Sex and Voices
From Next Generation Radio | Part of the NPR's Next Generation Radio series | 06:03
Is a deeper voice more "attractive?"
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MOST OF US TAKE IT FOR GRANTED THAT MEN HAVE DEEPER VOICES THAN WOMEN. LIKE IN THIS EPISODE OF SEINFELD, WHERE ELAINE MISTAKES A GUY NAMED DAN FOR A WOMAN ON THE PHONE.
HIGH PITCHED VOICE: NOREEN'S NOT HERE, THIS IS DAN.
ELAINE: OOH.
DAN'S GIRLFRIEND EVEN STARTS TO QUESTION HIS MANLINESS.
NOREEN: GREAT. I'M GOING OUT WITH A MAN WHO SOUNDS LIKE A WOMAN.
AND AS ERIKA ENGELHAUPT REPORTS, SCIENTISTS ARE GETTING CLOSER TO UNDERSTANDING WHY A DEEP BARITONE HAS COME TO BE SEEN AS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF BEING MANLY.
Sex Ed Debate
From Emilie Ritter Saunders | 04:20
A new sex education curriculum is creating a controversy in the Rocky Mountain town of Helena, Montana
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The Helena school board is working on a new comphrensive health enhancement curriculum that includes everything from nutrion and mental health to physical health and relationships. But its the sex ed portion creating a heated debate.
Sex Without Condoms is the New Engagement Ring
From Youth Radio | Part of the Youth Radio's the Best of "What's the New What?" series | 03:03
Youth Radio's Pendarvis Harshaw says that for a lot of his friends, the transition from having sex with a condom to sex without, is seen as a symbolic "engagement."
Provocative yes, but balanced and interesting, this story commanded the top of NPR's most viewed list for the better part of a week and it sparked hundreds of online comments when it first aired. While many listeners were angry and shocked, just as many were in agreement with Pendarvis' premise and thankful for real and honest youth reporting.
This story is part of Youth Radio's Best of What's the New What? series, which asks what new trends in youth culture are replacing old trends. In short: What's the New What?
Let's Talk About Sex
From Blunt Youth Radio Project | Part of the Blunt Presents: Youth and Sex series | 03:16
Johanna Greenberg says parents, including her own, are falling down on the job when it comes to "the talk." So she makes the first move.
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Johanna Greenberg's parents have yet to tell her about "the birds and the bees." She goes out to see if her peers' parents have talked to them about sex. Then she takes the intiative with her own parents.