It’s Valentine’s Day, when all thoughts turn to love. Or sex, anyway.
While every ad, website, and TV station is busy talking about (or winking about) sex, no one’s talking about cuddling.
Changing the Way People, Politics & the Media Look at Sex
It’s Valentine’s Day, when all thoughts turn to love. Or sex, anyway.
While every ad, website, and TV station is busy talking about (or winking about) sex, no one’s talking about cuddling.
I come to praise estrogen. For most women entering, and many women already in, menopause.
But isn’t estrogen dangerous? Doesn’t it cause breast cancer?
In a word, no.
Let’s give thanks for the sexual rights and options we have recently acquired. But these are fragile, and must be protected.
And let’s remember the sexuality-related rights and services that we’ve lost, all within living memory.
For parents and kids of all ages, it’s back-to-school time.
And while mastering reading and writing are unquestionably important for young people, sexuality is pretty important, too. That’s because of an intense brew of emotions, norms, laws, and cultural change that grammar school, high school, and college students face in 2019.
So let’s talk about some common concerns that parents have. The following apply to children of all ages.
~ Information and words won’t hurt young people.
The FDA has approved Vyleesi, which supposedly increases sexual desire in women.
It won’t work, because low desire in most women is not a biological problem to be fixed.
You’re a good dad, you care about your kids and want the best for them. “The best” includes the information and values they need to develop healthy sexuality.
When parents ask me “at what age should I start talking to my kids about sex?” I gently reply, “If you haven’t started yet, you’re behind schedule—no matter what age they are.”