Sex Education

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Teen Study Shows Two-Way Link Between Early Sex, Later Love

The Huffington Post | Jacqueline Howard | Posted 10.19.2012 | Science

Read More: Population Research Center, Video, Relationships, Teenage Sex, Science, Psychology, First Sex Experience, Science News, Sex Education, Sex Study, Paige Harden, Premarital Sex, Science News

When it comes to sex, "late bloomers" may have a better shot at finding happiness in romantic relationships later in life, according to new research c...

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What Parents Need to Hear About the HPV Vaccine

Marianne Mollmann | Posted 12.18.2012 | Parents

Read More: Hpv, HPV Vaccine, Adolescent Girls, Sex Ed, Pre-Marital Sex, Adolescents, Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Sex Education, Teenagers, Parents News

A large proportion of parents in the United States are more afraid of their kids having sex than they are of their kids getting cancer.

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The Left Is Pro-Choice, But Not Quite So Pro-Debate

Christina Patterson | Posted 12.17.2012 | World

Read More: Abortion, Contraception, Women's Rights, Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Sex Education, Ethics, World News

If you had heard the discussions about abortion over the past 10 days, you might not think that the laws we have, which are, on balance, pretty good laws, came about through rational debate.

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It's Time to Talk Sex

Joan Malin | Posted 12.15.2012 | New York

Read More: Sex Education, Parenting, Planned Parenthood, Adolescents, Sexuality, Sex, Let's Talk Month, Planned Parenthood of New York City, Lets Talk Month 2012, New York News

October is Let's Talk Month, an annual effort to encourage parents to talk with their children and adolescents about sexuality-related topics.

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Teenagers Have Sex: Deal With It

Marianne Mollmann | Posted 12.12.2012 | New York

Read More: Emergency Contraception, Teenage Pregnancy, Adolescent Behavior, Sexual Health, Sex, Adolescents, Adolescent Sex, Parenting, Sexuality, Sex Education, Adolescent Pregnancy, Stds, Sex Ed, Teen Pregnancy, New York, New York State, New York News

High School students under the age of 19 account for approximately one-third of all newly diagnosed sexually transmitted infections in New York State. And not surprisingly, teen mothers are much less likely to graduate from high school than their peers who didn't give birth.

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Romney, Abortion, Evangelicals, Sex and Lies

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 12.12.2012 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Romney, Abstinence Only, Republican Party, Sex Education, Evangelicals, Politics News

That evangelicals are ready to follow Mitt Romney down the fairy tale narrative rabbit hole to his "family values" scorched earth of opportunistic individualism in the name of pro-life beliefs is one of the greatest political not to mention religious ironies imaginable.

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Down With "The Talk"!: What Would a New Paradigm Look and Feel Like? (Part 4 of 4)

Deborah M. Roffman | Posted 12.08.2012 | Books

Read More: Adolescents, The Talk, Parenting, Values, Children, Sexuality, Sex Education, Gender, Books News

Here's the point all of us need to recognize: The "how to's" of nurturing sexually healthy children are precisely the same as the "how to's" of nurturing healthy children, period.

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Ladies Need GYN Education More Than SEX Education

Cathy Margolin, L.Ac. Dipl. OM | Posted 12.03.2012 | Women

Read More: Pms, Menstrual Cycles, Menopause Symptoms, Hormone-Balance, Hormones, Bpa, Pesticides, Dr. John Le, Toxic Products, Parabens, Estrogen Dominance, Sex Education, Xeno-Estrogens, Women News

I know too many women who are menopausal, suffering with hot flashes and have reached adulthood with sex education under their belts, but without a firm grasp on their our own gynecological and hormone health.

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Down With "The Talk"!: Reclaiming Our Common Sense About Sex (Part 2 of 4)

Deborah M. Roffman | Posted 10.02.2012 | Books

Read More: Adolescents, The Talk, Children, Sexuality, Sex, Gay Teens, Parenting, Sex Education, Books News

To shed anxiety-driven notions about talking to children about sex, we adults need simply to identify and revisit the maladaptive associations we absorbed early in life and use our "we're all grown up now" good sense and perspective to whack them apart.

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Banning the Word 'Penis?' Parenting Fail

Dr. Logan Levkoff | Posted 11.28.2012 | Parents

Read More: Motherhood, Parenting, Sex Education, Language, Vulva, Penis, Slang, Teaching Kids About Sex, Parents-Moms, Parents News

When we deliberately or inadvertently support our children's use of slang, it's as if we tell them: Yes, there is something gross or silly or ugly about that body part. Don't ever call it by its real name.

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Keeping New York's Youth Safe and Healthy

Joan Malin | Posted 11.27.2012 | New York

Read More: Planned Parenthood of New York City, Nyc, Nowuknow, Health, Reproductive Health, Unintended Pregnancy, Sti, Sex Education, Sexuality, Sexually Transmitted Infections, New York News

Our teens want and need accurate information about their sexual and reproductive health, which is why we must do everything we can to ensure we are properly educating young people.

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What Words Should A Preschooler Never Say?

Lisa Belkin | Posted 11.27.2012 | Parents

Read More: Bad Words, Preschool Education, Cursing, Sex Education, Words for Genitals, Preschool Vocabulary, Parenting Advice, Parentry, Slideexpand, Parents News

We all have our list of those words. Not the banned-by-the-FCC ones -- I figure all parents agree that those should probably not be part of a 3-year-old's vocabulary. But words that are loaded, words that are hurtful, words that feel personal.

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New York Schools Offer Plan B

AP | Posted 11.24.2012 | Home

Read More: New York City Schools, Video, Sex Ed, Morning After Pills, Contraception, New York Schools, Plan B, Sex Education, Home News

NEW YORK — The New York City Department of Education is making the morning-after-pill available to high school girls at 13 public schools. The ...

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NYCLU Report: Sex-Ed In New York Rife With Inaccuracies

Posted 09.14.2012 | Home

According to a recent report by the New York Civil Liberties Union, numerous public school districts across New York State are providing their student...

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Sexuality in Our Schools

Jon Hotchkiss | Posted 08.26.2012 | Home

Read More: Abstinence Only, Sex, Federal Government, Teenage Sex, Condoms, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Sex Education, Sexuality, Home News

They're going to hear about orgasms but won't have any idea that when they're mature enough to handle the responsibilities, an orgasm is a magical feeling you can share with someone you love on a Hawaiian shore just as the sun sets. Or even in the bathroom with someone you just met at Starbucks.

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Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Dominates In State With Highest Teen Pregnancy

Reuters | Posted 10.27.2012 | Home

Read More: Video, Sex Ed, Mississippi Schools, Reuters, Teen Pregnancy, Abstinence-Only, Mississippi Sex Education, Abstinence-Only Sex Ed, Sex Education, Teen Moms, Home News

* State has nation's highest teen birth rate * New law allows abstinence plus sex-ed teaching * Studies show sex-ed work...

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Why Missouri’s Students Might Believe Todd Akin’s Junk Science

ThinkProgress | Tara Culp-Ressler | Posted 08.23.2012 | Home

Read More: Teen Sex Education, Video, Sex Ed, Missouri Schools, Todd Akin, Todd Akin Missouri, Todd Akin Rape, Missouri Sex Education, Todd Akin Legitimate Rape, Sex Education, Home News

Addressing the controversy surrounding Rep. Todd Akin’s (R-MO) offensive comments that “legitimate rape” doesn’t lead to pregnancy, President ...

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School District Sued Over 'Inaccurate, Biased' Sex Ed Program

AP | JOHN S. MARSHALL | Posted 08.22.2012 | Home

Read More: Aclu, American Civil Liberties Union, Sex Ed, Sex Education Program, Clovis Unified School District, Contraception, Student Health, California Schools, Condoms, Sex Education, Video, Home News

SAN FRANCISCO -- A school district in California's Central Valley is putting teens' health at risk by failing to provide students with information abo...

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Trouble Talking About Oral Sex

Deborah Schoeberlein | Posted 10.21.2012 | Home

Read More: Oral Sex, Stds, Sex Education, Sex, Teenagers, Parenting, Mindfulness, Teen Sex Education, Teen Sexuality, Teen Sex, Home News

If teens are ready to have oral (or any other) sex, then we, as a society, need to do our utmost to help them recognize that "being ready" means more than just understanding the mechanics or being afraid of STDs.

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"Abstinence Only" Exposed as Subversive of Actual Evangelical Values

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 08.03.2012 | Books

Read More: Politics, Chastity, Christine J. Gardner I, Abstinence Only, Evangelical Christians, Sex Education, Books News

Christine J. Gardner convincingly argues that the abstinence movement works against the most profound Christian values of selflessness and sacrifice and instead adopts rock concert style techniques of pop culture as a tool to get people to turn against that pop culture.

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Majority Of Miss. Schools Choose Abstinence-Only Sex Ed

Posted 07.30.2012 | Home

With the highest teen pregnancy rate in the country, a majority of Mississippi's school districts have chosen to teach an abstinence-only sex educatio...

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More Teens Are Using Condoms Over Past Two Decades

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 09.23.2012 | Teen

Read More: Safe Sex, Contraception, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Birth Control, Teens Sex, Condoms, Sex Education, Teens Condoms, Teen News

WASHINGTON — Nearly half of high school students say they've had sex, yet progress has stalled in getting them to use condoms to protect against...

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Birthday Reflections

Steve Turtell | Posted 09.17.2012 | Gay Voices

Read More: Hemingway, Brooklyn Public Library, Birthdays, Aids, Sex Education, Gay Voices News

Today is my 61st birthday. That's thirty more than I expected to have. I'm sure many of the gay men my age who lived through the first onslaught of the AIDS pandemic know what I mean.

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An Open Letter to Black Women

Brandy Williams | Posted 09.17.2012 | Black Voices

Read More: Black Women, Community, Love-and-Hip-Hop-Atlanta, Sex Education, Women, Black Voices News

Black women, what happened to us? We have gone from mothers of this earth; strong and proud backbones of our men, to ignorant, groupie, door mats! We are better than this!

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