Every parent complains that kids are using porn as sex ed. That’s why every parent should actively participate in educating their kids about sex–whether the kids want it or not, and whether the parents are comfortable with it or not.
And you need to do it now, regardless of your kids’ ages.
Here are some common ideas and words you can share with your kids about their (and your) sexual concerns. Use Father’s Day as an excuse to start…
In America, sex and alcohol go together like peanut butter and jelly. Or a fish and a bicycle. Or desire and guilt.
Consciously or not, people combine alcohol and sex for four main reasons: to increase desire, disinhibit themselves or a partner, cope with pain, or manage anxiety.
Unfortunately, mixing alcohol and sex can have some very unwanted consequences. For starters…
In every generation there are sexual things that people are not supposed to discuss or even see.
Some sexual words and images that used to be taboo are now considered valuable.
Today, the new taboos are sexual questions we can’t ask. Why?
What Is kinky sex? Does It matter?
There’s actually no exact definition of kink, so feel free to say that what you do is or isn’t kinky.
Your sexuality is an experience, not a category. Shakespeare had it right—a rose smells the same no matter what you call it.
But you might be more willing to smell something if I told you it was a flower rather than a skunk. And so some people stay away from exploring sexual behaviors they might enjoy just because they think the activities are “kinky”—“and,” they emphasize, “I’m not a kinky person.”
“Consent” is only one aspect of sexuality; focussing on it too much distracts us from other important policy issues regarding sex. It also ignores the central role of ambivalence and ambiguity in sexual decision-making.
Here are some suggested resolutions regarding your sexual behavior in 2019—specifically, what you should promise yourself to NOT do.