NEWS YOU CAN USE
We’ve searched high and low through all of the latest sex & relationships articles out there of interest to parents. Here’s our round-up…
TALKING OPENLY
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Normalizing Conversations About Relationships and Sex – Teacher Tom: Teaching and learning from preschoolers blog post (Teacher Tom, 22/8/22)
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A Sexologist’s Guide To Talking About Sex With Your Kids (The List, 15/9/22)
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Sex education: Talking to your teen about sex (Mayo Clinic, 7/9/22)
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Young People Have Unanswered Questions About Abortion. Online Sex Ed Can Help (EdSurge, 8/9/22)
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“Sex isn’t a joke or some big shameful secret.” How to have a conversation with your kids about sex (Mamamia, 12/9/22)
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6 Books to Teach Kids About Sex, From Toddlers to Teens – by sex educator Nadine Thornhill (Blacklove.com, 12/9/22)
SEX EDUCATION
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Parents lose court battle to stop gender identity and sex education being taught in Welsh schools (Daily Mail, 1/9/22)
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What young children are being taught about sexuality and gender in school in Wales from this week (Wales Online, 7/9/22)
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Librarians go radical as new woke policies take over (New York Post, 10/9/22)
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“Saying ‘Gay is OK’ isn’t sufficient” – Call for more inclusive sex education (Newstalk, 13/9/22)
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Americans are being misled on comprehensive sex ed. Here is what it actually does (USA Today, 31/8/22)
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Sex Educators Are Not “Grooming” Your Kids – but Conservatives Want to Incite Fear Anyway (Rewire, 25/8/22)
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Why LGBTI+ inclusive sex education is important – young person’s opinion from Under The Sheets series (SpunOut, 12/9/22)
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Schools failing young people on sex education (The Educator, 14/9/22)
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The case for starting sex ed in kindergarten (hula hoops recommended) (OPB, 12/9/22)
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The Importance of Sex Education (Institute for the Future of Education, 9/9/22)
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Sex Education Book Instructs Parents To Let Their Young Children Watch Them Have Sex (Daily Wire, 8/9/22)
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9 YA Books Fans of Netflix’s Sex Education Will Love (Book Riot, 13/9/22)
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These Frequently Banned Sex Ed Books Are Essential Reading In My Home (Book Riot, 4/8/22)
SEX EDUCATION THEMES ON SCREEN See also LGBT+ Identities & Issues
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Young Brits feel misrepresented by movies (Yahoo Life UK, 31/8/22)
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Little Mermaid: Halle Bailey in awe of children’s reaction to Disney trailer (BBC, 14/9/22)
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Disney’s Little Mermaid Backlash Has Reached Insane Heights (Forbes, 14/9/22)
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10 Movie Dads That Redditors Think Represent Positive Masculinity (Screen Rant, 10/9/22)
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7 Conversion Therapy Movies to Watch in 2022 (The Odyssey Online, 27/8/22)
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Hulu Tell Me Lies Sex Scene Shows Why Consent Matters (Refinery29, 14/9/22)
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“I forgot I was blaspheming a saint!” – Charlie Josephine on writing a non-binary Joan of Arc (Guardian, 29/8/22)
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Thirty-year age gap left House of the Dragon star “scared” ahead of sex scenes (Guardian, 14/9/22)
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The return of Heartbreak High: “The teen story is universal, but we’re Australian” (NME, 14/9/22)
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Netflix’s Heartbreak High is so much more than just a Sex Education wannabe (Digital Spy, 14/9/22)
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Ladhood review – thank you, Liam Williams, for this consistently great comedy (Guardian, 5/9/22)
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“We didn’t set out for it to be a treatise on masculinity”: Liam Williams on Ladhood (Guardian, 5/9/22)
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Fredericton filmmaker debuts short film exploring toxic masculinity (CBC, 11/9/22)
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Funny Pages – A Hysterical and Eccentric Coming-of-Age Film: Review (Indiependent, 18/8/22)
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Gabrielle Union Opens Up About Playing a Homophobic Character as Parent of a Trans Daughter (People, 9/9/22)
PORN & SEXTING
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JENNI MURRAY: I spent a day watching porn so I know how damaging it is for women. It’s time to protect the next generation (Daily Mail, 7/9/22)
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UK Data Regulator Tackles Porn Sites Over Children’s Access (Bloomberg, 2/9/22)
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Children as young as 10 investigated for sending revenge porn in the North East (Chronicle Live, 1/9/22)
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“Backsliding” and experimentation are signs of the times: youth sex-lives report (Montreal Gazette, 16/8/22)
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Sexpert urges young people to ditch weird new sex trend for good reason (Daily Star, 12/9/22)
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Student who published PhD about masturbating to comics “of young boys” faces police investigation for child porn offences (LBC, 8/922)
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20 Former Porn Performers Urge Porn Industry to End Teen Porn by Raising Performing Age from 18 to 21 – about religious-based organisation Exodus Cry (Yahoo Finance, 30/8/22)
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Growing Up Too Fast: The Effects of Early Sexual Experiences on Kids (Porn and More) (Psych Central, 6/9/22)
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Starter Conversations About Porn – 42-minute podcast (Puberty Podcast with Dr Cara Natterson and Vanessa Kroll Bennett, 13/9/22)
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F-off “stranger danger” and porn talk success story!!! – 17-minute Just Say This! podcast (Birds & Bees & Kids with Amy Lang, 21/9/22)
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Your mum didn’t cause your kinks – article about porn (The Oz, 22/8/22)
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Bergen-area mom encourages parents to educate their kids about the perils of porn (MountainView Today, 12/9/22)
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Why teen boys and girls will sext no matter what you tell them (New York Post, 20/8/22)
SEXUAL HARASSMENT & RAPE CULTURE
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Teachers, girls call out Andrew Tate influence as rape threat revealed (News.com.au, 9/9/22)
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Two years ago a website exposed the shocking level of rape culture in schools and uni – but did it really change anything? (Metro, 21/8/22)
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“Older people don’t understand the scale of what is happening and don’t want to know”: Campaigner Soma Sara on rising threat of sexual harassment in schools (Sunday Post, 11/9/22)
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Soma Sara: How writing helped me make sense of my trauma (Harper’s Bazaar, 1/9/22)
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Soma Sara: “Sexual violence is not prioritised by the Government. It’s brushed under the rug” (iNews, 12/9/22)
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Is Rage A Force For Change Or Destruction? (Elle, 2/9/22)
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It’s Not Her Fault: Why We Should Be Teaching Guys Not To Rape (YourTango, 8/9/22)
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What Will It Take To Stop School Sexual Assaults? – student voice (Impact Magazine – University of Nottingham, 27/8/22)
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Tips for talking to students about sexual assault (University of Colorado Boulder, 24/8/22)
CONSENT
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“Sex-positive” flashcards teach toddlers about consent, self-love (Columbus Dispatch, 15/9/22)
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How the A-Z of Consent Campaign Is Helping to Keep Students in Nottingham Safe (LeftLion, 15/9/22)
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Controversial Sex Education Post About Children Removed From Instagram (Daily Wire, 13/9/22)
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I’ll Choose My Kid’s Boundaries Over Forced Intimacy Every Single Time (Scary Mommy, 16/9/22)
BODIES & BODY IMAGE
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Amy Poehler Says Inside Out 2 Explores Teenager Brain in Puberty (People, 12/9/22)
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Mel C was suicidal in Spice Girls after secret anorexia battle spiralled out of control (Mirror, 8/9/22)
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MUM'S THE WORD I’m a young mum & don’t have rules at home – screen time is unlimited & I’ll let my daughter wear a thong to the beach (The Sun, 12/8/22)
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NOW WHAT?! Is this early puberty? – 28-minute podcast (Puberty Podcast with Dr Cara Natterson and Vanessa Kroll Bennett, 9/9/22)
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Girls “failed by discrimination” and stereotyping in maths class: UNICEF (United Nations, 14/9/22)
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Halle Bailey and Kerry Washington Share Supercuts of Black Girls Watching The Little Mermaid Teaser: ‘She’s Like Me!” – includes link to 1-minute Twitter compilation (Variety, 14/9/22)
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Teen says female students “stripped of dignity” after begging school for period products – sign her petition here (Mirror, 14/9/22)
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Why period pants are an essential now teens are back at school (Metro, 13/9/22)
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Miss England contestant becomes the first in the pageant’s 94-year history to compete without makeup (Lad Bible, 24/8/22)
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Model mother or pretty face: campaign reveals seven potentially harmful female stereotypes in ad (Guardian, 15/9/22) – the shEqual September post: How to do your own ad analysis
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How to talk about objectification – 4-minute Just Say This! podcast (Birds & Bees & Kids with Amy Lang, 14/9/22)
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The Barbiecore Trend Is Bringing This Color Back To Life (Daily Beast, 30/8/22)
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Actor Jason Flemyng: “It’s important for my boys to see me cry” (Metro, 10/9/22)
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“I Used To Be A Toxic Man, This Is How I Changed” (Newsweek, 13/9/22)
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Kate Emery: Ex-private schoolboy’s mission to address masculinity myths (The West Australian, 13/9/22)
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Harry Styles, David Banda, Lil Nas X: The new icons driving stereotypes out of fashion (The Citizen, 14/9/22)
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Fifteen Minutes of Feminism: Confronting Systemic Male Violence As Kids Return to School (emphasis on US and gun culture but great points on parents, social media etc towards end – 20-minute podcast (On The Issues With Michele Goodwin 7/9/22)
LGBT+ IDENTITIES & ISSUES See also SEX EDUCATION & SEX EDUCATION THEMES ON SCREEN 🌈
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Peppa Pig features same-sex couple for first time in show’s 18-year history (Sky News, 8/9/22)
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Miami School Board Rejects Recognizing LGBTQ History Month (Breitbart, 8/9/22)
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Harry Styles accused of “queerbaiting”. What is that – and why does it matter? (USA Today, 30/8/22)
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A New Study Debunks the Myth that Kids Become Trans Through “Social Contagion” (Them, 4/8/22)
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Meta is profiting off ads baselessly slandering LGBTQ people as “groomers,” despite the company’s ban on the slur (Media Matters for America, 6/9/22)
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OPINION: Drag Queen Story Time is an age-old tale of good versus evil (Thomson Reuters Foundation News, 7/9/22)
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Young girl’s simple act of kindness to a queer person will make your day: “This is so joyful” (PinkNews, 27/8/22)
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I was bullied for being gay at a top Greater Manchester school – one lesson changed my life (Manchester Evening News, 3/9/22)
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BeLonG To launches new support service to encourage LGBTQ+ youth to talk freely (GCN.ie, 7/9/22)
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9 LGBTQ+ Sex Ed Facts All Queer Teens Should Know (Them, 14/9/22)
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Young People on the Moment They Knew They Were Nonbinary – includes 4-minute video on pronouns (Seventeen Magazine, 30/8/22)
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Trans Toddlers, Gay Grandads, Teen Abortions: The Stunning Reading List at Top NY Private Schools (Christian Broadcasting Network, 7/9/22)
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You Can’t Read That! Banned Book Review: This Book Is Gay (Daily Kos, 10/9/22)
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Destination Unknown Is a Gay Coming of Age Story Set During the 1980s AIDS Epidemic (TheBody, 30/8/22)
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What Parents Need To Know About “Digital Self Harm” In Teenagers (HuffPost UK, 15/9/22)
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Crisis Pregnancy Centers Are Running Ads on TikTok, Snapchat, and Instagram (Teen Vogue, 14/9/22)
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How Social Media Influences Youths’ Transition from High School to University (Psychology Today, 10/9/22)
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Quickie: How to keep your kids safe online – 17-minute podcast with mental-health and teen expert Natasha Devon (Dirty Mother Pukka with Anna Whitehouse, 30/8/22)