Opinion

Fifty Shades of Sexual Experience

September 18, 2012

When someone says they are straight, what do you assume that means about their sexual experiences? What about when someone says they are gay or bisexual? In an effort to demonstrate the continuum of sexual experience, Dr. Alfred Kinsey developed a heterosexual-homosexual rating scale back in 1948. Using the following definitions, Kinsey considered a 1-2 [...]

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The Technology Talk – The Role of Technology in Your Relationship

August 10, 2012

Technology, for better or for worse, has become a part of everyday life. Some people even desire the use of their phone over sex. In a recent survey  15% of respondents said they would rather give up sex than go without their iPhone for a weekend. Needless to say, I’m surprised. How is it that [...]

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Tubal Tantrums

July 9, 2012

If 42 year-old me could have talked to 23 year-old me as she was getting ready to get married, she would have remarked on the fact that forever is a fallacy, truth is relative and what you absolutely need and want out of life is an ever-changing target. 23 year-old me would not have listened, [...]

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Masturbation May Should Be Every Day!

May 22, 2012

Masturbation has an interesting history. I won’t go into all the nitty-gritty sex-negative messages that have been perpetuated throughout time. Despite the amount of  mis-information that’s out there about masturbation, as a society we have come a long way. In the late 19th- and early 20th-centuries, self-pleasure was something insane people did. Much of the [...]

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Am I Mom Enough? To My Kids I Am And That’s All That Matters.

May 14, 2012

Am I Mom Enough? To My Kids I Am And That’s All That Matters. From GoodVibesBlog.com  MAY 11, 2012   THE MAMASUTRA Americans are in quite a tizzy around Time Magazine’s cover article: “Are you MOM ENOUGH?”  (Emphasis and bold from Time Magazine themselves).  It seems regardless of your political stance, the controversy surrounds two areas: The [...]

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Follow up: A Parent’s Guide to Using the Internet for Sex Ed

May 14, 2012

Follow up: A Parent’s Guide to Using the Internet for Sex Ed Originally published on GoodVibesBlog.com  MARCH 16, 2012   THE MAMASUTRA   3 COMMENTS The other day, as I wrote the post to help parents with using online content to talk to your kids, I made a reference to Isabella Rossellini’s series “Green Porno”. While I was writing, Marcia, Cindy, [...]

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A Parent’s Guide to Using the Internet for Sex Ed

May 14, 2012

Originally published MARCH 14, 2012  on GoodVibesBlog.com     THE MAMASUTRA Children’s curiosity is ok.  As they grow, it’s important to mindfully attend to what things they are interested in and then, as their parent, guide them as best you can.  Here are a couple examples. Recently, my friend Jean’s daughter Kelly has had a bit [...]

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Puberty Happens

May 14, 2012

My oldest daughter Marcia is nine years old and in the fourth grade. “Puberty Education” does not happen until the NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR where we live here in Northern California.  Lots of the girls in her grade are starting to notice changes in their bodies and their mothers are left wondering what to do.   Some [...]

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How to Survive Parents Judging Other Parents

May 14, 2012

Occasionally, my editor Charlie Glickman sends suggestions for blog posts to me and other Sexy Mamas Bloggers.  Here is a recent one: I was chatting with a friend the other day about talking with kids about sex and she mentioned something interesting. Part of her resistance to doing so, despite her awareness of the value [...]

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Accentuate The Negative

May 14, 2012

I remember the first time I heard the phrase “Sex Positive.” I had to ask what that meant, and when it was explained to me, I am sure that I had a puzzled look on my face. The person who had explained it to me then said, “doesn’t that make sense?” “Of course it does,” [...]

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