I am old enough that I remember the huge uproar that happened when television’s “Murphy Brown” became a single mother. I wasn’t old enough to see the big deal because I was still in high school and I knew a number of girls who already had babies and seemed…
Just this past week, a great friend of mine told a group of us at work of a somewhat embarassing moment he experienced while a friend was helping him move bedroom furniture. Evidently, they had to split apart the dresser drawers from the mirror that sat on top. When…
I have remarked in my writings before of my upbringing in my beloved San Antonio. My neighbor had two (or was it three) children before she graduated high school and it was commonplace at my middle school to see pregnant students wobbling down the hallways heading to their classrooms….
Masturbation is one of those topics that a lot of people feel a bit skittish talking about. Sure, everyone does it, but it isn’t exactly something most people talk about as openly as, say, a one-night stand. I mean, at least a one-night stand has a fun buildup and…
This Sunday marks the end of a great World Cup as Spain takes on the Netherlands in a match sure to go down in history. Personally, I can say that I am not sorry to see the World Cup end so that all those annoying Facebook status updates of…
In a recent edition of National Public Radio’s popular show “All Things Considered,” a sex education program that could quite possibly be allowed to receive funding from the federal government through the Obama administration’s new initiative to prevent teenage pregnancy was highlighted. The administration’s program essentially allows for close…
Anybody who has been pregnant knows how the body seems to almost turn against its owner, especially in the first and last trimesters. Drowsiness becomes the norm, cravings derived from the depths of insanity begin to swirl through the brain and, well, we won’t even begin to go into…
Lately, it seems all the news I have read concerning sexually transmitted diseases and contraceptives has been more negative than positive. Fortunately, my hope for man and womankind has been restored thanks to a new study recently released which shows that US women and their sexual partners are beginning…
All over the world, soccer fans have been gearing up for the World Cup to take place in South Africa this June. Most soccer fans will be watching with groups of other fans in pubs, sports bars and private homes all over the world; but the die-hard fans have…
I easily fall prey to stereotypes. For example, being a chubby person, I assume any woman who is able to easily fit inside a pair of size 4 jeans after having had children must have issues and quite possibly an eating disorder of some kind. Is it true? More…