Why Aren’t There More Men in Sex Ed?

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This post appeared on the Good Vibrations Magazine. The fabulous Greta Christina wrote an article the other day, in which she speculated on the reasons why there aren’t more men writing about sex. It’s a great piece and I highly recommend it. Actually, I recommend pretty much anything Greta writes. My observations pretty much match […]

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KinkForAll Comes to San Francisco

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I’ve been following the development of KinkForAll for a while and I’ve heard great things about it. It’s an “unconference” that intends to “inspire a creative, interactive and open environment where everyone feels comfortable discussing, learning about, and discovering the intersections of all kinds of sexuality with the rest of life.” Sounds fun, right? It […]

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Save the Date! 3rd Alternative Sexualities Conference 9/23/10

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One of the challenges that sexologists, educators, and therapists face is the lack of credible, reliable, and well-designed research on sexuality. As much as that’s true for more common forms of sexual expression, it’s even more so for sexual practices that are less common. BDSM and open relationships are the target of a lot of […]

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Upcoming Workshop: Understanding Sexual Shame and Moving Towards Sex-Positivity

I’m teaching a couple of workshops at the California Institute of Integral Studies in March. Please help me get the word out! Understanding Sexual Shame and Moving Towards Sex-Positivity March 6 & March 13, 10 am-5:30 pm $125/$235 for both workshops 6 CEUs (MFT, LCSW, RN) available for each day CIIS Minna Street Center 695 […]

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The Fight over UNESCO's Sex Ed Guidelines

The United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization has had a team working on an amazing document called the Review of Sex, Relationships and HIV Education in Schools for the last two years. The document was scheduled to be released this week, and unsurprisingly, it has been delayed due to sex-negative complaints. So I decided […]

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on “letting nature take its course”

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Yesterday, I blogged about the The Sexual Health, Education and Pleasure Project in Toronto and some of Dr. Miriam Grossman’s backlash to accurate, pleasure-positive sex education. But there was one thing that she said that I want to come back to since it wasn’t quite on-topic yesterday. Here’s the quote from the Macleans article about […]

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scaring kids doesn’t stop them from having sex

You’d think that by now, I wouldn’t have to keep saying it. Well, ok, maybe not.  I can dream, can’t I? An article came out in Macleans yesterday about Good For Her, a fabulous sex toy store in Toronto and the amazing non-profit agency that they just launched, The Sexual Health, Education and Pleasure Project. […]

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