I am currently reading a short book called Sex in the light of Reincarnation and Freedom by Alan Howard (1980). Howard is a lecturer and writer about anthroposophy and Steiner education. I am grappling with his book, which is really the only discussion of sexuality from a Steiner perspective that I have found. [...]
Archives for July, 2007
Casual sex
I encourage my readers to send me questions they want to know the answer to. First, because it provides me with an easy topic for the day. Second, because if you’re wondering something, the likelihood is that other people are too. With that in mind, here is a question from a regular [...]
Dan Savage on Sex Ed
I’ve introduced Dan before - he’s my favorite sex advice columnist. Here’s another short intro: Dan talks about sex and tells things like they are in a way few advice columnist (or people, for that matter) are willing or able to do. He’s the go-to-guy for everything from freaky to vanilla sex or [...]
And here’s the Laura Bush video!
Thanks to Teri, an old high school buddy, for procuring it for me and you!
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/04/laura-bush-abstinence/
Laura Bush has her head on straight about condoms
The big news in feminist and gay rights circles is that Laura Bush told CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux that she believes condoms are “absolutely necessary” and that she’s fine with getting rid of the abstinence-only provision in PREFAR (President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief). This is pleasing news, although hardly extraordinary or radical.
I tried to [...]
Sex without condoms
So your teenager is having sexual intercourse. That particular cat is out of the bag, and you’re stopping it is not the battle you are choosing the fight. The problem is that your son or daughter is having sexual intercourse without condoms. How do you fight that battle? Here are a [...]
Parental Notification and Consent Laws
Yesterday, New Hampshire repealed their law which required minors to notify their parents that they were getting an abortion (the 2003 law was never enforced, due to a law suit by Planned Parenthood stating that it did not make provisions for the health and safety of the minor). Parental notification means that one or [...]
Daily Condom Commercial #9
The last commercial in this delightful series. Americans run funny, engaging commercials on every other topic - I wish we could run them on safe sex too!
