Sex Culture in America Explained

On Episode 3 of “From the Horse’s Mouth”, Shafia Zaloom (Skidmore Class of 1993) joins Austin & Brian to discuss her work as a health educator, sex culture in America, and Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

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Relationship Education: Listening to and Supporting the Well-Being of Black Teens

As a sexual education teacher, I talk to a lot of teenagers about their relationships. An important part of these discussions is the many ways our social and political identities intersect with and impact our sexuality and relationships. Teens spend the majority of their social time at school, and their relationship experiences impact their overall well-being as members of our school communities.

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Having the Sex Talk With Teens

Talking dating and sex with your pre-teen or teenager can be nerve-wracking, and your inclination may be to avoid it altogether — after all, won't TikTok and P*rnhub teach them eventually? Ugh, no, stop it. Shafia Zaloom, author of "Sex, Teens & Everything in Between" (www.shafiazaloom.com) tells us we should consider changing the focus from drowning our kids in warnings and scary stuff to talking up the plus side of healthy, consensual relationships and sex.

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Talking About Teen Dating During a Pandemic

When the pandemic started in March, I was talking to kids about how it was impacting, how they connecting and at the same time the Black lives matter movement that was happening. There was a lot of media attention that being given in this. Light being shined on the systemic institution, the racism that existing in our country, on a personal, interpersonal, institutional level.

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