Today we talk about your options if you are really sure you don't want to have a child for like, years (or more!). Long-term birth control options exist, and they're great! Long-acting reversible contraception (LARCs) and permanent options (surgeries) are here.

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Ok so maybe using a condom seems simple. But there are SO MANY COMMON ERRORS that actually make condoms less effective. So today we go through how you should be using condoms. Practice makes perfect!

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Some people are resistant to getting their COVID vaccination, and families and friends can really be divided on this. This can cause a lot of negative feelings and stall conversations. Today, we go through how to have these tough conversations. Because these tough conversations are the only way we will actually be able to move people toward vaccination.

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Today we tackle a big question: was it rape? We talk about what happens when someone realizes an interaction in their past was sexual assault. We talk about how that can happen and the implications. This is one everyone needs to listen to. Believe survivors.

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Consent is simple, but that doesn't mean there's only one definition! Today we talk about different conceptualizations of consent and why the evolution of these definitions is important.

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Consent is easy, until we involve alcohol. In today's episode we talk about how alcohol affects our ability to give and understand and communicate consent. We talk about measures you can put in place and things you might want to think about when drinking.

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Happy Halloween! No tricks; only treats here! Today we talk about how to intervene when you see someone who is being harassed. We talk safety, and 5 options for getting involved. And make sure to check out Hollaback and learn about all of their (online, free!) bystrander trainings at: https://www.ihollaback.org/!

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In the last episode in the sexual honesty series, we address birth control: how do you go about getting birth control when you don't want your parents to know? Or when there aren't places around you to access reproductive health? Who all deserves to be involved in this decision anyway?

To find a clinic in your state: https://sexetc.org/action-center/clinic-finder/

Find condoms: https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/effective-interventions/prevent/condom-distribution-programs/index.html

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This month's theme is "sexual honesty" and today's episode is all about lies of omission (when you just "forget" to mention something). We talk about the impacts of lies of omission and how you can shift them.

Journal articles we mention on the show:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ejsp.2179 

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/002075996401034 

https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/eb022825/full/html

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If you have a sexually transmitted infection (sometimes called a sexually transmitted disease), it can be hard to know when to disclose that to a new partner. Today we talk about the different situations that may require different times to disclose, and how to do that.

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