What is Healthy Sexuality and What Does It Have to do with Sexual Violence...
During the 2010 National Sexual Assault Conference, which took place in Hollywood Sept. 1-3, 2010there were more than 80 workshops. The largest track was the Prevention Track sponsored by the Centers...
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Healthy sexuality for sexual violence prevention
I strongly believe that good prevention efforts have to go beyond working to end what we do not like. We need prevention efforts to promote what we want to see. For example, many teen dating violence...
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Healthy sexuality and…baseball?
photo: Flicker Creative Commons – Paul Hadsall A major component of work to prevent sexual and domestic violence is, of course, work to promote healthy sexuality. This is where we start to address...
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It’s time to be at the table: Reflections from two sexual health promotion...
During the last two weeks of September, I was fortunate to have two tangible opportunities to make the connection between sexual violence prevention and sexual health promotion. The first was by...
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Reframing Sexual Violence Prevention: Sexuality, Trauma, and Gender
Sex. Trauma. And why gender matters. This is how Dr. Elizabeth Miller, Chief of the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, summarizes her recorded...
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What does it take to prevent sexual violence? Work at all levels
Last night, I woke in the middle of the night in Washington DC so I could present (via web) to a national conference in Israel on sexual violence prevention. This conference explored how to use the...
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Branding prevention: NSVRC’s Mapping Prevention series features...
Last year I had the opportunity to share my perspective on social branding for sexual violence prevention with the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. The result is this Mapping Prevention video...
View ArticleNew research: The role of rape myth acceptance
A recent article in the Journal of Community Health Nursing reports on a study conducted at a northeastern university, where students were surveyed on knowledge, social norms regarding sexual behavior,...
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Trampire: Why the Robsten cheating scandal matters
I’m not going to lie, I’ve seen all the Twilight movies, perhaps more than once. And try as I may to not care, I was surprised by the Kristen Stewart cheating scandal. Yes, Ashley Maier, healthy...
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When celebrities say stupid stuff: Cameron Diaz and healthy objectification
Celebrities say all sorts of stupid stuff. So we in this movement tend to ignore most of it, don’t we? I cannot, however, ignore that Cameron Diaz is purportedly speaking for me these days. In an...
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Preventing the Harm, Promoting the Helpful: Healthy Sexuality
Web Conference: Preventing the Harm, Promoting the Helpful: Healthy Sexuality Wednesday, January 21, 2015 11am Pacific Time, 2pm Eastern Time Talking about sex and sexuality is a powerful prevention...
View Article2018 National Sexual Assault Conference: Black Women and Healthy Sexuality
The 2018 National Sexual Assault Conference, Bold Moves: Ending Sexual Violence in One Generation, was held in Anaheim, CA, August 29-31 2018. This workshop was part of the Prevention track,...
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Introduction to Sexual Health
Introduction to Sexual Health provides a foundational introduction to the concept of sexual health or healthy sexuality and to sexual health promotion as a tool for prevention. An introductory course,...
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Sex Education Collaborative Releases Toolkit in Honor of Sex Ed For all Month
In honor of Sex Ed for All Month, the Sex Education Collaborative released free toolkit for organizations interested in promoting and advocating for sexual health education in their communities. The...
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