Category: Sexual Wellness

When we talk about sexual violence, we usually discuss the most overt forms, such as rape, but there are complex forms of sexual violence that function on a societal level. Survival sex is a prime example of a form of sexual violence caused by how inaccessible economic stability and housing are in our society. It is important to emphasize that survival sex is also a direct result of homophobia...

Let’s talk about sex-ed. Or rather, let’s talk about my own personal experience with sex-ed. (Who knows? Maybe we’ve got something in common.) My school district didn’t offer students a genuine, in depth sex-ed course until high school health class. Here’s the funny thing--we had health classes through most of middle school too, but I only remember sex being brought up vaguely in...