Last Thursday morning I had the pleasure of speaking with Robert Jensen about pornography and raising kids in a sexually saturated society. I have mentioned Jensen’s newest book on pornography in a previous post. Several articles he’s written are on his website.
What is a brief description of how you see porn?
When you look at [...]
Archives for August, 2007
Interview with Robert Jensen
Checking for testicular cancer - male nudity in video
My 17-year-old brother had surgery yesterday to determine whether or not he has testicular cancer. We’ll know for sure in about 10 days. When was the last time you or your son/husband/father got checked for testicular cancer? This video shows men how to do a routine exam for themselves. The men [...]
Saying yes
With teenagers, as with toddlers, parents should try to say yes as often as possible. There are so many, many things to say no to (drugs, alcohol, sex, the bad friends, the wrong date, buying a new car, wearing too much make-up, dropping out of school, going to that concert/party/drag racing event, and the [...]
How To Use A Condom
If you’re too embarrassed to show your teenager how to put on a condom, you can show them this video instead. The sound is only a nice jazzy background tune.
How many people have you had sex with?
The NY Times published a short piece on Sunday called The Myth, The Math, The Sex. It discusses the impossibility of large differences in numbers of sex partners between men and women. Here is their statement of the problem:
One survey, recently reported by the federal government, concluded that men had a median of [...]
Pornography and Adolescents
Dear Readers, I know that some of you have very strong, emotional reactions to pornography. I describe one pornographic image in the third paragraph. In my last paragraph, I ask for your comments on and personal experience with porn.
This post is in preparation for my interview on Thursday with Robert Jensen, author of [...]
Adolescent sex offenders Part 3: Legal issues
In case you missed the first or second part in this series, we are discussing the recent NY Times article on adolescent sex offenders. This is the last post in a three-part series.
The primary focus of the law as it relates to adolescent sex offenders is how to keep potential future victims safe. [...]
"Can I go, Dad?? Please??": Teenagers and the Austin City Limits Music Festival
A dad I spoke with recently, we’ll call him Tony, is having trouble with his 14-year-old daughter, who we’ll call Sara. Sara wants to go to the Austin City Limits Music Festival this year with a gaggle of her 14-year-old friends. If you are unfamiliar with the ACL festival, it is a three [...]
Adolescent sex offenders Part 2: Social and psychological implications
In case you missed the first part in this series, we are discussing the recent NY Times article on adolescent sex offenders. This is the second post in a three-part series.
Adolescent social, emotional, psychological, and cognitive development is quite rapid. Almost every aspect of an adolescent is, for those few years, almost always [...]
Adolescent trends in anal sex
I am on a continuing search for information about adolescents and anal sex. I recently ran across an article that suggests 25% of adolescent relationships include anal sex, with 10% including anal sex on a regular basis (Baldwin & Baldwin, 2000). Another article reports that 10% of the study participants (who were 18 [...]
