One day ago, during the evening news on WJLA - Washington DC, a beautiful young woman bared her breasts. No, not in a Girls Gone Wild or Opie and Anthony WOW attempt; she bared her breasts to model the proper way to conduct a breast self-exam. (She herself had caught...

I often write about things that bother me. But not today. Today, I am going to write about an amazing organization that is trying to make a difference in young women's lives. And they are doing it in an unconventional way.

Though this is supposed to be an uplifting...

Upon watching the news this morning, I was made aware of the plight of A.J. and Lisa Demaree. Who are they? According to Peoria, Arizona, they are sex offenders (potentially child pornographers). And why, might you ask, are they sex offenders? Well, because a photo developer at their local Wal-Mart...

Full disclosure: I have a hard-on for Bristol Palin - and I don't mean the good kind. If you've read anything I've written, this isn't a huge surprise. Yesterday morning I woke up to Bristol spewing messages of abstinence on the morning news shows. On The Today Show, she talked...

For the second year in a row, after over a decade of decline, teen births are on the rise. There is no doubt that America has a troubling relationship with sex, especially teen sexuality in particular. Last year we were shocked to discover that teen births rose in 2006. However,...

I feel like I spent most of my life trying to get women to realize that the success is not measured by their marital status. For years, women were led to believe that being a wife meant that you had achieved something special. I thought that our girls today were...

Today is World AIDS Day... again. Another year has gone by, and it seems like we have become even more complacent. As a girl who began her career in the sexuality field as a 15 year old HIV/AIDS educator, I cannot let this day pass without acknowledging how HIV has...

Last week I received the following email from my son's preschool teacher:

"Hi Logan. Maverick told the class today that babies come out of vaginas. His friend, Reed, disagreed. She said that doctors use knives to cut babies out. It was a very interesting (hysterical) conversation. Thought you'd want to...

Before the segment was canceled, I was asked to appear on CNN Headline News last month for a segment about the latest wave of "Lesbian Chic." There had been numerous editorials touting "Heteroflexibility." Though my segment faded into obscurity, I was supposed to talk about whether this was indeed...

As a sex educator and mom, I am endlessly amazed by the irrational fears about teaching kids about sexuality. It's getting so insane, that in an underhanded campaign ad, John McCain has challenged Barack Obama for supporting age-appropriate sex education. Why are we so afraid of our kids learning about...

Where oh where to begin? For a sexologist and sexuality educator, the news about Governor Sarah Palin's nomination and the subsequent information that has come to light about her family is simultaneously a nightmare and a dream come true. Between her pro-life, anti-sex ed, pro-gun, anti-gay marriage, pro-creationism beliefs and...

As a culture, we have a problem with honesty. We cheat, steal, manipulate, and rarely come clean until push comes to shove (or until we are caught on a wiretap). When it comes to sex (our desire to have it, to end it, to get more of it, or pleasure...

On Friday morning, I walked my three-year-old son to camp. Our walk was fairly uneventful until a man crossed the street just as the traffic light was changing. A car barreled down (running the red light) and slammed on the brakes in order to avoid hitting him. The pedestrian yelled...

I love sex. I love having it. I love talking about it, teaching about it, and I love making sure that people know how to have good sex - whether it is by themselves or with partners. But what I hate is hearing how supposedly smart people make stupid decisions...