The XX Factor : safe sex

Is the Teen Sex Talk Different for Sons and Daughters?

Jessica Grose — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:31:00 GMT

Hanna , I think you hit the nail right on the head. Most modern moms are profoundly ambivalent about their daughters' sex lives (sons too, but we'll get to that in a second). I would find it incredibly creepy if a mother told her barely legal daughter,...(read more)

True Love Waste

Hanna Rosin — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:15:00 GMT

Melinda , it’s a fine idea to tell teenagers to wait. Except that it really doesn’t work. This is not liberal wishful thinking. Researchers have pried into the sex lives of abstinence-pledgers and discovered that at best, taking the pledge delays sex...(read more)

Do I Feel Bad for Miley Cyrus?

Meghan O'Rourke — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:59:00 GMT

When I wrote about Miley Cyrus not long ago , I was most struck by how profoundly Cyrus had already become a pure product of American culture. Disney, by creating Hannah Montana , has traded on Cyrus' status as celeb-daughter and wannabe pop star to feed...(read more)