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Those of you who aren't yet old enough to read obituaries every morning might have missed out on last week's New York Times write-up on Yitta Schwartz, the 93-year old Hasidic Jew who left behind as many as two thousand living descendants when she...
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It's really easy to say you'll be a cool sex-positive parent when you're picturing teaching a young child the correct names for body parts, having a frank discussion about sex and why safe sex is important with a tween, or empowering your teen to...
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The revelation in the January 31, 2010 edition of South Africa's The Sunday Times that Jacob Zuma has fathered his 20th child with a woman who is not one of his five wives has ignited further controversy around the already embattled president of...
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One of homophobia's biggest and most tenacious myths is the idea that gay men are child molesters by their very nature. It's one of the first things that most people are taught to associate with homosexuality, and like some undead aristocrat...
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The Torridge Pool in Devon, England has banned naked showering in locker rooms in order to avoid offending schoolchildren. The ban was put in place after pool management received complaints from some of the local schools that use the facilities....
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Not long ago my partner and I had the opportunity to fly to the West Coast for a weekend. We would be gone less than two days, and with that in mind, we decided to leave the Little Mistress with her grandparents. The grandparents got unrestricted...
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It has been a year since my daughter, the Little Mistress, was born at the ungodly hour of 5 AM in November of 2008. Celebrating her first birthday was an opportunity for my partner and I to take a victory lap; we had kept the baby alive for a whole...
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Nearly 30 years into the AIDS epidemic, there is still no cure. While there is still hope, the best defense against the human immunodeficiency virus or HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, remains education and prevention. We in the United States often...
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“You're going to have to beat boys off with a stick when she's older." The speaker, an older woman, smiled affectionately at my daughter and brushed a hand over her dark wispy hair.
I smile outwardly and cringe inwardly.
How do you know...
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The results of a study published in the Journal of Happiness Studies suggest that married couples who have children are happier than those who choose to remain childless. Previous research has indicated a correlation between increasing numbers of...
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Between the Brooke Shields controversy and the Roman Polanski contoversy, this has been quite the week for creepy child exploitation news. Maybe that's why it was more than a little distressing to stumble across a two-month old video of...
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I'm not sure how to handle this, and I would really appreciate some help. Like most modern, sex-positive women, I have a number of vibrators and other sex toys that I use with myself or with a partner. I keep them discreetly tucked away out of sight...
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The newly released United Nations Economic, Social and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) International Guidelines on Sexuality Education advocates for the universal right to accurate, non judgmental sexual and reproductive health education. The...
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10,000 Dresses
By Marcus Ewert, Illustrated by Rex Ray
Seven Stories Press, 32 pp.
Poor Bailey. She dreams each night of the fabulous dresses she'll design. Ten thousand in all, they march up a staircase and reveal themselves to her one by one....
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When it comes time to give your daughter her first doll, will you encourage her to bottle-feed or breast-feed? The latter wasn't so much of an option before, but thanks to Spanish dollmaker Berujan, it is now. The company has ignited an...