Pain During Sex - The Pain Perception Project For Women

Pain During Sex - The Pain Perception Project For Women

“It hurts when we have sex.” When a woman in my intimacy coaching private practice shares this with me, I know it can mean many things. A while ago in a nationally-representative sex research study, one-third of the women indicated that they had recently experienced pain in a sexual encounter…

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What if Men’s Sexual Empathy Was the Default Instead of Our Moral Judgment of Women?

What if Men’s Sexual Empathy Was the Default Instead of Our Moral Judgment of Women?

I was recently listening to one of my favorite podcasts — This American Life — where they interviewed the original researcher who studied the incidence of sexual aggression on college campuses in the 1970s and 1980s. Mary Koss, PhD, was the first to study this topic through the lens of detailed behavioral questions. For example, when asking, “Have you been raped?”…

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How to Have the Sex Talk - Free Video Course for Parents

How to Have the Sex Talk - Free Video Course for Parents

Let’s Talk About Sex is a new 3-part video course for parents, that I created in collaboration with Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest. “How do I not screw up my kid around sex?” “How can I do better than how my parents did?” “How can I handle difficult topics and help my teen feel comfortable talking to me?”

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