GAASP (Growing and Aging S*x Positive)
Nina and Cari talk about sexuality and everything that goes with it: intimacy, communication, dating, identity, health, and more, as well as that everlasting source of curiosity: how to parent your kids with regards to healthy sexuality! We are community sex educators in the Chicago area and we are committed to lifespan sexuality education that is comprehensive and inclusive.
Episodes
Nina and Cari discuss the book Pleasure Activism and how it can help us frame the needs of the political moment we are living through.
Pleasure Activism: the Politics of Feeling Good, written and gathered by adrienne marie brown. AK Press. 2019.
(brown intentionally does not capitalize her name)
Rocca Family art group
https://www.theroccafamily.net/
Your Body is Not an Apology Workbook: Tools for Radical Self-Love
In this episode, Nina and Cari catch parents up on what they might have missed about gender and sexual orientation, especially as they relate to common middle school concerns and experiences.
Developmental Aspects of Adolescence:
https://choc.org/primary-care/ages-stages/13-to-18-years/
Relationship between Parental Support and Suicide Among TGNBQ Youth of Color
https://www.thetrevorproject.org/research-briefs/the-relationship...
Nina and Cari respond to questions from listeners on everything from medical concerns to sex toys.
*Nina should have explained the Oak Park Our Whole Lives was started by Nina AND her friend Nara! They co-founded the program. Sorry Nara!
More info on safety and sex toys:
https://goaskalice.columbia.edu/answered-questions/can-chlamydia-make-sex-toys-vector-reinfection
Sex toy/Adult Store in Chicago (ships around the US)
Nina and Cari address some questions porn might raise about relationships in our lives. Is making pornography based on exploitative relationships? How does porn affect couples? And what does it mean to say that pornography is addictive? As parents, how do we respond to the reality that porn is easily available to our kids?
AASECT on Pornography Addiction
https://www.aasect.org/position-sex-addiction#:~:text=AASECT%201
How does porn show up in contemporary society? Nina and Cari discuss who watches it and what they are watching.
PornHub report: https://www.pornhub.com/insights/2024-year-in-review
US Attorney for New York on Sex Trafficking Case:
Summary of study on porn sites vs other sites:
Nina and Cari discuss definitions of pornography, some moral considerations, and its potential for expanding our understanding of humanity.
Nina and Cari discuss what the term "sex positive" means and how it can apply to parenting.
Nina and Cari explore how attachment theory can be a useful framework for understanding relationships, and its limitations.
We discuss some common myths or scripts about sexuality and how we as adults can respond to them.
Nina and Cari discuss the connection between mind and body and the ways society influences how we live in our bodies.
Nina and Cari discuss why we are making a podcast about sex and sexuality.
In which Nina and Cari discuss the surprisingly tricky question of what it means to "have sex."
Join Nina and Cari to discuss sex positive growth for adults and while parenting.
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