Sex - In General
Does same-sex attraction mean you’re gay or bi?
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: I’m a girl and when I see other girls with attractive bodies nude, I sometimes feel a physical attraction. This includes my stepsister with whom I sometimes share…
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“Friends with benefits” at corner of Heartbreak and Pain
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: A boy I like asked if I wanted to be “friends with benefits” instead of boyfriend and girlfriend. We’re both 18, seniors in high school, and I use…
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Should daughter be allowed on vacation with boyfriend and his family?
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: I’m 16 and my boyfriend is 17. We’ve been going out for nine months. His family has invited me to spend the week after Christmas at their cabin. I really…
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Should lesbian friend be allowed for sleepovers?
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: I’m 16 and have a close friend since elementary school who is gay. “Haley” doesn’t advertise that she’s gay, but she doesn’t keep…
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Boyfriend the biggest loser if girl gets caught
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: My 17-year-old daughter has approached me to start birth control. Her boyfriend is 19. I told her that using a condom in addition to the pill is best, and that because…
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Why won’t my daughter talk to me?
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: In your website archives you have many columns on teens becoming sexually active. My question, as a mother, is how do I get my daughter to talk to me about these aspects…
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Pregnancy, STDs: How savvy are today’s girls?
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: My granddaughter “Tamara” is 16 and I suspect she is sexually active. Her mother travels for weeks at a time with her work and she and Tamara do not appear…
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It’s not Lori, it’s the porn industry
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: Lauren’s response to Lori, the 20-year-old woman worried about raising her child in our “raunchy” culture (FEB 18, 2009),…
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Stepfather should have kicked boy “out on his butt”
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: After reading about the 15-year-old girl having sex in the home while the mother and her husband were present (JAN 21, 2009), I have to say…
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Mom in shock over daughter having sex at home
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: I caught my daughter having sex Saturday night — while my husband and I were home. I’m in total shock. To top it off, she continues to be defiant…
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