Think misogyny is in the past?
Look at this ten minute talk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZAxwsg9J9Q&feature=youtu.be where Anita Sarkeesian talks about her experience wanting to raise awareness about the way that women are depicted in video games. Heck, check out the whole TedxWomen talks, there is A LOT of amazing stuff in there: http://www.ted.com/pages/tedxwomen Read More
Basic STD Low-Down
Click on this article to read IMPORTANT information on STDs: http://greenlightheidi.com/2012/08/std-information/ Read More
Exploring Your Sexuality
Clarisse Thorn’s book, “the S & M Feminist,” is a great way to learn about feminism and S & M, (both are interesting topics that a sexually empowered female might want to know more about! The above link actually takes you to the review that I just wrote on the book, click on the picture icon of Clarisse’s book to the right to read excepts from the book.) Here is a great link to some basic resources if you are new and... Read More
Cultural Programming that Limits Women’s Sexual Self-Esteem
At the conclusion the author writes: “With young women, it’s about teaching the difference between the desire to be desired and desire itself. It only takes a girl a few seconds to realize what someone else may want from her sexually. It often takes her much longer to figure out what she really wants, to discern the pleasure she gets from bringing pleasure to another from the pleasure she wants for herself. And once she’s figured that... Read More
Children Book Recommmendations for Sex/Body Education
This video is inspiring because it shows you how comfortable a child can be if given access to information on body parts without shame or fear. More than inspiring, the following link is IMPORTANT because it gives some great recommendations to parents for children’s books on the topics of body and sexuality education http://mitchelltepper.com/media/ (see “YouTube Videos Widget” on the bottom right of the screen and click... Read More
Life Behaviors of a Sexually Healthy Individual
I believe that Kathleen’s website has a fantastic list to deeply reflect on if you seek to be sexually empowered and sexually healthy: http://tellkathleenanything.com/Sexually_Healthy_Adults.html Read More
Free sex education videos + website that answers your sex questions
Sex Smart Films is a website to help you get the sexual information that you want. And here is another website that answers sex questions: http://www.sexualhealth.com/womens-sexual-health/ I found the Sex Smart Films site by looking at the American Association of Sexual Health Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT) links page, there are many other interesting and educational websites listed there (scroll to the bottom): http://www.aasect.org/assoclinks.asp (For... Read More