#MeToo Leaves Its Mark From State Capitols to Classrooms
As powerful men and women from Hollywood to Capitol Hill are scrambling to answer for sexual harassment and abuse, more nuanced public conversations about gender, power, and consent are multiplying....
View ArticleWhy Parents Fear ‘The Talk’ and What Kids Want Out of It
When Rhonda Johnson was growing up, her mom didn’t talk to her about sex, and the education offered in her Boston school emphasized abstinence. Rhonda, now a 46-year-old mother of three, finds that not...
View ArticleIn Canada, Ontario Premier’s War on Sex Ed Sows Confusion and Sparks Protests
Earlier this year, voters in Ontario, Canada, elected the right-wing Progressive Conservative Party into power, making controversial populist Doug Ford the province’s premier. Ford ran on a platform...
View ArticleIn Netflix’s ‘Sex Education,’ Teens Are More Than Walking Hormones or STDs
As a sex educator, I dread onscreen depictions of teen sexuality. Too often, they provide us with implausible situations, bounce between raunchy humor and melodrama, and rely on stereotypes and...
View ArticleShould You Send Nudes During Quarantine?
For more sex education resources during the COVID-19 outbreak, check out our Better Sex Ed guide. EDITOR’S NOTE, July 1, 2:30 p.m.: This piece has been updated with more information about digital...
View ArticleMost Sex Ed Stresses Abstinence. Here’s How Parents Can Fill in the Gaps.
For more sex education resources, check out our Better Sex Ed guide. “So what’s going on with your vagina?” is a question my 6-year-old daughter casually asked recently as she strolled into my home...
View ArticleDoes Sex Hurt? How You Can Turn Sex Into Pleasurable Experiences.
For more videos, subscribe to our YouTube channel. Sex can be a lot of things: a stress reliever, a calorie burner, something to do on a boring Thursday night when there’s nothing good on Netflix, and,...
View ArticleHow to Tell Your Partner You Changed Your Mind During Sex
For more videos, subscribe to our YouTube channel. Sex educator Cassandra Corrado, host of Rewire News Group’s You Deserve Good Sex YouTube series, has always stressed the importance of communicating...
View Article8 Places to Buy Queer-Inclusive Sex Toys This Holiday Season
Sex shops have a bad reputation. When we think about going to a store to buy sex toys, most of us think about badly lit, grimy shops with slightly creepy salespeople behind the counter. That stereotype...
View ArticleWhy It’s Never Too Early to Start Sex Ed With Your Kids
You’ve likely seen the headlines: Adolescents Receiving Less Sex Ed Than 25 Years Ago. Teens Not Receiving Enough Sex Education. Adolescents Doomed Because Sex Ed Is So Darn Underwhelming. (That last...
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