Source: freaks-forpeace
pplm:
Sick of recent attacks on women’s health? Want to get hands-on training with Planned Parenthood to be an advocate for sexual and reproductive health? You’re in luck! Sign up online for the Youth Organizing & Policy Institute September 21-23 in Durham, NH! You can also see if there’s one closer to your area – they’re happening all across the country.
Source: pplm
State-by-state guide to 2012 anti-choice laws
Don’t think it’s a war on women? Check out THIS state-by-state guide to 2012’s anti-choice laws - so far.
THIS! *not all women have a uterus
Source: myplannedparenthood
Six Birth Control Apps Worth Checking Out
I’m sure you heard about the #teamiPhone vs. #teamAndroid Instagram beef last week. Can’t we all just get along, guys? Thank goodness for the wonderful world of birth control—it offers something for everyone! Hopefully you’ve already checked out and taken advantage of Bedsider’s custom cheeky text message reminders for birth control and medical appointments. They boast nifty features like a snooze function and a “discreet” option for the faint of, umm…frisky.
If you’re craving even more birth-control-related technology, these swipe-able, tap-able, colorful apps are good resources, too. Need a helpful text, an ovulation reminder, or a condom tracker? There’s an app for that. Since prevention is literally at your fingertips, there are no excuses—no matter what kind of phone you have. (Except for the BlackBerrys. Jk!)
The datebooks and calendars of yesteryear can be nixed. My True Cycle tracks the peak of a female user’s ovulation. “You’ll enter three pieces of information on the website or your phone each morning: your temperature, your fertility symptoms, and whether it’s the first day of your period,” reads the website.
MeFertil’s iPhone app is designed for those who “are trying to get pregnant or looking for a natural, hormone-free contraceptive method.” Its convenience lies in the fact that paper charting isn’t necessary…you can keep temperature information and track any fertility medication with one swipe.
Oh, New York. The concrete jungle where plenty of dreams are made…and sometimes babies, too. To prevent an even more populous city, the local health department launched their NYC Condom Finder app on Valentine’s Day. It’s simple: type in your address or use your iPhone or Android GPS and the tracker will direct you to the nearest venue with free condoms. The app is a free download as well.
Have you heard of MTV’s Staying Alive Campaign? It’s their global initiative to fight HIV/AIDS. Ther iCondom app is very similar to the NYC Condom Finder, but this digital download is a national effort. The directions instruct users to “simply upload the location of your nearest condom dispenser or retailer via GPS” to create a user-generated map of condom dispensers and retailers.
The Android app iPill is definitely going for the gold in versatility. For $2.99, you get “specific reminders for over 90 pill, patch, ring and IUD prescriptions.” There are also reality-inducing alarms that you can use, like a baby’s cry. Um, yikes.
Seems myPill was launched with visual types in mind. This iPhone app has an interactive graphic that looks just like a four week pack. As each day passes, a pill disappears (see helpful screen capture). How cool is that?
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Khalea Underwood is an intern for the digital media team of The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. When she’s not writing, shopping, or listening to music, the Howard University print journalism student moonlights as an older sister, a contributor for MTVIggy.com, and a copy editor for The Hilltop newspaper.
Source: bedsider
Some time ago, I decided I wanted to make a documentary about sex education and how incredibly important it is to us as individuals and as a society. So my amazing friend Lisandra and I have teamed up to start the journey and the journey begins with YOU. We want to start a dialogue with anyone and everyone about what it means to have an effective sex education. We want your stories, your input, your ideas and your questions. We want to hear from the people that matter the most when considering and advocating for comprehensive sex education.
So, without much ado, welcome to THE SEX UNEDUCATED PROJECT.
Sex. Education. Discuss.
Your First Pelvic Exam: A Guide
If anyone has never had a pelvic exam before or has never had a pelvic exam for STD’s. this is a step by step guide for what to expect, how to prepare and what questions you might want to ask! Created by the awesomeness that is Planned Parenthood!
things that make you go hmmm…
Condoms, Sex Education, & Safe Sex - Friday 9/23/11 - Links Roundup
Hey ONE Condoms fans. Today is Friday and that means it’s time for our weekly Links Roundup. At ONE we are committed to bringing you the most up to date information with everything regarding safe sex, sex education, condom use, and condom fashion.
So without further ado, listed are the most recent topics in the world of sexual health.
Condoms
Chinese condoms too small for South Africa
Accept the condom, love the condom
Catholic Church coy on jail condoms
Sex at 14 - I learned all about it in class
Condoms and Other Survival Gear for R. Kelly’s Black and White V.I.P. Party
Student Association approves free condom legislation
Hidden sex work, HIV risk in Dadaab
Would You Use Beads To Schedule Your Sex Life?
Sex Education
Sex ed, parental rights debated at hearing
DC Students To Be Tested On Sex Education
HPV, sex education and a debate that’s not going away
Rejected comprehensive sex ed grants would have gone to struggling counties
Sex education will NOT be taught to children as young as five
More Schools Choose to Teach Abstinence-Plus
Health center brings sex education to campus
Safe Sex
Safe sex message vital, at right age
A safe haven for sex abuse survivors
Government of Canada Introduces the Safe Streets and Communities Act
Mormon Missionary Launches Orgy.com
Sexual health workshop to promote safe sex to over-60s
URI Health Services hosts health awareness event
The chilling reality of sex tourism
Same-sex wedding survival guide
ONE Condoms supports your overall sexual well-being and wants to keep you healthy.
Sex Ed Dolls Used in Chinese Kindergarten: is it too young?
Recently in China, certain kindergartens in Shanghai have been using supplemental materials to enhance their sex education programs. Young children around the age of 5 are learning about sex and the human body by playing with dolls that feature very life like genitalia.
The sex education dolls have drawn much criticism from many individuals in China and other countries internationally. Many concerns revolving around the dolls include the worry that this introduction of sexual knowledge is too early to children aged 5 years old. Is this too young to introduce children to the parts of the human body?
Despite these concerns, China a country with an estimated 13 million abortions in annually, one of the highest rates in the world, is grappling with how to effectively teach sexual education in schools. In 2009, 2/3 of adolescents in China had very limited sexual reproductive health knowledge. 22% of Chinese below the age of 18 had sex before marriage and of those more than 50% of them used no contraception during their first encounter. 46 % of American high schoolers, by comparison, had had sex before marriage and of those nearly 85% of them used contraception during their first encounter. Safe sex practices need to be communicated to the youth.
In addition to the sex ed dolls, China has introduced an experimental sex education program to youngsters aged as young as 6. The curriculum includes graphical depictions and descriptions of sex. We know that sex education is extremely important amongst the youth today as we’ve seen nearly 1,000 young people under the age of 16 diagnosed with STI’s , included in our last post.
Is this method of hands on interaction with dolls an appropriate way to teach sexual education to the youth or is this too young to start the discussion of proper contraception techniques including condom use to children? Let us know your thoughts on this controversial teaching practice used in China?
ONE Condoms supports proper sex education and mandatory condom use each and every time any type of sex occurs.
