How I'm Unlearning My Shame About Sex—One Orgasm At A Time
"Why didn't they teach us this in class?" |
No matter where you went to school, your formal sex education curriculum probably didn't address the things that you most desperately needed to know about your sexual life. We're here to fill in the gaps. |
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| I don't remember the first time I felt tingles "down there," but I do remember the shame I felt around it. |
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Since consent isn't exactly prioritized in the conversation about sex—and we're not learning about it in the classroom—our first forays into what consent means and how it affects us are often presented in scary, traumatic ways. |
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| How one "late-blooming bisexual" learned to go down on a girl and embrace queer joy, with a little help from Audre Lorde. |
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Shan Boodram does it all—no, really. She's a certified sexologist, intimacy educator, relationship expert, author, ambassador, podcast host and mother. She's been in the game for 15 years, solidifying her spot as a well-known and trusted figure in the sex education space—and she's not done yet. Here's why she does it. |
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| Model and activist Yasmin Benoit addresses one of the most common questions she's asked about her asexuality. |
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This is how a health educator in NYC spends her money over the course of one week. |
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