The minute I said ‘I do’ to my future husband, he who was kneeling sweetly amongst hundreds (okay more like tens) of candles in our backyard, with the baby sleeping in the bedroom, I started thinking about sex. Even though by this point, we had clearly already had sex, and nothing had read more

I was timid in my sexuality at the beginning. Fearful. The thought of pregnancy was always heavy in my mind because there were girls at my high school who had become pregnant. I distinctly remember my mother telling me to not do this to her. The shame and fear about pregnancy kept me away from read more

I was speaking with a friend of mine who was raised in the Middle East recently about modesty doctrine and the rules women are expected to follow in his home country. He told me that the problem with the enforced wearing of the burka in certain places is that it doesn’t prevent men from lusting read more

“There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don’t need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain.” ― Audrey Hepburn I’ll be the first to admit that I am somewhat of an “inner beauty” snob. Blame read more

I was about 10 years old when my mom asked me if I knew what “oral sex” meant. I remember the moment clearly. I was riding in the backseat of our minivan. It was one of those rare times when it was just the two of us. I don’t know where my older brothers were, read more

In a post-Sex & the City age, people assume sexuality is given a free reign and that we also live in a post-gender-double-standard age. They assume that what would have previously been deemed “outrageous” female behaviour and voracious sexual proclivity is now all part and parcel of the read more