Sex Positivity

Their First Banana Hammock

October 21, 2011

From time to time, my daughters and I check out new music on iTunes. Well, the other day, we started with looking to see what was new on the Top Charts. That day, the song that was number one on the Singles Chart for Music Videos was LMFAO’s “Sexy And I Know It”. In iTunes [...]

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PDA – Parental Displays of Affection

October 19, 2011

Once people become parents, a lot of us generally don’t allow ourselves to be sexual beings anymore.  Why is that? When we were young and as we grew up, some of us desexualized our own parents (and sometimes our siblings as well).  That is, we removed all aspects of thinking of them as being or [...]

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Talk To Your Kids About Sex Before Someone Else Does

August 4, 2011

My kids get a bit confused when they hear stories about the lies we tell children about sex to “protect” them. They just don’t understand what the big deal is. A few months back, I was reading an article about sex (shocker, I know…). Marcia was looking over my shoulder at what I was reading [...]

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Are Men God’s Gift to Women? No, the Clitoris is.

July 27, 2011

Does anyone else find it odd that there is little or no discussion of the role of the clitoris in sex education in general? Does anyone (besides my sex educator friends and colleagues) know the extended physiology of the clitoral structure? See pic at right. Why is this? Do you know how utterly amazing the [...]

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Children Learn What They Live: the body image edition

July 26, 2011

I’ve written before about my own journey toward personal self-acceptance a couple of times. Once and Twice This post is about how I want to instill in my children the desire to love, respect, and take care of their bodies in a way I never did and I was younger. My girls and I watch [...]

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“Shhh! There Are Children Present.”

June 20, 2011

A funny thing happened at yoga. I’ve been taking Marcia (9) and Cindy (7) to yoga with me. I agree with author Peggy Orenstein that it’s a wonderful practice for young girls. My daughters seem to like it and the other participants seem to enjoy the youth factor and aren’t the least bit curmudgeonly… or [...]

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Kids Sing The Darndest Things (And Random Musings on S&M)

May 13, 2011

I was driving my daughters and one of Cindy’s friends home from school the other day and I had the radio on. I’m usually listening to NPR or my iPod but my daughter’s friend requested a specific station. When I tuned in to that station after the ads it played Rhianna’s song “S & M”. [...]

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Oh Yes, it’s Ladies Night!

May 2, 2011

I had a group of girlfriends over for ladies night one Friday night not too long ago. My daughters were going to be at home during the party. I told my daughters that they were welcome to stay up as late as they wanted (!) and that I would provide them with a DVD and [...]

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The Beginner’s Guide to Sexual Euphemism

April 19, 2011

Double Entendre, n. ~ A word or phrase open to two interpretations, one of which is usually risqué and indecent. Humor using such words or phrases. (Source: Oxford English Dictionary) Breaking down sexual euphemisms is yet another way to introduce the topic of sex and sexuality to your children in a way that may be [...]

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Do you want to “Cop” a feel?: Fantasy Role-Play isn’t against the Law

March 25, 2011

Recently I was showing affection to my partner in a parking lot– get your mind out of the gutter, we were just kissing in public. As we were kissing a police cruiser drove up and parked next to our car. I was joking with my partner that we were going to get a ticket for [...]

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