December 22, 2011
About seven percent of teen girls are having group sex, according to a recent study conducted by the New York Academy of Medicine. They looked at any sexual experience from a modest threesome to the more advanced orgy. Of the 328 14 to 20-year-olds surveyed, over half said they were pressured and 43 percent claim ...
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December 17, 2011
I read a newspaper article today about the ages in the UK at which men and women (or boys and girls, it turned out) are having sex. Its main thrust (ho,ho) was that women are tending to have sex for the first time at a younger age on average, with a recent survey revealing that ...
June 15, 2011
Parents, it turns out your kids actually do listen when you talk to them about sex. Almost everyone has had “the talk” with their parents. It is not always pleasant and may result in nausea or extreme embarrassment. My mother never lied to me about how babies were made, and I appreciate that honesty now ...
March 10, 2011
There are many arguments for and against sex education being taught early and comprehensively. The opponents usually cite the fact that they don’t want their kids to have sex. Sex should be for adults in marriage (or at least long term committed relationships). Their kids would never do that, they raised them better. Kids need ...
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June 17, 2010
Last year British kids almost got sex education as a requirement in their school curriculum from age 15. But it was dropped right before the election. Now, a public health advisory group (NICE) has again said that sex education should start from age five. It’s time to stop talking and get on with starting the program! ...