Girls Want to Talk About Sex — With Dad?

 Mostly, the conversation that dare not speak its name, the most excruciating 25 minutes of either a parent or an offspring's life, The Talk, is left to Mom. Make lunch, do laundry, figure out where the thing is that goes on that other thing, tell kids about sex. But a new study from New York University suggests that young women could actually use a little more talk about intimate matters from their dads.  (TIME)

Amen, Sister: Joycelyn Elders' Call for More Sexual Frankness

One lesson I've learned: When people feel repressed -- when they feel sex is shameful -- an underworld of sexual activity bubbles below the surface of society.

Many best remember Elders for how she lost her job: she was fired by President Clinton in 1994for voicing her politically explosive opinion that masturbation should be taught to children.
"Hiding from sexuality is not realistic when we know that humans are inherently sexual beings," Elders more recently wrote. "A sexually healthy society must be our new goal for the 21st century."

Amen, sister.

Elders is absolutely right when she says this country has a long way to go before it becomes honest about sexual topics, especially where politicians and politics are concerned.  (Politics Daily)