Bodysex Education | Site-Wide Activity https://education.bodysex.com/activity/ Activity feed for the entire site. Fri, 10 Jul 2026 12:32:55 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 195fcf7733a59d9bf6682fecf8befad8 Megan Gilron replied to the topic Lack of Clitoris Education and Sexual Repression in the forum Module 6: Pleasure Anatomy https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/clitoris-education-and-sexual-repression/page/2/#post-10740 Thu, 09 Jul 2026 19:35:35 -0400 <p class=”p1″>The insidious and oppressive reinforcement of religious and patriarchal propaganda upon all humans, but especially women continue to this day to reinforce women’s weakness because the truth is that there is more power to be found in our bodies, are sexuality our capacity to create to experience pleasure than the society of men will e…Read more

]]> 0 a7310e2a7e9ec5239f77aff9e26f0c51 Megan Gilron replied to the topic The Clitoris Bodysex Core Belief in the forum Module 6: Pleasure Anatomy https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/the-clitoris-bodysex-core-belief/page/2/#post-10738 Thu, 09 Jul 2026 19:26:13 -0400 <p class=”p1″>The clitoris is a concentrated organ of erectile tissue and nerve pathways that embrace the vaginal opening and some of the vaginal canal and the nerves expand into the mucus membrane of the inner and outer labia, perineum and anus. Intense pleasure that can cause multiple orgasms and female ejaculation all stem from stimulation of…Read more

]]> 0 9fd8150534d1c902cc6327617fa8779f Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic What Women Should Know in the forum Module 6: Pleasure Anatomy https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/what-women-should-know/page/2/#post-10737 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:43:48 -0400 I am fascinated by the urethral sponge and the periurethral glands. Learning about these parts of my anatomy has helped me to understand why arousal and the feeling of urination are so linked. And that these sensations can be worked with to increase pleasure, together with the clitoris and clitoral bulb. The periurethral glands are an amazing…Read more

]]> 0 95a96fd0fda864403cd56673dcb96806 Kirste Carlson replied to the topic Your vulva Smell and Taste in the forum Module 5: Vulva Massage https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/your-vulva-smell-and-taste/page/2/#post-10734 Sat, 04 Jul 2026 22:23:01 -0400 Currently taste seems negligible occasionally salty but never sweet. Historically I’ve paid way more attention to smell ever since I had a hemophilias infection and the smell was so bad (like a dead thing!) that I wanted to be vigilant about never experiencing that again.

]]> 0 f093e4f1e908b22170ee6628aaf5967d Kirste Carlson replied to the topic Finger Strokes and Massage Techniques in the forum Module 5: Vulva Massage https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/finger-strokes-and-massage-techniques/page/2/#post-10733 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 16:43:21 -0400 I used my fingers almost exclusively when I was in my teens and 20s. We didn’t have the vibes so available, at least I didn’t. As a married woman up until body sex I didn’t masturbate much at all. I guess I missed out on a lot of pleasure I could’ve had but oh well better late than never! now I’m trying a lot of things techniques, etc. because o…Read more

]]> 0 1e8b9025ce9f1dfa0a2e5e94e2589a8a Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Your Dream for Girls/Women to Access Information in the forum Module 6: Pleasure Anatomy https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/your-dream-for-girls-women-to-access-information/page/2/#post-10732 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 17:07:05 -0400 My wish is that there would be community support for masturbation and sexual education. That there would be more than one place to learn about sexuality, anatomy, pleasure, conception and birth, and birth control. Information about masturbation, orgasm, and contraception would be routinely taught in schools and discussed with medical and…Read more

]]> 0 98f01c72880160a7bbbbf8365725153c Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Why is It Liberating? in the forum Module 6: Pleasure Anatomy https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/why-is-it-liberating/page/2/#post-10731 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:53:52 -0400 It decenters the idea that pleasure comes to a woman from an external source – a penis, a lover, some external force— and gives women the knowledge that they need to explore their own complex pleasure system. It helps to create a map of sensations when you have an understanding of the parts or aspects of your anatomy. It decreases confusion and t…Read more

]]> 0 e08474726f27f163d3defc5a52351dbc Megan Gilron replied to the topic An Experience that Made You Smile or Cheer in the forum Sex by Design: The Betty Dodson Story https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/an-experience-that-made-you-smile-or-cheer/page/2/#post-10726 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:20:35 -0400 I truly cheered for Betty when she was in the thick of her sexual explorations, travelling to Europe, being wooed and seduced by wealthy lovers and group sex parties expanding her expression, playing with all genders and the feeling of “rightness” that I share with her, being in naked and sexual spaces. Full embodiment, joy and pleasure that she…Read more

]]> 0 2b19527c84ad5423a4026270a2e4dbfb Megan Gilron replied to the topic A Chapter that Stands Out for You in the forum Sex by Design: The Betty Dodson Story https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/chapter-that-stands-out-for-you/page/2/#post-10725 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:15:42 -0400 <p class=”p1″>There are so many chapters of this book that delight me and I come back to: when Betty goes through her celibate priestess phase writing Liberating Masturbation in LA, when she attend the gay men’s bathhouse (a personal fantasy), but one I recall the best and holds several opposing elements at once is when she goes back to Kansas and…Read more

]]> 0 0096caab53455630294873ab091b8984 Megan Gilron replied to the topic Share One Favorite Quote in the forum Sex by Design: The Betty Dodson Story https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/share-one-favorite-quote/page/2/#post-10724 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:13:51 -0400 I squealed out loud at this one “What a year it had been! I’d gone from being a sexually frustrated monogamous wife to becoming an independent sex adventurer – a sexual anthropologist of sorts.”

I loved this and was delighted because this is also a term I’ve self identified with before I knew that she had as well.

I have always felt such a…Read more

]]> 0 65d1ee63949e81a47add2918e5639d62 Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Lack of Clitoris Education and Sexual Repression in the forum Module 6: Pleasure Anatomy https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/clitoris-education-and-sexual-repression/page/2/#post-10723 Sun, 28 Jun 2026 18:00:06 -0400 It maintains a status quo where power is in the hands of everyone but the clitoris owner– the medical system, the patriarchy, educational system, the government (writ large), our sexual partners. When we don’t know that we have resources, we are compromised as a default position. And even when we do experience pleasure through our clitorises, we…Read more

]]> 0 1aa1b185cefccb4ce2a04f1ba3db9960 Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic The Clitoris Bodysex Core Belief in the forum Module 6: Pleasure Anatomy https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/the-clitoris-bodysex-core-belief/page/2/#post-10722 Sun, 28 Jun 2026 17:55:23 -0400 <p class=”p1″>The clitoris is not in the brain, it is in the body, located in your vulva. (The vagina is something else, the canal leading to the uterus.) It is an analogue to the penis, but much more sensitive. Your body has the most intricate organ for pleasure in the human organism, containing up to 10,000 nerve endings. These nerve endings…Read more

]]> 0 07b35f09850a060cb02f950e14856222 Kirste Carlson replied to the topic Vulva Massage as a Practice in the forum Module 5: Vulva Massage https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/vulva-massage-as-a-practice/page/2/#post-10721 Sun, 28 Jun 2026 01:43:11 -0400 Whenever I have taken the time and trusted the process of vulva massage I have never had regrets or been disappointed. I’ve done this particular exercise before. Ditto to what other students have said about Carlin’s voice and leads. I have thought, but never would have mentioned these feelings. I’m looking forward to being able to devote time…Read more

]]> 0 685eccba2c7224924601c81f6eb68eae Kirste Carlson replied to the topic Experience with Vulva Massage Activity in the forum Module 5: Vulva Massage https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/experience-with-vulva-massage-activity/page/2/#post-10720 Sun, 28 Jun 2026 01:27:56 -0400 Getting more practice and more comfortable with the vulva massage but was having trouble making private time for me. I finally have talked with my partner and I’m going to get some time in the house alone some mornings that will be my time for me. I’m looking forward to getting some sort of a regular cadence going.

]]> 0 b4abbe7a47a4faa64ac37bb2e72fb26d Megan Gilron replied to the topic Touch, Taste, Smell Vulva in the forum Module 5: Vulva Massage https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/release-experience-attitude-emotion/#post-10715 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 16:12:52 -0400 <p class=”p1″>Because I started out my masturbation as a child with humping a teddy bear and then a macrame blanket well into my teens, touching myself was initially uncomfortable because I didn’t like the idea of my hands getting wet or sticky. It’s a strange thing to recall back on, because now I love touching my vulva. Giving her massage, sni…Read more

]]> 0 8035ab748e1edfc26874c6da9bda33af Megan Gilron replied to the topic Your vulva Smell and Taste in the forum Module 5: Vulva Massage https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/your-vulva-smell-and-taste/page/2/#post-10713 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:57:48 -0400 <p class=”p1″>Today she’s smelling musky, tangy and tastes a bit salty and umami flavour. Somedays I’m no addicted to the smell and whish i could bottle it up and make millions. I especially find it fun and funny when it smells a biut like freshly sharpened lead pencil. The tasete doesn’t change too much, mostly the tangy salty flavour, somet…Read more

]]> 0 b8d7be399e69419f687e13b126027bf5 Megan Gilron replied to the topic Finger Strokes and Massage Techniques in the forum Module 5: Vulva Massage https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/finger-strokes-and-massage-techniques/page/2/#post-10711 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:34:57 -0400 <p class=”p1″>I enjoy patting and grinding my palm and the heel of my hand up and down over the outer labia. I like stroking my middle two fingers up and down my inner labia with oil and building up tension. I will include stroking my perineum and my anus and bringing long loop circles up and around my clitoris and down again. My favourite thing…Read more

]]> 0 d49cb4feedfc4f7fff19459904ca21d4 Megan Gilron replied to the topic Vulva Massage as a Practice in the forum Module 5: Vulva Massage https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/vulva-massage-as-a-practice/page/2/#post-10709 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:13:40 -0400 <p class=”p1″>I have been practising vulva massage and intentional masturbation for most of my life, but the inclusion of Bodysex and the energy of sacred sensuality gives me so much more fulfilment when I prioritize making it a part of my self-love practice. Personally, I am a sex witch, and I deeply value the spiritual and somatic connection…Read more

]]> 0 66d806f42bbc306e6932d57e1b795438 Megan Gilron replied to the topic Experience with Vulva Massage Activity in the forum Module 5: Vulva Massage https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/experience-with-vulva-massage-activity/page/2/#post-10707 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:06:30 -0400 <p class=”p1″>I love the process of being talked through my self-pleasure. I’ve subscribed to a few audio erotica and meditation apps that have really supported my sensual exploration in recent years, and this recording supported me in a very similar way. It’s very supportive for me to have outside structure that allows me to take away the res…Read more

]]> 0 c83d5b5db63f56f5598c15ecd082a96e Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Share One Favorite Quote in the forum Sex by Design: The Betty Dodson Story https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/share-one-favorite-quote/page/2/#post-10703 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:42:47 -0400 I loved this quote from the chapter Gay Heaven: “Anonymous sex could be so special— it was sex without the ego— the opposite of star fucking, power fucking, or romantic fucking. In many ways there was a high degree of unconditional love involved that was spiritual— an amazing degree of acceptance about myself and other people without judgments.”

]]> 0 7031a945bf8a3ee34bac6af723746819 Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic An Experience that Made You Smile or Cheer in the forum Sex by Design: The Betty Dodson Story https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/an-experience-that-made-you-smile-or-cheer/page/2/#post-10702 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:38:57 -0400 I was cheering for her when she defended her friends to the FBI agents and even praised her friend’s skills as a lover. I can’t imagine myself ever having the courage to do something like that while being questioned by “the authorities.” And then having to endure wire tapping of her phone with such humor and grace was even more inspiring. It help…Read more

]]> 0 54aadd57e02220b57629796b5de37d30 Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic A Chapter that Stands Out for You in the forum Sex by Design: The Betty Dodson Story https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/chapter-that-stands-out-for-you/page/2/#post-10701 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:33:04 -0400 The chapter that stood out the most to me was “Wichita’s Deadly Rapist.” Her self-mastery is so evident in this chapter. The way she meditates with her fears, calls on her spiritual protectors, and then also knows how to completely master a terrifying situation of sex with a voyeur. Wow! I have read this chapter a couple of times now. I also love…Read more

]]> 0 81b51ec6d695dfd97a96148cd5862e7b Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Touch, Taste, Smell Vulva in the forum Module 5: Vulva Massage https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/release-experience-attitude-emotion/#post-10697 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:53:14 -0400 Once I had a boyfriend who told me I didn’t taste as good as his girlfriend back home in Italy, which has put me off the taste of my vulva for decades. I’ve always wondered, what was wrong with it? Now that I have been consistently tasting my vulva for this module, I realize that nothing was ever wrong.

I have been touching my vulva for a long…Read more

]]> 0 d903039e01c0a58aae064cdf243468c3 Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Your vulva Smell and Taste in the forum Module 5: Vulva Massage https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/your-vulva-smell-and-taste/#post-10696 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:42:48 -0400 The smell seems to change more than the taste, which is consistently salty. I’m wondering if the smell is affected by lubricants and creams. But generally, it is pungent and doughy.

]]> 0 8f1a6e2685a300f4b7bc80a8da68ecc6 Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Finger Strokes and Massage Techniques in the forum Module 5: Vulva Massage https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/finger-strokes-and-massage-techniques/page/2/#post-10693 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:42:16 -0400 Starting with cupping my vulva helps me to slow down and honor her before anything else. I like to move from the outside in— the inguinal crease, the outer labia (stroking and tapping) and then when I am ready to be closer to penetration I work with the legs of the clitoral bulb, seeing which side is more sensitive or aroused (usually the left). I…Read more

]]> 0 bf94ef2bfbdeb76f5ba4acb885610939 Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Vulva Massage as a Practice in the forum Module 5: Vulva Massage https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/vulva-massage-as-a-practice/#post-10692 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 17:32:55 -0400 I am new to vulva massage and I think I will try to add it into my morning routine. Even just a few days a week would make a huge difference. I usually masturbate standing up, so the vulva massage seems like a different way to relax and connect with my body without the goal of orgasm or meditation. My masturbation practice is quite vigorous and…Read more

]]> 0 1f77d447b5edbf16f12d11c2021179ae Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Experience with Vulva Massage Activity in the forum Module 5: Vulva Massage https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/experience-with-vulva-massage-activity/#post-10691 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 17:27:39 -0400 Carlin’s voice and instruction were very soothing and helped me to stay with the experience. I would have stopped or moved onto orgasm way earlier if it weren’t for trying to follow along. I chose to do the massage while I am menstruating (for the first time in months) and with a mirror. It was an added challenge to stay with the visual of the blo…Read more

]]> 0 0a6627f11901f604189892a2efe34f6c Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Effects of Vulva Sharing and Celebration in the forum Module 4: Vulva Appreciation https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/effects-of-vulva-sharing-and-celebration/#post-10687 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:52:04 -0400 I think the word that comes to mind about vulva sharing and inspiration is wellspring. It returns women to their natural joy and power. It inspires creativity, connection, and love. It brings meaning back into our lives and pleasure into our bodies.

I loved how the Viva La Vulva video framed the vulva as a work of art and how much creative and…Read more

]]> 0 74863d0696423e5649cca013059c044c Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Attitudes, Feelings, Beliefs About Vulvas in the forum Module 4: Vulva Appreciation https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/attitudes-feelings-beliefs-about-vulvas/page/2/#post-10686 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:47:12 -0400 As I reflect on what I’ve learned, I’m confronted with how embarrassed I’ve been about my vulva for most of my life. So many secretions, folds, and crevices. How difficult it was for men to relate to my vulva and appreciate her. Now I see that that was because *I* couldn’t relate to my vulva, appreciate her uniqueness, and be comfortable with wh…Read more

]]> 0 8c35433a70e6e68286070a1169d88a72 Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Myths About the Hymen and Virginity in the forum Module 4: Vulva Appreciation https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/myths-about-the-hymen-and-virginity/page/2/#post-10685 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:38:38 -0400 To answer this question, I decided to go back to the Greek origin of the word.

The word hymen means thin skin or membrane in Greek and there was a god Hymenaeus who was the son of Apollo and a nymph. In myth, he was a protector of maidens who celebrated him in their wedding songs. He seems something like a beautiful, delicate god of love. There…Read more

]]> 0 13a5185816f9fa4f4e489b82ae0b5a58 SoulFlower's profile was updated https://education.bodysex.com/activity/p/2323/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 21:18:57 -0400 0 c520cae11b54badeab37e8f0a213fd13 Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Your Genital Show and Tell in the forum Module 4: Vulva Appreciation https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/your-genital-show-and-tell/page/2/#post-10684 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:40:08 -0400 Carlin’s audio guidance was very supportive and helped me to relax and get into the process. I experienced “I wish I had done this sooner” sadness, but then I remembered that many women never get to appreciate their vulvas.

My vulva is long and narrow. I am a short person but I feel like I have a tall vulva! I realized that the length and size of…Read more

]]> 0 59bf7c3024ed5ee4ea974022d27ba63f Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic First Time You Looked at Your Genitals in the forum Module 4: Vulva Appreciation https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/first-time-looking-at-your-genitals/page/2/#post-10683 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:28:04 -0400 I remember looking and talking about it in the bathtub around age 3 or 4. I had a surgery scar near my vulva that I remember talking about it often. Then again around age 12, but not really very thoroughly. Over the years I have to overcome the shame of my pubic hair to even get to looking at my vulva. I do remember times with a mirror when I got…Read more

]]> 0 edfe5b25becc0bd1cab5353c4fe6fc69 Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Viva La Vulva Video in the forum Module 4: Vulva Appreciation https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/viva-la-vulva-video/page/2/#post-10682 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 17:27:23 -0400 A couple of things stood out for me:

I was struck by Betty’s perseverance and joy in creating this video. How every new change in media she embraced as a means of getting her message out. How she showed up for every generation of women after her own, throughout her whole life. In 1998 I was 22. If I had seen this video then, it would have c…Read more

]]> 0 8aabb84a95cca737875ba8057ffdd3f4 Megan Gilron replied to the topic Effects of Vulva Sharing and Celebration in the forum Module 4: Vulva Appreciation https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/effects-of-vulva-sharing-and-celebration/#post-10677 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:38:54 -0400 <p class=”p1″>There are so many positive outcomes from sharing our genitals with each other. Belonging in a community of sisterhood. Witnessing and recognition of our similarities and differences that make us all unique and beautiful without comparison or competition. Normalizing all the unique features of our genitals and loving them as our power…Read more

]]> 0 080c8219df42803f0b49608903ce575b Megan Gilron replied to the topic Attitudes, Feelings, Beliefs About Vulvas in the forum Module 4: Vulva Appreciation https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/attitudes-feelings-beliefs-about-vulvas/#post-10675 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:29:28 -0400 <p class=”p1″>It’s wild that we know how vastly different every person’s face and body is and have no problem depicting that diversity in media and education, and yet we only ever see two generic types of genitals represented. It’s no wonder most people fear being abnormal to what we typically see represented. I’m an artist and also especia…Read more

]]> 0 79a934dc3ea020014fac1fdd9097bdae Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Vulva Images in the forum Module 4: Vulva Appreciation https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/vulva-images/page/2/#post-10674 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:18:28 -0400 I felt in awe of the beauty of women’s bodies while viewing these images. How each of our vulvas is unique. And yet we don’t appreciate them enough. I learned about the variation in colors and how beautiful these colors can be. I have always thought of my own vulva as a kind of all-too-human blood red. Looking at the variation in colors was stu…Read more

]]> 0 dcc850f0bc21d47572fa8fab5fdc5ee1 Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Body Appreciation in the forum Module 3: Bodysex is Focused on the Body https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/body-appreciation/page/2/#post-10670 Sun, 31 May 2026 13:37:18 -0400 My challenge isn’t so much with making time for masturbation (though there could always be more time!) but confronting the daily aches and pains that I interpret as inexplicable or a problem. Self-love and appreciation for me comes into practice when things don’t feel good and how I judge myself for not feeling good. Which disconnects me from my…Read more

]]> 0 1f8050bb30555034d657d5827be3bc3c Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Body Compliments in the forum Module 3: Bodysex is Focused on the Body https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/body-compliments/page/2/#post-10669 Sun, 31 May 2026 13:24:56 -0400 – The sound of your voice and moans intoxicates me

– I love your breasts

– I love the softness of your vulva

]]> 0 16319d7a7b8c2eb8c4c0d43662a56a00 Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic STI's: Sexually-Transmitted Infections in the forum Module 3: Bodysex is Focused on the Body https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/stis-sexually-transmitted-infections/page/2/#post-10668 Fri, 29 May 2026 16:27:17 -0400 I received public school sex education in the mid 80s and early 90s during the height of the AIDS epidemic. I read SPIN magazine’s coverage of the epidemic month after month; pictures of men wasting away haunted me. Some of our family friends who were gay died. One day they were here and the next not.

I ended up absolutely terrified I was going…Read more

]]> 0 9d7c0bb00d6a98f54a3dae33606c683e Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Intentional Motherhood in the forum Module 3: Bodysex is Focused on the Body https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/intentional-motherhood/page/2/#post-10663 Thu, 28 May 2026 11:50:27 -0400 One of the things I am getting out of this discussion is that early education is irreplaceable. If pregnancy were framed not as something dangerous on the one hand or virtuous on the other, but rather as a biological fact within a woman’s control, then motherhood would be supported. The biological fact of pregnancy is politicized and weaponized a…Read more

]]> 0 988cdab70bc6187499a4a9067d298e5f Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Two Sexual Revolutionaries in the forum Module 3: Bodysex is Focused on the Body https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/two-sexual-revolutionaries/page/2/#post-10662 Thu, 28 May 2026 11:38:41 -0400 The biggest thing I learned was about menstrual extraction. Honestly, I had never heard about that and I wonder why. I am reflecting on my personal biography and experiences.

The image of Carol handing out specula at a women’s conference is blowing my mind. It’s deeply poignant how simple all of her methods are and how much we have been ind…Read more

]]> 0 46458c81fc51636e0b384814e55b700a Megan Gilron replied to the topic Myths About the Hymen and Virginity in the forum Module 4: Vulva Appreciation https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/myths-about-the-hymen-and-virginity/page/2/#post-10661 Wed, 27 May 2026 20:34:16 -0400 Recently within my sex education certification program, they offered another term: “vaginal corona” to describe the elastic-like tissue surrounding the opening of the vagina (which would include skin tags and folds) and did away with the term hymen all together. I like this framing since we know that the description of “hymen” itself is…Read more

]]> 0 71e7a70f7861af9223ae1e1de6beeccb Megan Gilron replied to the topic Your Genital Show and Tell in the forum Module 4: Vulva Appreciation https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/your-genital-show-and-tell/#post-10659 Mon, 25 May 2026 14:13:39 -0400 <p class=”p1″>I’m incredibly fortunate to have gotten to do genital show and tell with Betty and Carlin back in 2017 and getting to be in a Vulva-social environment during the first Menla retreat and sharing genital show and tell with a couple of attendees who had never been to one before. Very recently, I did a one-on-one session with Emma S…Read more

]]> 0 71eb93a09cce24141c11baf5a41f46c5 Megan Gilron replied to the topic First Time You Looked at Your Genitals in the forum Module 4: Vulva Appreciation https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/first-time-looking-at-your-genitals/page/2/#post-10657 Mon, 25 May 2026 14:03:25 -0400 <p class=”p1″>I can’t recall exactly when I would have first looked at my vulva, but I do assume I did it as a young person. I know that when I discovered “Sex for One” and within the year had decided to take a workshop, I definitely would have taken the time to look before attending. I’m an A+ student and did a lot of things preemptively when it…Read more

]]> 0 e1a00eaaf330caee7bd42777356f07bf Megan Gilron replied to the topic Viva La Vulva Video in the forum Module 4: Vulva Appreciation https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/viva-la-vulva-video/page/2/#post-10655 Mon, 25 May 2026 13:58:49 -0400 <p class=”p1″>The documentary was lovely. It was so wonderful to see Betty in her Wise crone era in full power, getting to record the transcendence of genital show and tell and adding the photo shoot. It was so wholesome, so welcoming, and I truly feel such joy as well as grief, watching a style of media and approach that was had before social…Read more

]]> 0 3e503c37d3bdced4d9b080d5ca29ddef Kirste Carlson replied to the topic Myths About the Hymen and Virginity in the forum Module 4: Vulva Appreciation https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/myths-about-the-hymen-and-virginity/page/2/#post-10647 Sun, 24 May 2026 22:14:24 -0400 <p class=”p1″></p>
<p class=”p2″><span class=”s2″>Talk about gaslighting! I did not know that the hymen is not actually a real thing. I knew that it didn’t always break from penetration  but from any kind of activity and I don’t really think I had that experience with my first sexual penetration experience. The thing that blows me away is that…Read more

]]> 0 c1bb6ec24b0d5fb6343d9ad2be0b1e38 Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic My Menopause Experience in the forum Module 3: Bodysex is Focused on the Body https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/my-menopause-experience/#post-10646 Sun, 24 May 2026 20:08:47 -0400 My experience has been marked by two trends: the fear of everyone around me and a total re-evaluation of my womanhood and sexual life.

My friends and I tend to talk about our fears about our bodies at this stage– vaginal pain, sleepless nights, rampant anxiety, heavy bleeding, exhaustion, emotional irritability. Most of us are experiencing one…Read more

]]> 0 700f826ab43fa928688ed6d84269cd31 Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Menopause Questions Attitudes Feelings in the forum Module 3: Bodysex is Focused on the Body https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/menopause-questions-attitudes-fears/#post-10645 Sun, 24 May 2026 20:00:01 -0400 For years, the information I have been given about menopause has a negative slant to it. It is presented in our culture as another thing to bear, rather than another miraculous phase of womanhood. The questions that I am asking myself are, “How can I approach this phase of life with greater joy and curiosity than I did my menstruating phase? What…Read more

]]> 0 3b7d4deae10692596bf9d009f20f6426 Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Sexuality and Pregnancy, Breastfeeding, and Motherhood in the forum Module 3: Bodysex is Focused on the Body https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/sexuality-and-pregnancy-breastfeeding-and-motherhood/page/2/#post-10644 Mon, 18 May 2026 15:48:53 -0400 As I reflect on all of the thoughts and feelings I had during this module, a few things rise to the surface:

– Carlin’s sharing about sex during pregnancy helps to dispel the myth that men aren’t attracted to pregnant women. Or that pregnancy is somehow a horrible condition that makes you lose all sex appeal.

– Another myth that I confronted in…Read more

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