Dr. Logan Levkoff
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Dr. Logan Levkoff is a sexologist and AASECT-certified sexuality educator. She is a nationally recognized expert on sexuality, sexual health, relationships, parenting, and sexual politics and is the author of How to Get Your Wife to Have Sex with You (2011) and Third Base Ain't What it Used to Be: What Your Kids are Learning About Sex Today - and How to Teach Them to Become Sexually Healthy Adults (2012). Logan frequently appears on television, including Good Morning America, The Today Show, CNN, Fox News, and VH1. Logan also pens the sex columns for Fit Pregnancy, MarieClaire.com, POZ Magazine, and Maximum Fitness. Her work with parents, teens, and college students has been featured in many publications, including The New York Times and Newsweek. She lives in NYC with her husband, son, and daughter. For more information about Logan, please visit www.loganlevkoff.com or follow her on Twitter @LoganLevkoff.

Blog Entries by Dr. Logan Levkoff

Breasts, Bras and a RHONJ Parenting Fail

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

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...

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Are We Mom Enough?

(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...

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5 1/2 Myths About Female Sexuality

(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...

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Chris Jones' Esquire Article: What He Got Wrong

(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...

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Sex: 6 Reasons Why You May Not Be Enjoying It

(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...

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Deconstructing Fifty Shades of Grey

(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...

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Vibrator Shopping: How To Buy A Sex Toy

(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...

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Sexual Fantasies: Why Women's Sex Lives Aren't Complete Without Them

(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...

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Sex Education: It's Called A Vulva

(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...

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The True Meaning of Womanhood

(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...

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World AIDS Day Plea to Women

(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...

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Fox News Doctor: Perpetuating Homophobia and Misogyny, Again.

(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...

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When 'Weight Talk' Becomes Problematic

(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...

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Without Education, Put Away the Breast Milk Baby

(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...

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Republican Pundit Doesn't Want to Talk to Her Teen About Sexting

(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...

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Bristol's "New" Face: I've Been There

(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...

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To Cheat or Not to Cheat: Relationships, Infidelity and 'Last Night'

(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...

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A New Low for Fox News: Wearing Pink Makes Boys Transgendered

(142) Comments | Posted April 13, 2011 | 4:45 PM

It's like deja vu. I know I've written about this stuff before. More than once. Remember this one?

Fox News has once again sparked an insane and hate driven debate about gender identity and sexuality. The crux of their inane argument: Pink nail polish...

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Blue Valentine's NC-17: A Tale of Hypocrisy and Sex Negativity

(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...

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Sex Educators Unite to Support University Sex Weeks

(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...

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