Clearly, I am the breast police. Breastfeeding. Breast screening. Breasts in general. Bras. Yep, I write (a lot) about breasts. I don't know what it is, but for some reason, our cultural messaging about breasts sucks. And I for one, am so tired of it.
In this installment of...
(54) Comments | Posted May 11, 2012 | 9:28 AM
I may talk about sex for a living, but I am like many of you. I am a mother, a friend, an aunt, a partner, a sister, and I saw the latest TIME magazine cover, you know, that cover, and I freaked out.
There's a part of...
(526) Comments | Posted April 20, 2012 | 10:02 AM
I've been a sex educator since -- well, for a long time. And I am still crazed by the quantity of misinformation available to all of us at any given time. These myths are difficult to debunk; they have a long history and thousands of urban legends to back them...
(1711) Comments | Posted March 30, 2012 | 2:30 PM
Have you read: "Ladies: You're Not as Good as You Think," an Esquire feature by Chris Jones? If you have, you're probably writing letters of scorn and disgust to the magazine right now; if you haven't, you will be shortly.
What starts off as a self-deprecating article...
(1098) Comments | Posted March 16, 2012 | 10:01 AM
When I decided to become a professional sexuality educator, I had one particular goal: I wanted women to speak honestly about sex in order to maximize their physical and emotional pleasure. Sure, that may seem like a tall order, but I'm an optimist. Why is this an important issue? There...
(60) Comments | Posted March 3, 2012 | 6:42 AM
By now you've heard of the "Fifty Shades of Grey" trilogy. You know, it's the trio of erotic books by E.L. James that has swept into suburbia and cities across the globe, and adored by many (not just suburban moms). I am a fan. In the spirit of...
(28) Comments | Posted February 7, 2012 | 3:45 PM
So the moment has come: You want to buy a sex toy.
What do you look for in a vibrator or toy? What's good? What's safe? What will your partner like? What will he or she hate? Perhaps I can be of some help.
Incorporating "toys" into your sex...
(642) Comments | Posted January 5, 2012 | 10:00 AM
I've been having sexual fantasies for as long as I can remember. When I was in the fourth grade, I dreamed that I was making out with Christie Brinkley on top of my desk. By middle school, I was fantasizing about the athletics director at my sleep away camp. And...
(47) Comments | Posted December 22, 2011 | 10:50 AM
The Va-jay-jay. The Vagina. The Vadge (thanks, "Superbad"). All words to describe a body part with an actual name of vulva.
Wait, you didn't know that? Let's repeat. Female genitals -- those parts we commonly label "private" -- are called the vulva. It is a term for the external female...
(59) Comments | Posted December 9, 2011 | 9:46 AM
Any institution where there's no women around -- like the Church, like football, like the Middle East, like fraternities -- things go to s**t, you do need women as a moderating influence. When men are just among men, they do stupid things. That's just the truth.
Guess who...
(8) Comments | Posted December 1, 2011 | 2:48 PM
Today is the 24th World AIDS Day. This year is the 30th anniversary of the first reported case of HIV/AIDS. And as this is my first official blog for the Huffington Post Women page, I think it's only right that I write about how women can make a...
(159) Comments | Posted October 28, 2011 | 3:54 PM
I suppose that I shouldn't be surprised at Dr. Keith Ablow's recent commentary about J. Crew's Creative Director, Jenna Lyons. He clearly has a thing for her. Remember when she painted her son's toes neon pink? Remember when he stated that this image was part of a transgender agenda and...
(9) Comments | Posted September 1, 2011 | 5:38 PM
Perhaps you have heard about the children's book, "Maggie Goes on a Diet," by Paul Kramer. Perhaps you know nothing about it. Well, I am happy to fill you in. Maggie is a 14-year-old girl who is overweight. She is teased, loses weight, makes friends and gets the "perfect" happy...
(6) Comments | Posted July 20, 2011 | 3:25 PM
By now you may have heard that a new baby doll is hitting our shelves. But this isn't any old doll. It's Breast Milk Baby, the world's first breastfeeding doll, now arriving in American toy stores. (It should come as no surprise that this doll was created in...
(0) Comments | Posted June 15, 2011 | 1:10 PM
When a politician gets caught with his (or her) pants down, it is like the Olympics for sex educators. Weinergate is a sex educator's dream; it gives us the opportunity to talk (both publicly and privately) about sexuality, relationships, and how technology impacts our sexual health. They are subjects we...
(32) Comments | Posted May 11, 2011 | 10:06 PM
Bristol Palin is back in the news. She has admitted to having corrective jaw surgery. But some people don't seem to buy it. Now I have no idea if she did anything cosmetic, but I do know all about corrective jaw surgery. Let me take you on a...
(29) Comments | Posted April 28, 2011 | 7:41 PM
In the past few months I have learned that many of my students think that infidelity is an inevitable outcome in a relationship, much to my dismay. (Sure, we have a cultural problem with personal accountability and a 24/7 news media that portrays celebs hopping in and out of bed...
(142) Comments | Posted April 13, 2011 | 4:45 PM
(85) Comments | Posted December 6, 2010 | 9:02 PM
There's nothing I hate more than hypocrisy, except maybe our culture's willingness to tolerate violence but condemn sex. So lucky for me, I came home from a screening of Blue Valentine last night and got the opportunity to rant about both.
As a sexologist, I couldn't wait to see Derek...
(2) Comments | Posted September 28, 2010 | 11:25 AM
Earlier this month, I wrote about the latest attack on sex - specifically, the concerns that Margaret Brooks, a Bridgewater State economics professor, has about Sex Weeks on college campuses. While the hysteria is unnecessary (but sadly unsurprising), her op-ed was published by The Chronicle of...

(8) Comments | Posted May 22, 2012 | 5:33 PM