Reading Time: 3 minutes We’re currently in the midst of another full-throated attack on public schools by conservatives who treat them as godless hotbeds of liberal insanity. If you believe their lies—and you shouldn’t—public schools are where young furries need litter boxes in the classroom, where teachers encourage kids to be LGBTQ, where sex education promotes risky behavior, where […]
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Enhance your sex life with a sexual guide
Reading Time: 3 minutes OnlySky · Enhance your sex life with a sexual guide | Becky Garrison A sexual guide can be a valuable companion in helping you connect to your sexuality. While you can make these sexual connections on your own, sometimes the activation of sexual energy and the opening of the heart, pineal gland, and other subtle […]
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Yet another study found that sex education reduces teen pregnancies
Reading Time: 3 minutes Educating kids about sex is far better than pretending they won’t have it before marriage
Posted inParenting & Family
How my Catholic mother saved me from purity culture
Reading Time: 5 minutes As my mom recounted the day she got her period at her Catholic school, my eyes grew wide and my jaw sunk closer to the floor. I hung on every word as if it were the scariest campfire story I had ever heard. I was around 11 at the time, and absolutely terrified. A lot […]
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New sex education programme for Catholic primaries describes sex and puberty as a ‘gift from God’
Reading Time: 3 minutes This is from Humanists UK: Northern Ireland Humanists has expressed alarm about a new Catholic RSE resource describing sex and puberty as ‘a gift from God’ and claiming puberty shows ‘we are perfectly designed by God to procreate with him’. The resource, called Flourish, was developed by the Irish Bishops Conference for Catholic primary schools and is […]
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As youth navigate sex, an ancient monk shouts from within, ‘Shame!’
Reading Time: 4 minutes A condom company and a youth advocacy organization have joined forces to counter faith-based sexual nonsense being taught to American kids.
Posted inParenting & Family, Sex & Gender
Having THE TALK, Part Two
Reading Time: 3 minutes I recently wrote a post about how having “The Talk” about sex with your children is not a one-time, sit-down event. Ideally, it should happen gradually, regularly, and naturally, as questions come up. This process eliminates the over-dramatization of such conversations, decreases the discomfort, normalizes sexuality, and encourages curiosity, inquisitiveness, and seeking answers from reliable […]
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Having THE TALK
Reading Time: 3 minutes Several days ago, my son and I were lying in my bed, each of us enjoying our own books. Out of the blue, he asks me, “How long will it be before I have to start carrying a condom?” I stare at him, surprised. He’s ten years old. Jesus. “A condom??” “Yeah.” I think for […]
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AZ School Sends Girls to Mandatory Christian Abstinence Assembly, Boys to Voluntary Dating Seminar
Reading Time: 3 minutes Officials at Payson High School, a public school in Arizona, may be rethinking their sex ed curriculum after inviting Christian abstinence advocate Brad Henning to the school to speak to students. Well, sort of…
He spoke to the girls about sex — and how they shouldn’t have it — in a mandatory assembly, during the school day, attended by all 350 female students. But he spoke to the boys about “dating tips” in a voluntary, after-school assembly attended by only 25 male students.
Posted inLeaving Religion
I let my husband rape me, and here’s why
Reading Time: 17 minutes I have spent the last few weeks wondering if I should own this story or if I’ve said too much, but I think it’s time we have a very open and honest discussion about domestic violence and rape. The repercussions of shame and silence are far too great not to speak up. When we hear […]