family
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The Sexual Freedom Project: Birds and the Bees
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[pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngZzDo_NJUI” pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] Meet Ying, who doesn’t really believe in the abstinence-only approach, and tells us why. She received much of her formal sexual education in Catholic school, and shares with us some of the topics they covered. She tells us about her traditional parents and their expectations for her. And she has some wisdom…
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The Sexual Freedom Project: The Glass Closet
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(También en Español) [pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfIahKk0Vgk” pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] What issues in your own family that are “off limits” in terms of discussion due to past or present circumstances? Does your family make you live in a glass closet, where everyone knows about your sexual orientation and/or gender identity but just are unwilling to talk about it? Do…
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The Sexual Freedom Project: Do your own research
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[pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAB5EHtffJw” pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] The level of sex education in America’s schools is impartial at best and at its worst calls for abstinence. What has been your experience? Many people believe that the responsibility for sex education lies with your parents. How has the worked for you? The bottom line makes you responsible for your own…
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United Nations Fails to Protect All Families
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UN Human Rights Council Adopts Non-Inclusive Protection of the Family Resolution “It should not be up to an accidental majority of states to define what does and what does not constitute a family. I urge all states to respect, protect and fulfil the human rights of all individual members belonging to all different types of…
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The Sexual Freedom Project: Let’s Talk About Sex
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[pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJCcCAxK0hk” pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] We are taking a second look at this video which asked a lot of basic questions. Many of you contacted us privately with your answers, and often with questions as well. So what do you think? Who taught you about sex? Were you able to talk with your parents about it? Do parents have…
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The Sexual Freedom Project: Birds and the Bees
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2 min read
[pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngZzDo_NJUI” pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] I’ve decided to offer my take on some of the media I have come across here. There are hundreds of Sexual Freedom Project videos to choose from, each with an important message. Everyone’s invited to join the cast by submitting your personal definition of or commentary on some aspect of sexual freedom. In…
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The Sexual Freedom Project: A Culmination of Things
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1 min read
[pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwvdai2ECJk” pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] As a new addition to VenusPlusX, I would like to express my views on some of the interesting media I have come across here. One video I found is particularly intriguing because the woman speaks of the big picture – the culmination of things that influence our sexuality. Everyone is a product…
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What is Family?
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3 min read
(Tabién en español) A particularly important idea that really answers the question, “What is family?” is that a family is what we make it. Yes, the nuclear family with a mother, father, and two children may sill be considered the norm, but in reality, non-traditional families are a rising majority. a subject that I began…
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The Sexual Freedom Project: Two Homes, Two Sex Ed’s
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(También en Español) How important is it to have open family discussions about sex while growing up? Leave a comment and let us know what you think, or make your own video or blog to share. We will send you a free VenusPlusX t-shirt or slap bracelet to thank you. Video edited by Tiye Massey.