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Sex Ed & the Law

August 4, 2021 Brian Flaherty

There are many places where the law and sex education intersect, and they can be broken down into several categories. Certainly there is some overlap among them, but for the purpose of this post, the categories are: state law and policy on sex education, laws affecting sex educators in the…

#TBT Sex Ed History – Hooligan Penguins

October 15, 2020 Jessica Smarr

Douglas Russell, curator of avian eggs and nests at London’s Natural History Museum, was shuffling through an old file one day in 2011 or 2012 (the exact date is lost in the annals of time) when he happened upon a pamphlet stamped “NOT FOR PUBLICATION.” He immediately consumed this titillating,…

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2019 A year in review

December 9, 2019 Nyk Rayne

Here at UN|HUSHED we’ve had a very busy 2019. So busy we didn’t have time to write much in our blog to tell you all about it. Funny how that works isn’t it? So let’s dive in to what we’ve done and what we’re doing… JANUARY We kicked off the…

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The Pitfalls of Trite Advice

October 18, 2018 Dr. Karen Rayne

You have probably heard all kinds of trite relationship advice over life because it’s a staple of conversations about relationships. You may even give trite relationship advice sometimes, because sometimes it’s useful. But it’s important to see the advice for what it is and consider whether what you’re repeating makes…

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Relationship Architecture: Understanding Columns and Shadows

October 10, 2018 Dr. Karen Rayne

The metaphor that we use over here at UN|HUSHED for healthy relationships are the four columns of Respect, Equality, Safety, and Trust. Thinking about these four elements as columns that hold up a relationship and make it strong, sturdy, and reliable makes for a pretty good graphic. It makes intuitive…

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Teenagers Are What We Have Going For Us

October 3, 2018 Dr. Karen Rayne

Teenagers are creative, visionary, engaged. They are immersed in the passion of discovery of life. They have a driving need to understand life in a way that is real and visceral. They want to find the wrongs and right them. Teenagers are like a mirror, reflecting adults and our culture,…

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UN|HUSHED version 2.0!

July 11, 2018 Nyk Rayne

The 2017 – 2018 fiscal cycle for UN|HUSHED has brought forth a great deal of change. We have a new website, a revamped blog, and with it a whole host of new features. One of those being a user login system that allows access to the online curricula portal developed…

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Let’s Talk About Sex….With Teenagers!

October 12, 2016 Ryan Dillon

Let’s Talk About Sex! Now, when most of us read those four words together our minds automatically start singing the Salt-N-Pepa song from the early 90’s. Hey, if that helps you think about sex then I say sing it loud and sing it proud! What I’m talking about is Breaking…

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Condom Week: Wherefore condoms?

June 2, 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…

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A class for boys! (And other single-gender class thoughts)

July 1, 2013 Dr. Karen Rayne

I will be offering a class for middle school boys this summer. This is a fully comprehensive class – we will cover everything from reproduction and contraception to communication and decision making to abstinence and consent and more. I’m having a meeting for parents who are interested in their sons…

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