Category: Talking to Your Kids About Sex
Last week, while teaching a basic HIV prevention class to a group of 8th graders it came to question time and a hand immediately went up from the back of the class, stretched as high as possible. I expected one of the usual questions: “Is it better to use 2 condoms? Where does HIV come …
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My younger patients, twenty and under, are often confused and seem a little uncomfortable when I ask them about their “Desire” for sex. Their answers include: “fine,” or “ok.” I will then try and make them more comfortable and normalize the idea that sexual desire is a normal and healthy part of life. Many women …
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Someone smart once said to me that “learning about sex from porn is pretty much the same as learning to drive by watching The Fast and The Furious.” There just isn’t that much overlap between real sex between real people and porn. Although, to be honest, more real people are posting their own porn and …
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Sometimes I think we would all benefit from having more conversations about sex with our partners. When parents describe how difficult a time they have talking to the kids about sex it feels as though a big part of the problem is actually never having developed the messages they want to give. They think they …
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I loved this blog post! I think it illustrates yet again the pitfalls around talking to kids about sex. Too little information? Not great. Too much information? Also not great. But when push comes to shove, I’d err towards too much information. And this interaction illustrates it beautifully. When there’s too much information, or when …
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Sometimes I see something on TV that makes me want to give a standing ovation. It’s rare, but it happens. Here’s one of the those times. John Oliver did a segment on the state of sex education in the US. It’s brilliant, accurate and pretty damn scary. It’s also funny as hell. So grab your …
Continue ReadingSomeone forwarded me this blog post recently and I really, really liked it! Although I thought it was a bit long, it’s fun to read so I suggest you spend the few minutes reading it anyhow. The thing is, we all think we’re “sex positive” parents and we all think we are cool with discussing …
Continue ReadingSo here’s one to file under “great communication between mother and adult son.” A patient told us the other day that she had downloaded Fifty Shades of Grey to her kindle and really enjoyed reading it. Then she started laughing and said that when she downloaded the book, it hadn’t really occurred to her that …
Continue ReadingHave you heard of the “Camp Gyno” video? The video is an advertisement for Hello Flo, a period-supply subscription service, that has racked up 2.5 million hits in a mere two days! This video is being dubbed as the “best tampon ad in the history of the world!” Hello Flo is a monthly delivery service …
Continue ReadingIn the last few weeks, two Midwest universities — University of Minnesota and University of Illinois — have caused a media storm as the result of sponsoring on-campus orgasm workshops for students to learn about how to achieve an orgasm as well as other pointers for having a satisfactory sex life. The reaction among parents, lawmakers and …
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