Society undermines the abilities of sexual assault survivors to make fully informed decisions about their sex lives. It’s time for that to stop. by Laura LeMoon One year ago, almost to the day, I was prostituting for meth. For crack. In hotels, trap houses, on the streets. You may be unsurprised to learn that I...
Category: Sex Positivity
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Male Birth Control Trial Halted Because of the Same Side Effects Women Have Dealt With for Decades
Scientists recently conducted a trial of a male birth control injection that was 96 percent effective in preventing pregnancies. Although the hormone injection is a promising alternative to the traditional birth control for women and people with uteruses, the trial was halted after some of the men in the study complained of depression, mood changes and libido...
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Artist Stephanie Sarley Makes Fruit Sexier Than We’ve Ever Seen
Stephanie Sarley’s ongoing series of erotic fruit art brings vagina-based sexuality to the forefront. Sarley is an illustrator, printmaker and video artist based in Oakland, California — the cradle of the American second-wave feminist movement. Sarley says the mission of the series is to normalize non-phallic sexuality and challenge society’s aversion to the vagina. She portrays the...
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Herpes and STI Stigma is a Feminist Issue
by Rafaella Gunz In the summer of 2015, I contracted genital herpes. The most devastating thing for me was that oldest friend ostracized me. She lives in London and I was planning to visit her that summer, but my diagnosis changed that. She told me she was afraid she’d contract herpes from me, though our relationship was...
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Study Shows Millennials To Be More Queer, Less Sexual
The conclusions of this study may be connected to the fact that millennials are adulting later than previous generations. Recent reports have surfaced that millennials are having less sex than previous generations. According to Archives of Sexual Behavior, less people born in the 80’s and 90’s are having sex than previous generations, and twice as likely to...
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Taiwanese Students Create Cute Condoms to Encourage Sex-Shy People to Buy Them
Even the boldest among us can be shy when buying condoms. It’s not the act of sex — it’s the looks and slut-shaming that come along with it. Sometimes it’s sexual harassment and people making assumptions about your proclivities. Other times it’s disgust or sexual objectification. Taiwanese brand Oops is fighting the stigma of condoms by making...
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What?! Gynecologists Say the Weirdest Things
Very few people are actually excited to go see the gynecologist. Pap tests are necessary, but probably not your average idea of a good time. Ob/Gyns are known for bizarre beside manners and sometimes say some pretty hilarious stuff. Sadly, sometimes the things that folks hear at the doctor can be pretty problematic, too. Here...
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How to Build Intimacy When You — Or Your Partner — Suffers from PTSD
When we hear the word “PTSD,” we often think of soldiers coming home from war, triggered by loud noises or surprise touches. But shell-shocked veterans make up only a small fraction of those suffering from PTSD. Post-traumatic stress disorder and its cousin, complex PTSD, can arise from many dangerous situations, be they physical or psychological. Women suffer at a...
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Decolonizing My Pussy: Moving Through Body Shame, Gender Dysphoria, and Sexual Abuse
I’m understanding my body, my gender, and my identity more and more every day that I decolonize and divest from white supremacist patriarchal ideologies. All my life, I’ve always felt uncomfortable asking for head or centering my sexual pleasure the ways I prefer to climax and be stimulated. I’ve spent my entire life being a...
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5 Ways to Become Sexually Empowered
I became sexually empowered the hard way — but you don’t have to. by Caitlin D’Aprano [content warning: assault, rape] I went to an all girls’ school. Boys were a novelty. You could say I was boy crazy, but I’d say it was because they were unfamiliar to me. I wish someone had pulled me aside and...