Romantic fantasy was a shelter from childhood abuse. Have my crushes kept me from intimacy -- or expanded my world?

For consent education to be effective, experts say, it has to start when kids are young and needs to be consistent

Thanks to a worsening shortage of unmarried women, gangs are trafficking little girls.

I felt happy rather than traumatized when I was told that my breasts were beginning to develop.

Bristol Palin's ex talked about sex and family on "The Tyra Banks Show." It infuriated Sarah Palin -- and made me want to watch.

The "Half Nelson" star and a Danish director not named von Trier captivate Cannes with a red-hot L.A. heist movie

The actor appeared on "Salon Talks" to discuss his book "A Better Man" & exploring masculinity in our society

Our teens are more medicated than ever — but we're not being honest with them about the sexual side effects

For most of my life I have had an uncomplicated relationship with the memory of my father. Now I have questions

Aubrey Plaza's new film about a girl's quest to lose her virginity subverts popular gender conventions

Expert Terry Real explains how hyper-masculinity presents a danger to us all.

Salon reviewed two years of Gavin McInnes "comedy" clips to capture how the Proud Boys leader talks about race

The Steubenville sex offenders deserve pity, but not for the reasons you think

A tween version of Ke$ha's party anthem "Tik Tok" becomes a viral hit. Just how disturbed should we be?

In this excerpt from "Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx," little Cesar splits with his criminal mentor, loses his gun and catches the eye of a girl named Coco.