The Canadian media is buzzing about a new bit of research by sex therapist and University of Ottawa psychologist Peggy Kleinplatz on what makes sex great. According to the article “The Components Of Optimal Sexuality: A Portrait Of Great Sex,” which was published in the Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, the key ingredients to great […]

via therumpus.net “It’s ok to be different because it just matters who you are. It doesn’t matter if you’re different than anybody else. It just matters if you’re having a good time and you like who you are.” Why does that seem so hard for so many people to understand?

According to CNN.com, a Tennessee man is facing charges of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor. But it turns out that none of the photos feature more than a child’s face. He took photos of girls’ faces and photoshopped them onto photos of nude women. The investigators don’t think that he had any contact with […]

I was reading this great post at ScarletTeen.com and this article on RHRealityCheck.com on some of the barriers to developing hormonal birth control for men to take and it’s got me thinking. The most obvious issue for me is that despite all of the social changes that have taken place over the last century, for […]

I’m sure that you’ve heard plenty of the panicked claims about how same-sex marriage will lead to the inevitable destruction of everything that’s good and wholesome. The slippery slope model of sex is a phrase which I first heard in Gayle Rubin’s article “Thinking Sex” and anyone interested in geeking out on some excellent sexual […]

There’s been lots more buzz lately about the porn HIV case. Fortunately, there are some places where a more reasonable and informed conversation is taking place. Rather than reiterate it all, here’s a few pointers. Ernest Greene’s blog, with lots of great comments & discussion: here, here & here. That third link has pointers to […]

I’ve written before about how abstinence-only sex miseducation doesn’t work, as have lots of other people. Here’s another piece of evidence. According to the report to Changing Behavior Risk for Pregnancy Among High School Students in the United States, 1991–2007, which the Guttmacher Institute released, teen pregnancy rates are clearly linked to contraceptive use. It’s […]