Steph Auteri has written about sexuality for the Atlantic, VICE, Pacific Standard, the Washington Post, and elsewhere. She teaches a sex-positive parenting workshop through PULP Public School. Her reported memoir, A Dirty Word, came out in 2018. Learn more at stephauteri.com.
Culture & Conversation Sexual Health
You're not a bad parent if you feel like talking about menstruation with your kids is hard—but you do need to create the space for conversation.
Culture & Conversation Sexual Health
There’s now evidence showing how sex education textbooks contribute to rape culture by promoting abstinence.
If you wait around to have a single, awkward “sex talk” with your kids as they’re approaching their late teens, you’ve waited too long.
Two recent studies find that parents are afraid of messing up, but teens want guidance and frank information about sex.
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