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But sometimes it does.According to the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, more than 1 in 3 women and more than 1 in 4 men in the United States have experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime.

These statistics are even higher in the transgender community: 1 out of every 2 transgender individuals will experience rape, physical violence, and/or stalking in their lifetime.

FBI statistics indicate that intimate partner violence resulted in 1,336 deaths in 2010—accounting for 10% of all homicides. Eighty-two percent of these deaths were females and 18% were males.
Abuse can occur in any type of relationship–gay and straight, casual and long-term, young and old.
About 10% of high school students say that have suffered violence from someone they date.
This includes physical abuse where someone causes physical pain or injury to another person. This can involve hitting, slapping, or kicking. Sexual abuse is also a type of violence, and involves any kind of unwanted sexual advance. It can include everything from unwelcome sexual comments to kissing to intercourse. Forced sexual intercourse is rape, when it occurs between dating partners it’s called “date rape.”

Abuse doesn’t always mean that someone hits or hurts your body. Emotional abuse is anything that harms your self-esteem or causes shame. This includes saying things that hurt your feelings or makes you feel that you aren’t worthwhile, and trying to control who you see or where you go. These forms of abuse can affect anyone, regardless of age, gender, or sexual orientation.

If you are—or have been—in a relationship where you were mistreated, it’s very easy to blame yourself. The problem is with the abuser, though, not you. It’s not your fault! Anyone can be abused—boys and girls, men and women, gay or straight, young and old—and anyone can become an abuser.No matter what type of relationship you are in, leaving that relationship can be scary. We often feel tugged in different directions by our feelings, for many reasons:

Love – Many abusers have a likable and loving side. Many victims believe they can change the abuser’s behavior.
Fear – Sometimes a partner will threaten to hurt themselves, or you, when you decide to break up.
Doubt – It’s not always easy to admit that the relationship you are in is abusive. You may be worried about what people might think.
Embarrassment – People who ask for help may feel like a failure.

Abuse doesn’t happen because you did something wrong, or weren’t smart enough or strong enough. Give yourself a break: remember that you probably did the best you could at the time, and now you’re learning how to be safe, healthy, and happy in your relationships. Remember, you deserve healthy, happy relationships. Abuse of any type is never okay.

Resources

National Domestic Abuse Hotline: 1−800−799−7233 or chat online at  http://www.thehotline.org/what-is-live-chat/visit disclaimer page

National Teen Dating Abuse Help Line: 1-866-331-9474 or chat online at https://www.loveisrespect.org/for-yourself/contact-us/

National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673 or chat online at https://hotline.rainn.org/online

The Global Initiative Against HPV and Cervical Cancer (GIAHC), in partnership with the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) and Indiana University collaborated on a week-long educational webinar series on HPV prevention. Presented in January 2019 in honor of Cervical Health Awareness Month, the Us vs. HPV online webinar series covered a range of topics in cervical cancer prevention and included experts from a variety of partner organizations.

The webinars are archived below and are intended for members of the public, patients, healthcare providers, and anyone else who wishes to learn more about various aspects of HPV-related disease and HPV prevention, including HPV vaccination.

January 22, 2019: HPV Vaccine Update

January 23, 2019: HPV & Cervical Cancer—A Global Perspective

January 24, 2019: HPV Related Non-Gynecological Diseases and Cancers

January 25, 2019: Cervical Cancer, Past, Present and Future

January 28,2019: HPV and Cervical Cancer Champions

Thank you for joining us in our efforts to educate and increase public awareness about the importance of sexual health. Your contribution means we can continue to provide vital services that help use promote sexual health, advocate for sound policies and practices, and educating the public, professionals, and policymakers. And all donations are tax deductible.

Ways to Give

Donate Online

Thank you for joining us in our efforts to educate and raise awareness of sexual health and sexually transmitted infections. Your contribution allows us to continue to provide vital services. Click here and choose the ASHA or NCCC program you would like to support.  Join our Sustainers Circle by signing up to make a monthly gift and you’ll receive a free USB drive filled with historical ASHA posters. Questions? Please call us at 800-552-4375.

Memorial and Tribute Donations

Make a gift in honor or in memory of someone special. This is a unique and wonderful way to acknowledge them. A letter will be sent to his or her family to inform them of your generous gift, though the amount of your contribution will remain confidential.

Endowment Fund

A gift toward ASHA’s endowment helps ensure that the American Sexual Health Association can provide services to the current as well as future generations. Donors can establish a named endowment with an investment of $10,000. This is a wonderful way to create your own legacy or to honor your family or a family member and ensure the continued excellence of ASHA’s programs and services.

Matching Gifts

Your gift could be matched dollar for dollar! Many companies offer matching gift programs that will double, even triple, a donation’s value. If you have questions about your company’s matching gift program, please contact your human resources office.

Workplace Campaigns

Does your employer participate in a United Way Campaign, a State Employees Combined Campaign or the Combined Federal Campaign? ASHA benefits from campaigns throughout the country and we thank you for your ongoing support! If your company participates in a United Way campaign, simply designate ASHA on your giving form. Please check with your human resource directors for more information.

Donate Stock

Electronic Transfer: The most common method of gifting Securities to the American Sexual Health Association involves your broker electronically transferring shares. Shares can be transferred to ASHA via Charles Schwab. ASHA’s account number is 4973-9917 and our DTC number is 0164. Typically a letter of instruction—signed by the account owner—is the only required documentation needed. The letter of instruction should include ASHA’s DTC number and account number. If you have questions, please contact Lynn Barclay at 919.361.3125.

Physical Transfer: You can forward your stock certificate(s) directly to ASHA. Each stock certificate requires a stock power form. The stock powers should be signed and the signature guaranteed by your local bank or broker. Mail the stock powers, along with a letter indicating your intent to make a gift, to the address below. Under separate cover, send the stock certificate(s) to the same address. For additional protection, we recommend that you send the certificate(s) via registered mail.

Planned Gifts

What are planned gifts? Planned gifts include gifts through your will (bequest), gifts of life insurance and charitable trusts.

Bequest: Many of our supporters make charitable gifts by naming the American Sexual Health Association as a beneficiary in their wills. The federal government encourages these gifts or bequests, by allowing an unlimited estate tax charitable deduction. There are three different types of bequests:

• Specific Bequest: You designate a specific dollar amount, specific percentage, or specific property to the American Sexual Health Association.
• Residual Bequest: Your estate will pay all debts, taxes, expenses, and specific bequests. The remaining amount will be transferred to the American Sexual Health Association.
• Contingent Bequest: You can ask that the American Sexual Health Association receive all or a portion of your estate only under certain circumstances. For example, you can name the American Sexual Health Association as a beneficiary of your estate only if there are no surviving close family members. Childless couples sometimes provide for the entire estate to go to the surviving spouse, or if the spouse does not survive, to the American Sexual Health Association.
• Gift of Life Insurance: Some supporters donate life insurance policies that were purchased years ago to provide for children or other family members and are no longer needed.

If you have already made a plan to give to the American Sexual Health Association in your will or estate plan, please contact us. We realize that with your special gift, you consider us to be part of your family, and we want to do our best to keep you informed as to how your gift will be used and to give you the opportunity to tell us of your wishes.

Goodshop

We have partnered with Goodshop.com to provide you with the best deals at over 5,000 major online retailers. You will have access to thousands of coupons and deals on items such as roses from 1800Flowers, a Bahamas vacation from Priceline, and business cards from Vistaprint. Best of all, Goodshop will donate up to 20% of what you spend online to ASHA – at no cost to you! That’s money that will help educate people in the US about sexual and reproductive health. Just sign up, select American Sexual Health Association as your cause, and then shop online using Goodshop to enter any retail site you want.

Amazon Smile

AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support ASHA every time you shop, at no cost to you. When you shop at smile.amazon.com, Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to ASHA. On your first visit to AmazonSmile, you need to select ASHA as the organization to receive donations from eligible purchases before you begin shopping. Amazon will remember your selection, and then every eligible purchase you make at smile.amazon.com will result in a donation.

Bravelets Jewelry

Bravelets is a for-profit company that supports charitable causes like the National Cervical Cancer Coalition (NCCC), a program of ASHA. Bravelets offers a line of teal and silver jewelry with the motto “Be Brave.” For each purchase made at this link, Bravelets donates $10 to NCCC.

Questions?

Lynn Barclay
American Sexual Health Association
P.O. Box 13827
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
800.552.4375

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We value you as a donor. We make the following promises to you as a donor, and we have a specific donor privacy policy in place.
You can have confidence that we are effective and efficient stewards of your gift.

• You will be treated as a partner in creating a sexually healthy nation—with respect, gratitude, dignity, and recognition.
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As of January 10, 2017

Masturbation is a normal and a healthy form of sexual expression. In fact, over 88% of people say that they masturbate on a regular basis. So why don’t we talk about it?  Masturbation has gotten a bad rap over the years. The truth is that you should never feel ashamed of talking about sexual pleasure, especially masturbation.

It really is all about you!

Not everyone has or wants a partner. There is no “right way” to have sex. As long as everyone is consenting, you should do it your way. The great thing about masturbation is that you are free to explore at your own pace. Want to try out a new toy? Go for it! Testing out a new technique? The world is your oyster.

It might even be good for you!

There are many documented benefits of orgasms: it can relieve stress, boost the immune system, improve sleep, and relieve muscle tension and menstrual cramps.

Want to learn more about masturbation?

Sexual Pleasure:
You shouldn’t be ashamed of advocating for your own sexual pleasure.

Need help finding the right the right vibrator?
ASHA teamed up with Walter Thornton to provide a comprehensive guide on finding the right one for you.

Love Thyself
Evelyn Resh,  a certified sexuality counselor and a certified nurse-midwife, talks about breaking the stigma of masturbation.

Can you masturbate too much?
Planned Parenthood answers your burning questions about masturbation and sexual pleasure.

 

 

Funded with a grant from the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the One-Two Punch: Knocking Out HIV and Syphilis Co-infection initiative is designed to educate North Carolinians, especially those in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill and surrounding areas, about our state’s higher risk for HIV and syphilis and the need to talk with health care professionals about testing for both infections.

The campaign is suitable for all audiences and special care was taken to include populations that are too often overlooked, including men-who-have-sex-with-men and African-American women.

The posters and video are free to download and use on your websites and social media platforms. Each item has a link to NLM’s AIDSource site and clinic locator tool to find local free/low-cost care across North Carolina and the U.S.

Just click here to fill in your organization’s name and email address to get instant access to all campaign materials. #HealthisPower #NC!