'Single shaming': Why people jump to judge the un-partnered
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The number of singletons is increasing, yet people still insist on telling them they’ll find a partner soon. What’s with all the pity?
The number of singletons is increasing, yet people still insist on telling them they’ll find a partner soon. What’s with all the pity?
Savage Love: On the swinging lifestyle and the risk of gonorrhea and other STIs
Is it important to spice up our solo pleasure?
YES. Your erotic relationship to yourself has lots of benefits.
Continue reading to check out 6 ways we can mix up our masturbation routines.
There are a lot of messages about monogamy that not only place it on a pedestal but also demonize any other relationship arrangement that doesn’t fit into this box. It harms non-monogamous people, who struggle to find acceptance. It also harms anyone (monogamous or otherwise) who allows society to write the rules, rather than collaborating with their partner(s) to write their own.
Masculinity is a tough thing to quantify, and so often the aspects of masculinity that are celebrated are things like physical strength, stoicism, chivalry, and sexual prowess. Taken together, that can be a pretty toxic combination. Then when it comes to what cis-heterosexual boys learn about sex, things get particularly tricky.
Here are four ways we teach kids it’s okay for boys to sexually pressure girls, and why we need to remind them that this simply isn’t the case!