’s supposed to happen. Keep reading »

Sext Books At The Ready: World’s First Sex School Opens

Huffington Post Weird NewsNovember 29, 2011 //

The world’s first international sex school has opened which claims to teach its students how to be better lovers. But far from being a cheap thrill, one term at the “hands on” International Sex School in Vienna will cost pupils £1,400.

Swedish-born “headmistress” Ylva-Maria Thompson says anyone over the age of 16 can enroll at what she describes as “the world’s first college of applied sexuality”. Read more…

Switzerland’s Sex Ed Involves A Wooden Penis And A Fabric Vagina

Jessica WakemanAugust 25, 2011 //

In America, sex education is whatever the religious right says it is. But in Switzerland kids ages four to 10 get their sex education with a wooden penis and a fabric vagina which teachers use to “show that contacting body parts can be pleasurable.” Another part of the teacher’s guide instructs kids to learn about pleasure while they rub themselves with warm sand bags while listening to soft music. Keep reading »

What High Schools Should Teach In Sex Ed

College CandyJuly 24, 2011 //

In high school, my sex ed was what you would call minimal. Since Texas firmly believes in abstinence-only education (which so doesn’t work – my high school had a day care program for crying out loud!), I consider myself very lucky that I had a very open-minded mother who taught me about sex. And now that I’m in college, by far my favorite class this semester is my human sexuality class where my professor is not only incredibly funny, but very insightful. All of this along with some personal experience leads me to the conclusion that, well, sex ed of all kinds suck.

Here’s what they should be teaching high schoolers in order to better prepare them. Read more… Keep reading »

Ashton Kutcher Will Teach You Sex Ed Now

Julie GersteinJanuary 10, 2011 //

“One thing [high school sex ed classes] teach about is how to get pregnant or how to not get pregnant, but they don’t really talk about sex as a point of pleasure for women. The male orgasm is actually right there and readily available to learn about because it’s actually part of the reproductive cycle, but the female orgasm isn’t really talked about in the education system. Part of that creates a place where women aren’t empowered around their own sexuality and their own sexual selves, and from a purely entertainment point of view, to create a movie with a female lead that’s empowered with her own sexuality is a powerful thing. And if we can give teenage people something to think about from a sex perspective, I would say it would be to open a conversation where women are empowered with their own sexual experiences from an educational level as well as an entertainment level.”

– Ashton Kutcher talks about sex ed and the female orgasm, presumably to shill for his new female orgasm-centered movie, “No Strings Attached.” [Movieline] Keep reading »

Study: Schools Teach Abstinence, Not Contraception

Julie GersteinSeptember 17, 2010 //

Teens learn about the birds and the bees in high school sex ed — but they’re not, apparently, learning about birth control. A report from the Centers for Disease Control found that 97 percent of teens received sex education by the time they turned 18, but an alarming 30 percent of teens said that contraception education wasn’t a part of their sex ed curriculum. Keep reading »

Hey Girls! Use A Condom, Because Men Are Total Jerks!

Amelia McDonell-ParryMarch 2, 2010 //


Hey, you know how parents and teachers and other, you know, boring adults can get teenagers — particularly teenage girls — to use condoms and other forms of protection if they’re going to have sex? By talking to them in language they understand, of course! For the folks of SexReally.com, that means using crude words like “titties,” swearing a lot, and stereotyping eww-gross-boys as total jerks. No, seriously, “jerks” is the term this safe sex PSA — which debuted at the Sex:Tech conference this weekend — uses to describe men/boys, as a way of encouraging teenage girls to wrap it up. After all, the 16-year-old boy you’re boning probably is a total a-hole, and who wants to have an a-hole’s baby? Sure, it’s nice to not be stereotyping women and girls for once, but how is portraying men in general as skeezy, perverted douchebags the best way to send a safe sex message? If all men were as revolting as the guys in the PSA above, I would think we would be encouraging women to go lesbian, amiright? [Broadsheet] Keep reading »

Quiz Results: I Know More About The P Than I Do The V

Amelia McDonell-ParryJanuary 28, 2010 //

Last night, my friend Lauren sent me a link to a quiz on Women’s Health‘s website called “Are You A Penis Expert?” While watching “American Idol” I took the quiz — though I assumed I, duh, was — and was mildly pleased to get six out of nine correct. Not too shabby! Then today I saw that Women’s Health also has a “What’s Your Vagina IQ?” test and thought, Surely I will excel at this one! I am my lady flower’s BFF! I got seven out of 13 correct. According to my calculator (because I forgot how to do division), that means I got 54 percent on the vagina quiz and 67 percent on the penis quiz. I know more about the P than I do the V. As a woman, I am sort of embarrassed. In my defense, the questions on the V quiz were a little trickier, what with some of the questions being about the vulva not the vagina and I failed to think about the distinction. Anyway, I learned some useful things. Did you know that most gynos recommend going commando over wearing undies, unless your clothing is irritating? Take the quizzes and lemme know how you stack up! ["What's Your Vagina IQ?" and "Are You A Penis Expert?"] Keep reading »

Girl Talk: Cosmopolitan Was The Best And Worst Thing to Happen To My Sex Life

Anna ClarkJanuary 27, 2010 //

I’m of the last generation to learn about sex without the help of the internet. While I was spared the misinformation my pre-teen mind would’ve encountered in her furtive Google searches, I also missed out on the comprehensive dialogue that today’s young people can access. Which might not be so bad, if I’d had access to any other trustworthy way to learn about sexuality. Keep reading »

Why Do We Need Sex Education Again?

Amelia McDonell-ParryJanuary 14, 2010 //

Babies having babies having babies having babies having babies and so on and so on and so on! [via BuzzFeed] Keep reading »

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