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UN|HUSHED: The High School Curriculum

October 24, 2018 Dr. Karen Rayne

This week we are SO THRILLED to announce that our brand new high school curriculum is up and available for purchase and use! UN|HUSHED: The High School Curriculum, by Karen Rayne, PhD and Kirsten deFur, MPH is available exclusively through our online portal, accessible when you are logged into your account. This […]

Adolescent Sexuality, Classes, Communication, Consent, Contraception, Gay Teens, Gender, High school, Relationships, Sex, Sex Education, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Orientation, Social Media, Technology, Teenagers, Violence high school, sex ed curriculum, sexuality, sexuality education, teacher

Camping, Dancing, and Gender Roles

May 1, 2017July 13, 2018 Dr. Karen Rayne 1 Comment

This weekend I was at an annual camping/swing dancing/swimming event that is a favored April event in our household. Some 250 – 300 people show up and put on the greatest party and potluck you could imagine! This year there were two aspects of the event that stood out to me: […]

Adolescent Sexuality, Gender, Teenagers

When we sexualize the young…

February 18, 2014 Dr. Karen Rayne

Parents: Your messages to your children about clothes, sexiness, etc, needs to be consistent across their childhoods. There’s not one (more permissive) message that’s right for babies and another (less permissive) message that’s right for preteens and teenagers. I took this picture at the local Walgreens this morning. I’m going […]

Children, Family, Family Conversations, Gender, Parenting, Sex Education

The dreaded sleepover question

February 8, 2014 Dr. Karen Rayne 3 Comments

In a world with flexible gender and sexual identities, what’s a parent to do? I’ve been asked about sleepovers through two channels in the last few days, so it seemed the right time to finally write a post about it. This question comes up all the time – first in […]

Adolescent Development, Adolescent Sexuality, Communication, Family Conversations, Gay Teens, Gender, Parenting, Sex Education adolescents, parenting, sex, sexuality, sleepover, teenage

FYI (if you're a parent to a teenager)

September 5, 2013 Dr. Karen Rayne 32 Comments

Dear Parents, I have some information that might interest you. Your teenage sons have raging hormones – so do your teenage daughters. So, for that matter, do your trans* and queer teenagers. So let’s start this letter by leaving off the gender-specific nature of some of these conversations, shall we? […]

Communication, Family Conversations, Gender, Parenting, Sex Education, Sexual Harassment, Social Media

A class for boys! (And other single-gender class thoughts)

July 1, 2013 Dr. Karen Rayne

I will be offering a class for middle school boys this summer. This is a fully comprehensive class – we will cover everything from reproduction and contraception to communication and decision making to abstinence and consent and more. I’m having a meeting for parents who are interested in their sons […]

Classes, Gender, Middle School, Sex Education boys, comprehensive sex education, sex education

What does gender mean to you?

February 20, 2013 Dr. Karen Rayne 2 Comments

One of my students had his family paint pictures of what their gender means to each of them. The people who created the images include: My student, who presents as male His girlfriend His mother His mother’s girlfriend His 11 year old brother His teenage brother The finished products range […]

Family Conversations, Gender, Sex Education family conversations, gender, sex education




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