The Dinah Project recently had a post about how to carry a condom, and ended the post with a good argument for why girls should carry their own condoms. It’s a good post. Straightforward, interesting, and educational. You should forward it on to the teenagers you know, so they’ll be one step [...]
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Sex as a responsibility - Part 2
Yesterday I wrote the introduction to this series. Today I am writing about how talking with teenagers about sex as a privilege can lead to a discussion of responsibility to the physical aspects of a sexual relationship.
Once a teenager acknowledges that sexual activities are inherently different from non-sexual activities, the most obvious way to [...]
Sex as a responsibility - Part 1
On Friday I wrote about the importance of talking with teenagers about privilege vs. responsibility in sexual decision making. Here’s the first concrete step a parent or a teacher could ask a teenager to begin a conversation around this topic:
“How is hooking up with someone different from, say, playing a computer game with someone?”
This [...]
Contraceptives
(Written by Guest Blogger JustAnotherTeen.)
Let’s face it, my girlfriend and I are far from the poster children of safer sex practices. Sure, we are not that bad, and try to use two forms of birth control, but no one could argue that they are the safest ways to go. When we first had sex, she [...]
Privilege vs. Responsibility
With every privilege should come increased responsibility.
For example, my 6-year-old daughter has increased freedom at every birthday. She is able to stay up later or walk alone to our neighbor’s house. But her responsibilities also increase at every birthday. Last year she started getting ready for bed without our prompting or help. Maybe this year [...]
Contraceptives
(Written by Guest Blogger JustAnotherTeen.)
Let’s face it, my girlfriend and I are far from the poster children of safer sex practices. Sure, we are not that bad, and try to use two forms of birth control, but no one could argue that they are the safest ways to go. When we first had sex, she [...]
What you don’t know can kill you
Many thanks to Mrs. Y for taking over while I was gone. The conference where I was presenting last week was interesting and engaging. I, of course, went to all of the presentations on sex education. More on that later.
Today I want to tell you about my presentation. I gave an [...]
1 in 4 US teenage girls has an STD
I hate it when things happen when I’m out of touch. On Tuesday, March 11th, the CDC came out with a press release that 26% of US teen girls has an STD.
This headline (just like my blog post title) is being widely spread and highly freaked out over. But there’s more in the [...]
Vibrators and dildos
Some time ago a teenager at the church where I worked approached me and asked if I would take her shopping for a vibrator. (Although she didn’t know the word for a vibrator, she alluded to it with a bright red face…) I thought it was great, and so took her (with her [...]
German condom commercials
Germans take sex education far more seriously than Americans. That is to say, they go ahead and bite the bullet and do real sex education rather than stuffing their fingers in their ears and humming loudly whenever anyone brings up the issue. This was made loud and clear to me in my recent [...]
