Sexplanations

WELCOME TO 2014 and enjoy this video In which Lindsey answers some of your questions about how to do school.

We feel the title is fairly self explanatory.

In which Lindsey answers a few submitted questions and some of the most common Masturbation Questions she gets on a regular basis.

Since Lindsey is in Iceland, our special guest Nick Jenkins talks about Identity, how he identifies, and what it all means.

In which Lindsey recounts her experience at the Icelandic Phallological Museum.

You asked for it, you got it. The Penis!

In which Lindsey gives you some more info on condoms. Sizing, types, alternative uses, how they're made, good stuff!

In which Lindsey talks a little about the Comstock Laws, your Valentines, and the mail.

In which Lindsey answers some questions.

You've heard of an educated guess? How do things like that play in to sexuality? Let's chat about that!

In which Lindsey talks about having a big mouth and why that's sometimes really, really important.

In which Lindsey gives more of a back story and trade tips based on a recent interview.

In which Lindsey sheds light on many of the elements of attraction, like the Proximity Effect and Olfaction.

In which Lindsey lets you in on some flirting info.

In which Lindsey explains the reasons we feel uncomfortable with our sexualities and how our sex conflicts are resolved.

In which Lindsey, Lou Winkler, Peter Musser, Nick Jenkins, and Zach Anner say HELLO from VidCon. Nick needs more time with the Gender Video so we did this. ENJOY!

I care about the way we make decisions, especially those related to sexuality. Circumcision is a very difficult decision given the battling perspectives that leave no clear answer. This episode is intended to start the discussion of circumcision by describing how it is typically performed, which means with infant males. There will be a future video describing the situation for an adult and how as adults we can use our powers of curiosity to make healthy decisions. And my opinion (because it was asked for) is 'do not circumcise infants'. There is a very simple and minimally invasive technique called Pre-plex for adults who opt-in to the surgery with informed consent. This is my opinion as of August 29, 2014.)

In which Dr. Doe attempts to explain Dr. Kinsey's claim that he could predict whether or not a 16 year old boy would go to college based on his sex history!? The basis for this claim comes from Kinsey's study, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male.

This is a guide to having sex for the first time, or anytime. I think it is an adequate start but I've learned from all of you some excellent additions. Including something I think is very important to add, which is that your sexuality may not be in-line with the law and not breaking it could mean denying yourself some forms of sexual expression. In the words of terralynn9: While I completely understand the reasons for #1: Don't break the law, I would maybe say instead: be aware of the laws where you live and the consequences if you're caught breaking them, consider the reasons for the laws (are they to protect you? why?), and if you and your partner choose to go ahead anyway, make sure to be safe, sane and consensual. It wasn't that long ago that anal sex was illegal in Canada and the US (even between straight people), and it still is in some places. Homosexuality is punishable by death in some countries, but I wouldn't counsel homosexuals there to never have sex, just to be very careful about it.

This episode is probably the most dense of anything I've created on Sexplanations. WARNING. I think I did more research and script-writing than any other piece, even gender. Why? Because it is about the menstrual cycle and the monthly(ish) cycle is really a very sophisticated building construction project that involves more than the uterus. For me, understanding the process involved reading seven different textbooks (just the menstrual section), reading six different articles, watching other YouTube period educators teach, checking the etymology of all the clinical terms, drawing the cycles myself with annotations, pretending to be different characters in the cycle, and coming up with new female reproductive-related lyrics to Willy Wonka's Pure Imagination. Sadly you won't see all of this. You WILL have the four minute version of my take on the cycle. If it is confusing give it a few more runs-through and triangulate it with other sources. It is really quite cool when you have an understanding of what's going on.. at least it has been for me. #curious.

Have you ever wondered whether or not a person could get pregnant by having sex during menstruation? Now you'll know.

I asked my Twitter followers if they had any questions. This video is my responses to some of those questions and others.

Sometimes it's helpful to hear that your waning sex drive or lack of sexual curiosity is not the way it has to be; there are solutions when you're ready for them. This video compares bringing your sexy back to finding the love of driving again. There are lots of analogies, like talking on the phone, getting mail, even cleaning house that remind us we have so much of our trouble-shooting skill set in place, we simply need to apply it to the things that seem uh, expected of us by society to just know, because no one should be talking about them, shhh sex, shhhhhhh!

PCOS is the most requested topic for Sexplanations to cover. This episode doesn't cover everything there is to know about the disorder but it gives the curios a great start. At the end of the video I suggest dressing as a vulva for Halloween. All it takes it a hoodie. You can find the original outfit I wore in the the Vulva video on eBay if you'd like to bid on it and simultaneously raise awareness and support for PCOS research.

In which I attempt to answer the question: is it okay to be sexy?

I asked Tumblr to share their sex education horror stories and hundreds of people have responded with really awful experiences. This video is a small collection of some of the analogies used. I'll do a future video about the other ways that sex education hasn't been very healthy education later.

Acton Douglas has been a friend of mine for many years. This is a small part of his story being born female and transitioning to a happier, more fulfilling life as a "dude." This episode touches on the coming out process--sharing with this parents and employer his gender identity. A future episode will go more in depth about the transition process, specifically the experiences of body dysphoria and body euphoria.

At the end of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, credits role for quite a while and behind the names of the amazing people who contributed to the film is the Marauder's Map with active footprints. At one point there are two sets of footprints positioned face-to-face in what some call a blow-job position. I wanted to show that this is indeed very possible so in the spirit of giving, we've created a flavorful 100th episode.

We know that education is a solution to a lot of world suck. Great, I'm all for knowledge unless it is shame-laden lies. Too often sex education has become just that, shame, dishonesty, abuse of power, personal opinion, and malpractice. This week's episode shares some of the many, many sex ed horror stories I've heard and hopes to increase awareness about the problem and work more toward the solutions.

Over the last year I've been compiling some of my thoughts on improving masturbation through simple mostly free suggestions. Then I decided I wanted to make a coloring book to accompany these ideas and drew, well, monsters to act out these tips for you. There are 40 pages to this magical little book each with a Dr. Doe style recommendation for enhancing self-stimulation. I've shared some of the book here but you can read and color the actual thing by going to subbable.com/sexplanations, signing up to support our channel, and selecting the Masturbation Coloring Book perk from the options we've come up with to treat our fans.

In which Lindsey and Nick answer your questions about the year that passed and the one to come. There's even a Doh-moment at then end where Lindsey learns a little more about Buffy.