[This post written by guest blogger JustAnotherTeen]
We live in a world where more and more people are accepting of alternative lifestyles. Yet students who self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender still report very similar amounts of harassment and negative effects in school as they did in 1999. Recently, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education [...]
Archives for empowerment
The 2007 GLSEN National School Climate Survey
Honesty about sex…er…
One of the questions I asked my Human Sexuality students last week was whether any of them had ever stretched the truth - or perhaps even flat-out-lied - about their sexuality. Everyone giggled nervously and looked shifty eyed. One brave young soul rolled his eyes and raised his hand saying, “Yeh, hasn’t everyone?” More nervous [...]
Parental self worth
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 [...]
How to teach sex ed
Sometimes I moonlight as a research/professor in science and mathematics secondary education. It’s generally fun, and almost always more lucrative than teaching sex ed. Regrettably, I write this blog and work with parents more out of a sense of urgency at the state of sexuality education and the deep satisfaction I receive from [...]
Critique of the new Dove commercial
Dove Commercial
Dear Dove,
This commercial sucks.
I know you think you’re all cool and whatever because you’re supposed to be standing up for girls, but you’ve missed the boat here by a wide margin. In fact, rather than supporting girls’ movement towards “Real Beauty,” you’ve gone in the exact opposite direction.
And what makes this so surprising [...]
Teach your teenager how to put on a condom
Is it awkward to whip out a banana or a cucumber (or even better, a penis model) and tell your teenager you’re going to show her the steps on how to put on a condom? Yep, no doubt. But there’s really no other good place for your teenager to learn how - except [...]
Teenagers are my heroes
Okay, so to be more specific, there are two Austin teenagers who are my personal heroes. I don’t know their names, or the names of any of their 20-odd friends who
stood around and watched while they changed my tire in a parking lot at 2am late Sunday night. But I do know that [...]
Calming down college application crazyness
“But,” you complain upon reading the title, “it’s not even application season yet! Doesn’t that start in the fall?”
“Nevertheless,” I respond with a sigh, “next year’s seniors are already obsessing about them.”
It seems that these baby boomer’s children, who are so many in number and so high-performing, have crammed all they can into the [...]
On trust
I am working with a production company from France to create a documentary about human development from birth through the beginnings of puberty and sexual interest. My conversation, of course, will come primarily at the end of the film. In addition to an interview piece, they asked that I gather a group of [...]
Today’s my birthday!
So I’m taking the day off. However, please feel free to fill my comment box with well wishes.
So in place of a more in-depth post this morning, please download and read my recent interview with Karen Kreps in this month’s Good Life Magazine about teenagers learning about sex on-line.
See you tomorrow, [...]
