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Judgments by Karen R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex This morning a fellow teacher who, according to his degrees and professional standing, appears competent to do research, perform statistical analysis of the output, and make b ... Read on »

Parents who are comfortable with their teenager on social networking sites by Karen R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex Folks, I want to talk with parents - mothers or fathers - who feel basically comfortable with their teenager(s) being on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, or MyS ... Read on »

Teenagers in prison by Karen R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex While this is not a topic that is terribly related to adolescent sexuality, it is one that is receiving a lot of attention recently.One week ago the Supreme Court heard argume ... Read on »

When girls wear tuxes and boys wear heels by Karen R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex The Western world has been divided into male/female for many years. This division is slowly dissolving, and not surprisingly it is our young people who are pushing this crusa ... Read on »

The pain we cause by Karen R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex Gang rape, pulling a train, gang bang, serial sex. These painful words that hurt, following or preceding or completely apart and separate from the acts they describe.And then ... Read on »

Negotiating about social media by Karen R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, blogs, blogs, and more blogs - so much online space, so many questions!I am delighted to announce that I will be moderating a panel called Negotiat ... Read on »

Mama Who Bore Me by Karen R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex I had the pleasure of seeing Spring Awakening on Tuesday. I had never seen it, nor had I read a full plot description. So while I knew it was one of those things I needed to ... Read on »

On the Glamour parade by Karen R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex I wrote a reaction over on The Belly Project about Glamour magazine’s article and accompanying photo spread with “plus-sized” models. Glamour’s rather ... Read on »

The seductive allure of the music… by Karen R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex Tonight I am preparing for a class tomorrow morning on gender. I start all my college classes with a song that is relevant to the topic, and my dear partner and I were playin ... Read on »

Laid by Karen R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex A new book hit the bookstores on Friday, and it is very well worth the trip to buy it. Laid is a collection of first person accounts of sexual experiences written by teenagers ... Read on »

My purple hair by Karen R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex I don’t think I’ve mentioned in this space that I dyed my hair purple about six months ago. I hadn’t ever dyed my hair before, and I thought it would be fun ... Read on »

Sexting: What now? by Karen R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex So here’s my overview from last Thursday and Friday ’s conversation on sexting:Yes, it can be problematic, as can almost any form of communication.Texting is (curr ... Read on »

Sexting, take two by Karen R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex Yesterday I wrote about sexting, in the original, text-based sense. Today I get into those terribly troubled waters when teenagers send sexual images - either stills or video ... Read on »

Sexting, oh sexting. by Karen R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex I’ve been asked a number of times in recent months what I think about sexting. So finally: my long-awaited response!There’s two different kinds of “sexting& ... Read on »

That secretive, nebulous, other sex by Karen R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex I recently went over physiology and anatomy with my college students. Afterward, one of the young men thanked me. He was clear and direct:“Thank you for teaching me wh ... Read on »

Dancing through body image by Karen R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex I was contacted today by an amazing group: PURE: Public Urban Ritual Experiment. They have an upcoming show, where the dancers reflect on their body image as it developed ove ... Read on »

Conception, contraception, and … Superheroes! by Karen R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex I have a lovely little jar that I pass around my college classes. I call it my Jar’o'Sex. When I pass the jar around, each student must write an anonymous question and ... Read on »

A letter to parents everywhere by Karen R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex Dear Friends,I’ll be frank: I understand that the young people in your family are probably very busy, far too busy to enroll in another class. I know your kids are goin ... Read on »

Openness by Karen R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex If you follow me on Twitter, you know I spent a few weeks this summer in Germany with my two kids visiting my mother. It was a lovely vacation.Here are some things I noticed ... Read on »

Welcome back (or for the first time…)! by Karen R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex Well, I have been on quite the (unplanned) summer hiatus. I apologize for my absence, and I look forward to being back with more posts a couple times a week from here on in.S ... Read on »

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