On Wednesday I described an assignment I give to my college Human Sexuality students where they create a media image that incorporates positive sexuality. I am posting three best projects from my class this semester. On Wednesday, I posted about the blog Avant Garde Bodies, yesterday I put up sexy advertisements that showed real women’s [...]
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Building a sexual vocabulary
Many Middle School students - okay, let’s face it, many Americans - have a hard time holding a serious conversation about sex using correct terminology. Even among adult, many conversations about sex include a lot of insinuations, a lot of suggestive and knowing glances and meaningless phrases like “Well, he … you know … and [...]
Where to keep those pesky condoms?
Condoms offer incredible protection against unwanted pregnancy and STD transmission. They are the idea contraceptive for responsible teenagers because they also provide STD protection.
But condoms need to be taken care of: They cannot get too warm or too cold (like in a car), be rubbed about (like in a pocket or a wallet in a [...]
Say “No.” But nicely.
On of the activities I do with my middle school students is have them role-play saying “No” to sexual advances and requests for a date. I do this not because I think they are in the thick of needing to say no to would-be-suitors and would-be-sexual partners, but because they will eventually be in the [...]
Buying condoms? In middle school?
Last weekend I took 10 middle school students to buy condoms.
None of the students wanted to come to class, which was unusual for them. Their parents pushed them, made them come. The students told me and my co-teacher: No way. We’re not going to buy condoms. The students asked me what they should say if [...]
Jar’o'Sex Questions
Below is my second episode of Jar’o’Sex questions!
Please, please, please feel free to ask me questions! And they don’t all have to be phsyical - they can be emotional and they can be about you, your kids, your relationship with your kids, your kids’ relationships with other people - whatever!
Also remember that tomorrow at 5pm [...]
How to do it: in the words of a young adult
I have recently been drawn into a conversation about teenagers, sexuality, and online activities on a massive e-mail group. The conversation was started by a father posting a link to this Daily Mail article about the excessive promiscuity and online sexual activity teenagers are regularly engaging in. I was unimpressed by the article - and [...]
When maybe means…?
Last March I wrote a post about preventing rape through sex education. It just got a new comment, so I went back and read my way through it again.
I recently used the story I described in that post of a date rape told from two very different perspectives in a college classroom. We had a [...]
Short advice for parents: How to make decisions
My friend and colleague Laura Olson came and spoke to my Child Development class on Monday. Within her two hour (very informative and fun) lecture, was this gem:
Birth to seven years old: Parents make the decisions.
Seven to fourteen years old: Parents listen to the child, then make the decision.
Fourteen years old through high school: Parents [...]
Preventing HIV
RH Reality Check is a great organization that serves individuals and organizations committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights. One way RH Reality Check does it’s great work is through a series of videos called Our Reality Video Series.
For the moment, here is an interview with two women living with HIV. They [...]
