March is Sexual Pleasure Month
It’s on! March is Sexual Pleasure Month and the focus is #PleasureIsHealthy! Pleasure has many benefits: sex helps you sleep better, reduces stress and increases happiness. Sex and orgasm actually…
A Three-Part Conversation with Dr. Pepper Schwartz on Female Sexual Difficulties
Female sexual difficulties are more common than you think and impact couples inside and outside the bedroom. When sex isn’t easy how do you even begin this conversation with your…
Abstinence-only Sex Ed 2.0?
Long-time ASHA colleague Martha Kempner writes on rewire.com about recent key hires with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that may bolster the reemergence of abstinence-only sex education…
Talking to Girls and Young Women about S-E-X
“[Girls] have told by society that sex is great but that’s not their experience. They don’t know how to talk about that disconnect, there’s a certain amount of shame that…
Sexual Pleasure
Sexual Pleasure Whether we’re attracted to the opposite gender, the same gender or both, the truth is: We learn how to experience sexual pleasure for pleasure’s sake by understanding our…
The Politics of Pee
Rolling Back Federal Protections for Transgender Students In late February the Trump administration revoked federal guidelines that require schools to allow transgender students to use the bathroom of their choice…
What’s in a Word?
Cisgender? Transgender? Intersex? There’s much to talk about in sexual health and ASHA sorts out the terminology. The letters LGBTQ (or GLBTQ) are often used as an abbreviated way of…
Tips To Keep Incontinence From Interfering With Your Sex Life
If you struggle with incontinence and have concerns about leaking during sex, you're not alone. The American Foundation for Urologic Disease (AFUD) reports that one in three women with stress incontinence…
Podcast: Breathing New Life into Your Sexual Relationship
Talking Sexual Pleasure on the Podcast Featuring interviews with medical professionals and experts in the field of sexuality, ASHA's Sex+Health podcastaims to offer information and resources to with the goal…
Thoughts on Caitlyn Jenner and Gender Expectations
I want to say upfront that I have accepted I am limited in my understanding on certain topics and that I have to depend on others to provide me with…