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How To Teach Girls What A Healthy Relationship Looks Like, Early On

by Kimberly Wolf, M.Ed. Love is one of the highest-impact subjects you can teach. Fortunately, it’s also one of the easiest to broach. If you’re tempted to open up a discussion of romantic relationships with “no dating until you’re 30!” you wouldn’t be alone or entirely misguided. Throughout history, conventional wisdom held that fathers should …

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After Roe, teens are teaching themselves sex ed, because the adults won’t

By Hannah Natanson Sweating in the sun, two dozen teenagers spread themselves across picnic blankets in a grassy park and prepared to discuss the facts of life they never learned in school. Behind them on a folding table, bouquets of pamphlets offered information teachers at school would never share — on the difference between medical …

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5 things more important than sex in a relationship

By Rebecca Strong Not everyone finds sex essential in a relationship, and experts say other factors may matter more. Quality time, emotional security, and other forms of intimacy can help you grow closer as partners. If you often feel sexually unfulfilled, a calm, open conversation can help you express your needs. Every relationship is unique. …

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What is heteroflexibility?

And is it just another word for “bisexual?” By Anna Iovine If you identify as straight but are open to queer experiences, you’re not alone. You may be called “heteroflexible,” a portmanteau that signals being “mostly straight” with a flexibility towards same-sex attraction. What does heteroflexibility mean? There’s not an objective definition of heteroflexibility. In …

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Banning classroom talks about gender identity, sexual orientation aren’t helpful to kids or adults

Roberto Abreu, assistant professor in the psychology department at the University of Florida, discusses Florida’s “Parental Rights in Education” bill and its banning discussions of sexual orientation or gender identity in classrooms with young children By Lisa Deaderick One of the sections of Florida’s “Parental Rights in Education” bill, passed by the state’s House and …

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8 Rules My Parents Had That Made Me Comfortable With My Sexuality

By Jeana Jorgensen I was fortunate to grow up in a fairly sex-positive household. But this doesn’t mean anything inappropriate happened, like, ever. Remember, sex-positive doesn’t mean sex-fiend, and sex-positivity doesn’t connote constantly being exposed (or exposing others) to sexual things. I don’t know, in retrospect, that my parents would necessarily identify with the label …

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20 Fun Sexual Role-Play Ideas To Tap Into Your Wildest Fantasies

By Kesiena Boom, M.S. Ever dreamed of being someone else just for the night? Then sexual role-play may be something you’ll enjoy. If you’re new to the role-play world, here are some ideas for different scenarios to enact and tips on how to initiate a conversation with your partner about trying it out. How role-play …

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Real Couples Discuss The Key To Making An Open Relationship Work

By Morgan Mandriota Monogamy is our society’s default relationship model. Once you find the one, you get engaged. Then you get married. And voilà! You’re with one person for the rest of your life. This might be a comforting happily ever after for some. For others, it can sound and feel like a trap. Good …

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