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Leah Jewett
- Jan 21, 2020
- 6 min
“Future trophy wife” vs “Ladies’ man” – how Lifting Limits challenges gender stereotyping in schools
“I remember the day my daughter came home from nursery and said: Pink is for girls, blue is for boys,” says the co-founder of Lifting Limits
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Leah Jewett
- Jan 7, 2020
- 4 min
Taking the plunge: how to talk openly with children about sex & relationships
Start the sex-ed conversation. You'll safeguard your children, shore up their mental health and in the process strengthen your connection…
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Leah Jewett
- Jan 6, 2020
- 3 min
ROUND-UP Parents & Sex Ed in the News 07.01.20
The most interesting and relevant articles for parents on sex-education issues from 19 December 2019 to 6 January 2020 TALKING OPENLY 10...
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Leah Jewett
- Dec 23, 2019
- 5 min
ROUND-UP Parents & Sex Ed in the News 23.12.19
The most interesting and relevant articles for parents on sex-education issues from 8 to 19 December 2019 TALKING OPENLY PETA TODD’S MUM...
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Leah Jewett
- Dec 10, 2019
- 10 min
In the Wild West of young people’s digital lives: the 2019 Sexplain conference
Approaching sex and relationships in a digital age is the theme of Sex Education for the 21st Century – the second Sexplain annual...
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Leah Jewett
- Dec 10, 2019
- 11 min
Defining sex, upskilling parents and working with sharks: the 2019 Sex Education Forum conference
The Sex Education Forum annual conference – held this year on 29 November and entitled Final Countdown to Statutory RSE (relationships...
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Leah Jewett
- Dec 10, 2019
- 4 min
Full disclosure: photographer Laura Dodsworth on what she learned from documenting naked people
Artist/activist Laura Dodsworth confronts inhibitions: for her Bare Reality book series she photographed 300 people’s breasts, penises...
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Leah Jewett
- Nov 25, 2019
- 4 min
Sex ed, sexism and a tiny shoe: the Feminism In Schools Conference 2019
What did student activists get their teachers to write about on Post-It notes? Why did a young sex-education campaigner talk about...
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- Nov 19, 2019
- 3 min
Doing It Like The Dutch: what we learned
Outspoken found the perfect way to launch its new online resource for parents last Tuesday at London’s Conway Hall.
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Leah Jewett
- Sep 16, 2019
- 2 min
The sex ed generation gap
Common objections to talking openly to young people include: embarrassment; shame; culture and religion; worries over age appropriateness;
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- Sep 16, 2019
- 2 min
Mind your (body) language
Gynaecological cancer charity Eve Appeal recently made headlines with its revelatory survey of 1,175 parents. The ground-breaking results:
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- Aug 13, 2019
- 2 min
Why sexist ads are funny again
A woman’s torso sticks out from underneath a car, her skirt riding up her thighs. The Porsche slogan underneath it: “Attractive...
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