Illinois Passes Bill for Comprehensive Sex-Ed in Public Schools

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“In fantasy land, we teach our kids abstinence—and they listen.”

On the Rejection of Sexual Abuse Prevention Education

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Knowing how to teach sexual abuse prevention education means nothing unless there’s an opportunity to do so.

I’m a Dad and I Don’t Want the Government to Force My Daughter to Talk to Me About Contraception [OpEd]

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Hugo Schwyzer, father of a daughter and a son, supports unfettered access to emergency contraception like Plan B.

5 Unrealistic Sex Moves Men Learn from Watching Porn

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Lori Lothian believes porn has the potential to mislead men about the best bedroom moves to use with real-life women.

A Boy’s First Look at Puberty

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“Your son’s been distracted by girls,” Miss Pelley informed Robert Steven Williams’ mother. “He’s a bit early on the curve. Have you had the birds and the bees discussion?”

The Consent Challenge

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Shireen Noble offers a personal challenge: a way to actively engage with consent culture in your own life.

Fuzzy Bunny’s Guide To You-Know-What

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Steve Coruzzi’s sex education was woefully incomplete.

Kansas House Passes ‘Sweeping’ Anti-Abortion Bill

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The new measure declares life begins “at fertilization.”

Little Wanker

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Andy Bodle was a precocious youth with an excess of curiosity and desire.

Heads of the Hydra or, The End of Rape

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It takes more than education on consent to stop rape, but it is a vital chapter in a new story of what we all want: a world without rape.

Sleeping Together: The Good Life’s Top Ten in March

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Readers of The Good Life flock to the truth about sleeping together, and what we really want from women.

Growing Up on Planet Porn

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Were our kids sexually healthier when sexual images were harder to come by?

Keeping Kids Safe from Inappropriate Touch

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Author Jayneen Sanders offers tips on how to keep your children safe from sexual predators.

Everyone’s Doing It

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It seemed to us rural teens a natural fact that those with nothing to do will do one another.

The Way I Heard It [Fiction]

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Oh no, not the sex talk, Dad. Please. But he does, and it’s worse than I imagine. [Fiction]

So Your Kids Caught You Having Sex

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What Matt Treadwell did when his six year old caught him and his wife by surprise.