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UN|HUSHED: The High School Curriculum

October 24, 2018 Dr. Karen Rayne

This week we are SO THRILLED to announce that our brand new high school curriculum is up and available for purchase and use! UN|HUSHED: The High School Curriculum, by Karen Rayne, PhD and Kirsten deFur, MPH is available exclusively through our online portal, accessible when you are logged into your account. This…

#SexEdSaturday: What Are You Even Saying?

September 1, 2018 Jessica Smarr

At the end of almost every class I teach, I hand students a notecard and a pencil and ask them to anonymously write down any question they have related to sexuality. It could be about something we’ve covered, something we’re going to cover, or something they heard about. Some students…

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Condom Week: Today's debate: Providing condoms for your teens…?

June 6, 2014 Dr. Karen Rayne

No side: BUT THEN THEY’LL HAVE SEX! Yes side: But if they want to, they’ll have sex anyway. I do an experiment with my classes every now and then, for fun. I ask them through an anonymous question and answer system whether they plan to have sex later in the…

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Condom Week: Condom time? Hooray!

June 5, 2014 Dr. Karen Rayne

Condoms can be hilarious. I mean, really, really funny and fun. Starting with condom commercials (and I’m particularly fond of the international ones…) To all of the just absurd things that people film themselves doing with condoms and then upload to YouTube: Young people are able to identify with…

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Condom Week: Who can talk about it?

June 4, 2014 Dr. Karen Rayne

Who has the right to talk with your child about sexuality? What about your teenager? Or your adult child? These are questions parents often start to grapple with far earlier than they realized that they would have to. A parent came to me once, very distraught, because her eight-year-old daughter…

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Condom Week: "Are you using condoms?"

June 3, 2014 Dr. Karen Rayne

I’ve decided that it’s Condom Week around here at Unhushed. Melissa White over at Lucky Bloke recently asked if I wanted to provide content for her new safer sex education website, and of course I was delighted! But when I went back to look through my blogging archives (both here and at www.karenrayne.com),…

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Condom Week: Wherefore condoms?

June 2, 2014 Dr. Karen Rayne

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