Adolescent Sexuality by Dr. Karen Rayne

Yesterday I met someone formally who I’ve known for about two years now. It was a delight, really.
Joe works construction. For the past two years he’s been the gate guy for a building under construction at UT. So every day that I’ve gone to UT over the past two years, I’ve passed [...]

I have loved teaching this class at UT. I feel like I’ve learned a lot, and that I’ve been able to guide my students to a deeper understanding of their students’ learning process. Both of these are good things.
But I’m also just exhausted. I’m ready to wake up and stay home. [...]

A father told me yesterday afternoon that he was worried about his pre-teen son’s future break-up habits and how they would effect his son and his son’s future, theoretical dating partners. (Might sound a bit preemptive, but I had asked this dad to tell me his biggest fears around his son’s sexuality, and this [...]

McCain Can’t Explain Voting Against Birth Control

I generally don’t venture into trouncing one campaign or another in this space. But - you knew there was going to be a but - I can’t go silent in this particular presidential election. John McCain has such a poor record when it comes to voting pro-women [...]

Okay, folks, I’ve hit bottom in my ability to write cogently about adolescent sexuality, about parenting, about current events, about all the topics that make this blog fun and interesting. Happily for you and me, I see the way out of this pit. It brightens up particularly well after next Wednesday, when the [...]

Another of the on-going and always-funny comparisons between sex-ed and drivers-ed. Because, as we all know, everyone ends up with a lisence at the end of both. And of course I love Zits.

I was delighted to read this article in such a “popular” magazine as Time:
Where the ‘Ladyboys’ Are
Monday, July 7th, 2008
By Hannah Beech
Life can be complicated enough for members of the transgender community — the last thing they need is to hesitate between two bathroom doors: Male or female. Luckily for students at the Kampang high [...]

Unlike Phoebe’s Smelly Cat, the Skinny Cat goes beyond noxious and strays into the problematic.
This weekend we were hanging out with my daughter’s 6-year-old friend, who we’ll call Jane because that’s shorter and faster to type than her actual name.  We’re close to Jane’s whole family, and always have a lovely time together.  This weekend, [...]

Today I am thinking about the intensely personal nature of -isms.  Mostly about sexism and racism.
These are the two -isms that we talk about the most. Both of these -isms have been highly visible in the democratic primary.
I realized early on that I had a very personal, very emotional investment in Hillary Clinton. Politically [...]

My long-time, very dear friend Alice Fielding kindly agreed to share her experience around sexuality education and her evolving thoughts on pre-marital sex. She’ll be following the comments on this post, so feel free to engage her in conversation though your comments.
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The only sex talk I ever got from my parents took place [...]