7 A’s of Hooking Up
Jamie Utt’s 7 A’s of Hooking Up from Fivel Rothberg on Vimeo. – After a Georgia Tech fraternity brother wrote a letter entitled “luring your rapebait“, Jamie Utt responded with his own list of keys...
View ArticleMy Covert Mission to Raise Boys Who Balance Empowerment with Empathy
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View Article7 Reasons Why Your Child Should Never Be Forced to Hug Anyone (Even Relatives!)
Do you really want to teach your children they don’t have control over their own bodies? (Content Warnings: incest, rape, and sexual violence) Two of my good friends had their first baby late this...
View ArticleSorry Parents, But Having ‘The Sex Talk’ is No Longer Enough
Your kids are looking to YOU to teach them how to feel about sex and their bodies. Don’t let them down. By Joanna Schroeder I learned the truth about where babies came from when I was 10 years old....
View ArticleThis is Why We Published a Rapist’s Story
Joanna Schroeder explains why it’s so important to understand the link between the partying lifestyle and sexual assault. Author’s note: It’s important that I’m clear, as both an editor and a...
View ArticleOnly ‘Yes’ Means Yes: Sometimes What You Think is Consensual Sex is Actually...
Shannon Ridgway and Sandra Kim offer a clear guide to understanding and obtaining consent from your partner. What is consensual sex? Common knowledge states that it’s two adults who willingly agree to...
View ArticleThe Healthy Sex Talk: Teaching Kids Consent, Ages 1-21
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View ArticleHeads of the Hydra or, The End of Rape
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View ArticleA Father-Son Talk About Rape and Rehtaeh Parsons
How can we help prevent sexual assault in the future? Teach every child not to rape. Zach Rosenberg and his son are starting early. “Because that’s rape,” I answered, matter-of-factly. “What’s rape?”...
View ArticleIs There Abuse in the Kink Community?
Danielle Paradis and Dylan Richards explore the ways in which rape can be prevented with in kink and BDSM communities. Danielle: I had always thought that kink held the golden standard when it came...
View ArticleChallenging ‘Boys Will Be Boys’
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View ArticleThis Awesome Sex-Ed Talk Will Leave You Laughing (and Informed)
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View Article7 A’s of Hooking Up
Jamie Utt’s 7 A’s of Hooking Up from Fivel Rothberg on Vimeo. – After a Georgia Tech fraternity brother wrote a letter entitled “luring your rapebait“, Jamie Utt responded with his own list of keys...
View ArticleMy Covert Mission to Raise Boys Who Balance Empowerment with Empathy
Joanna Schroeder wonders how to raise sensitive boys in a society that empowers them to abuse. – Galit Breen, a mother of a teen daughter, wrote a beautiful essay called “Why I’m Not Raising a Good...
View Article7 Reasons Why Your Child Should Never Be Forced to Hug Anyone (Even Relatives!)
Do you really want to teach your children they don’t have control over their own bodies? (Content Warnings: incest, rape, and sexual violence) Two of my good friends had their first baby late this...
View ArticleSorry Parents, But Having ‘The Sex Talk’ is No Longer Enough
Your kids are looking to YOU to teach them how to feel about sex and their bodies. Don’t let them down. By Joanna Schroeder I learned the truth about where babies came from when I was 10 years old....
View ArticleA Simple Script About Consent for Dads to Use With Their Sons
Embed from Getty Images — In an ideal world, sex and consent would be completely equal between men and women. Men and women would approach sexual relations the same way, and they would ask and give...
View ArticleModern Dating and How to Fix the Aziz Ansari Problem
Embed from Getty Images — There is such a whirlwind of topics flying around relating to dating these days that it’s nearly impossible to figure out which one to tackle first. But after reading the...
View ArticleSex Education
Embed from Getty Images — On a March morning in the spring of 1986, our teacher, Mrs. Boykin, lined us up at the door, our fifth-grade class making a single column along the wall from the door to the...
View ArticleLittle Talks: Instilling Good Ethics into Our Boys
Embed from Getty Images — When my daughter was starting her teen years, my wife and I had many talks with her about dating etiquette. As a father, I was scared. I remember being a teen boy. I remember...
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