Sex Education

Abstinence Got Me Pregnant

Shannon Bradley-Colleary | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Planned Parenthood Funding, Abstinence, Birth Control, Planned Parenthood, Unwanted Pregnancy, Virginity, Morality, Sex Education, Women News

My father ruined any shot I had at teen pregnancy the night senior second baseman Mike Sheridan came to call at our home and my dad answered the door conveniently cleaning his Magnum .45.

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Sex Ed Seeks To Fight America's Worst Teen Pregnancy Rate

AP | LAURA TILLMAN | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Tougaloo College, Pregnant Teens, Sex Ed, Mississippi Schools, Teen Pregnancy, Teen Birth Rate, Phil Bryant, Mississippi Teens, Teen Pregnancies, Sex Education, Donyell Hollins, Fighting Teen Pregnancy, The Delta Initiative, Delta Health Partners Healthy Start Initiative, Education News

MARKS, Miss. -- With her hair in a ponytail and her smile quick and wide, it's hard to tell that high school junior Donyell Hollins has been pulling a...

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Breasts, Bras and a RHONJ Parenting Fail

Dr. Logan Levkoff | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Women, Puberty, Teresa Giudice, Parenting, The Real Housewives of New Jersey, Sexuality, Parenting Advice, Sex Education, Parents News

Teresa made fun of her daughter's body. She turned an intimate event into a public one, bringing an entire television audience's attention to her daughter's breasts and burgeoning sexuality.

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No One Solution to Reducing Teen Pregnancy

Laura Stepp | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Teen Pregnancy, Teen Sex Education, Contraception, Birth Control, Poverty, Sex Education, Impact News

Reducing poverty and teen pregnancies are not mutually exclusive goals. We should be looking for more solutions that do both.

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Teen Ambivalence Towards Pregnancy Points To Social Problems, Says Study

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Sex-Education, Melissa Kearney, Sex-Ed, Nutrition, Teen Pregnancy, Abstinence, Health, Policy, Income Inequality, High School News

By: Robyn Gee A new report by Melissa Kearney and Philip Levine at the University of Maryland, suggests that common ideas about teenage pre...

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40 Percent Of Young Adults Think Birth Control 'Doesn't Matter'

Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Video, Contraceptives, Sex Ed, Abstinence-Only Sex Education, Abstinence, Birth Control, Sexual Education, Sex Education, Guttmacher Institute, Education News

Greater education about contraception is directly correlated to a decrease in risky sexual behavior among young adults, according to a new study. B...

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GOP Gov Acts On Controversial Bill That Targets 'Gateway Sexual Activity'

Reuters | Posted 05.13.2012

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(Updates with details) * Targets "gateway sexual activities" like touching genitals * Critics fear limitations will hamp...

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The Joy of Teaching

Professor Peggy Gish | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Sex Ed, Human Sexuality, Fresno State, Sex Education, Fresno State Human Sexuality, Pornography, Porn, College News

I strongly believe that the debate stirred up over this controversy actually serves to reinforce the profound need to offer these very courses in human sexuality.

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Woman Hopes To Make H Street Sex Shop A Reality

The Huffington Post | Megan Arellano | Posted 04.19.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Jessica hasn't even shared her last name. But when the 33-year-old walks through the door in fishnet tights, bright red lipstick, an...

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5 1/2 Myths About Female Sexuality

Dr. Logan Levkoff | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Women, Relationships, Women's Health, Sex Education, Sexuality, Sex, Human Sexuality, G-Spot, Vaginal Orgasm, Slidepollajax, Women News

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 t...

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Wisconsin Governor Walker Attacks Sex Ed

El Chanclaso | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Sex Education, Walker, Anti-Choice, Wisconsin, Latino Voices News

I'm giving Raimundo Rojas, the Hispanic outreach coordinator for the National Right to Life Committe, un chanclaso en la boca.

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Do College Students Need Sex Ed?

nytimes.com | ANAHAD O'CONNOR | Posted 04.17.2012

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Over the last 10 years, a growing number of colleges have begun organizing week-long programs devoted to all things sexual. Known on most campuses as...

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Fresno State Professor Shows 'Porn' To Class

HuffingtonPost.com | William McGuinness | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Video, Fresno State, Sex Class, Porn, Sex Education, Sex Aids, College News

Fresno State University public health professor Peggy Gish had to defend her curriculum when one of her students complained earlier this week that she...

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Should Middle Schools Give Out Condoms? This Doctor Says Yes.

Claire McCarthy, M.D. | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Condoms in Middle School, Preteens and Sex, Sex Ed, Sex and Kids, Condoms, Sex Education, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, Springfield, Abstinence, Yrbss, Parents News

Of all kids having sex, 61 percent report using condoms. That means a lot of kids are not protecting themselves against infection or pregnancy. This is really scary stuff.

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Sex, Teens and Risk: Conservatives Have It Wrong

James Peron | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Religious Right, Teenage Sexuality, Conservatives, Abstinence Only, Sex Education, Risk, Abstinence Only Sex-Ed, Birth Control, Sex Ed, Tennessee Sex Education, Sex, Abstinence Education, Contraception, Condoms, Politics News

Abstinence-only programs don't exist "for the kids," or because of risks. They exist almost wholly because Republicans -- and Democrats in Tennessee -- are trying to placate a religious minority, even if it means exposing teens to greater harms.

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Surprising Sex Ed Survey Has Some Experts Calling For Changes

Posted 04.06.2012

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By: MyHealthNewsDaily Staff Published: 04/05/2012 01:31 PM EDT on MyHealthNewsDaily Schools have made little progress in recent years in teachin...

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Why I Switched From Republican to Democrat

Angelica Martinez | Posted 06.03.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, College Democrats, Democrats, 2012 Election, Republicans, Women's Rights, Birth Control, Women's Health, Contraception, Sex Education, College News

Along with many in my generation, I do not feel that the Republican Party left us, but that it never really wanted us to begin with. We'll simply do as we've been asked; we'll leave.

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Let's Immunize Boys Against HPV and Educate Them About Sexual Responsibility at the Same Time

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 06.02.2012

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So what does the research tell us? We need to talk to both young women and men, not once but early and often about sexual health and responsibility.

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Sex Ed Makes for Smarter Sexual Decisions -- So Why Aren't Politicians Promoting Such Programs?

Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Abstinence, Sex Education, Guttmacher Institute, Birth Control, Contraceptives, Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Douglas Kirby, Education News

Policymakers have been ignoring the evidence for far too long, continuing to cultivate a culture of sexually ignorant youth, who lack the knowledge and skills necessary to postpone sex or protect themselves.

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Wisconsin Must Return to Comprehensive Sex Education

The Badger Herald | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Abstinence Education, Birth Control, Abstinence Only, Wisconsin-Sex-Education, Sex Education, College News

It is time for Wisconsin's legislators to learn to accept reality. The fact that young people have sex is not changing. What must change, however, is the return to comprehensive and honest sex education for our youth.

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Help! My Boobs Are Lopsided

| Posted 03.20.2012

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No one's body is perfectly symmetrical and for some girls, that lopsidedness is in the, er, boobal region. One of those girls wrote into Gurl.com's lo...

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Utah Governor Vetoes Abstinence-Only Sex Education Bill

Reuters | Posted 05.16.2012

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By Bob Bernick SALT LAKE CITY, March 16 (Reuters) - Utah Gov. Gary Herbert on Friday vetoed a controversial bill banning public schoo...

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Massachusetts School Committee Wants To Give Condoms To 12-Year-Olds

Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Teen Sex Education, Sex Ed, Massachusetts Education, Teen Pregnancy, Safe Sex, Condoms in Schools, Condoms for Teens, Springfield Massachusetts, Massachusetts Schools, Condoms, Sex Education, Video, Education News

A Massachusetts school has taken its first step toward giving students as young as 12 free access to condoms at school. The Springfield School Comm...

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Wisconsin Republicans Move To Limit Abortion Coverage

The Huffington Post | Leigh Owens | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Pro Choice, Abortion, Women's Rights, Video, Education, Wisconsin, Women's Issues, Women's Health, Wisconsin Abortion Bill, Scott Walker, Birth Control, Wisconsin Sex Education, Wisconsin Abortion, Sex Education, Wisconsin Sex Education Bill, Politics News

The Wisconsin State Assembly on Wednesday passed a bill that will limit abortion coverage, as well as a measure imposing abstinence-only sex education...

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The Naked Truth With Nina Hartley

Vanessa Pinto | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Pornography, Queer Porn, Nina Hartley, Sex Education, Cinekink, BIL 2012, Porn Condom Law, Porn Stars, San Francisco News

Who is the first porn star you remember from a young age? For many people the first person they think of is Nina Hartley. I had the pleasure of meeting her at the AVNs and I wanted to talk to her about a lot of things.

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