Adolescent Sexuality by Dr. Karen Rayne

Ah, I just love the the counterintuitive nature of the title of this post!
That’s right folks, the Democratic Dog and Pony Show National Convention is well underway in Denver. While I generally pay more attention to other things than the already-assumed nomination of the man I already know I am going to vote for [...]

Lux Alptraum of Boinkology wrote this post this morning:
I got my first vibrator when I was seventeen. It was pink, glittery, and penis shaped — and really, nothing to write home about. But it was still my first vibrator. I bought it at Babeland, took it home… and thus began my love affair with marital [...]

This is a conversation that was recently repeated to me by a father that he had with his 7-year-old daughter:
Daughter: “Daddy, why do you and Mommy talk about sex so often?  That’s all you ever do is talk, talk, talk about sex!”
Father: “Uhhh…When do you hear us talking about sex?”
Daughter: “All the time!  That’s all [...]

I recently told a friend that I would be teaching human sexuality at Austin Community College this fall. She replied by asking me, “What do you teach in that class? What is human sexuality?”
I was a little bit surprised at her question. It was past my bedtime, so I stumbled through an [...]

In addition to my book reading, I try to keep up with the parts of the Internet that include sex bloggers and parenting bloggers and news bloggers and…well, anything else that catches my interest.  More often than not, I scan the first few lines and skip the rest.  Yesterday, however, was quite the amazing day [...]

Yesterday was a busy day for me and mine.
My eldest is getting ready to head off for first grade, and I decided to honor the occasion old-school (please pardon the pun…it’s early yet!) by making her a dress.  It is rainbow-hued in a way that only a 7-year-old girl could really enjoy.
On less personal notes, [...]

I recently finished reading The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory for the first time. (I know, I know, color me behind on the latest novels. Blame it on grad school, children, and running my own business and move on please.) Now, I’ve read up on some of the controversy on whether [...]

I just got back from the beach yesterday. It was a lovely, if short, jaunt to the Texas coast with my kids, my husband, and my mother. We had a delightful time building sand castles, digging moats and canals, rolling around in the waves, and searching for shells. In short, it was [...]

Condoms
Yep, this is why you should make sure your sons and daughters have their own condoms. You get more sleep that way.

Condoms
Yep, this is why you should make sure your sons and daughters have their own condoms. You get more sleep that way.