Heather Wilkins
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Writing is a therapy for me when I cannot explain or provide better communication. My passion is blogging and writing about either personal or sometimes advice for people.
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No More Abstinence Education
Do you remember asking your parents about where babies come from? Did you ever hear your mom say that you came from her tummy? Did you ever watch cartoons or hear your parents talk about a stork that delivers babies? I'm sure to assume that most of the time you asked about sex or wanted to know about how reproduction happens, you were sheltered or shut down because you were so young and couldn't possibly expect to know about it. When parents do this, it's ignorance on their part to assume that the child will grow up to wait and have sex when they are married. But what they don't know is that this child will hide from their own parents they are sexually active, that they look up porn on the internet or that they read about sex and how it's performed. It's a form of abstinence education in the home that needs to stop. Instead of helping a child pursue the love of their own bodies and being informed on adult choices they would be making later in life, we're leading them down a path that could end in more STD's and STI's being transmitted or worse, pregnancy.
By Heather Wilkins7 years ago in Filthy
My Menarche
I was 11 when I just started my period. But the problem was, I had no idea that I was having one. It happened at my grandma’s house. We were waiting for my parents to come home from an anniversary dinner when my grandma had me and my sister wash up for bed. She had my sister use the bathroom by the kitchen and she had me use the one near the office. She handed me a fresh towel and waited at the bathroom door to take away my clothes.
By Heather Wilkins7 years ago in Viva
Tatas or Nadas
Everyone latched onto their mother's boob at one point in time. But while some states allow breastfeeding to be publicly protected, the stigma is something that should be removed as well. Huffington Post published an article last year that said states like South Dakota and Virginia exempt woman who are breastfeeding from any public indecency charges or nudity violations. 47 of the 50 states allow women to breastfeed in public without any exemptions. But yet while those states allow public breastfeeding, there are some people who want them to do it in a spot where the boob and baby are out of sight.
By Heather Wilkins7 years ago in Viva
Why It's Bad to Slander a Company
Firehouse Subs is a well established submarine sandwich shop that has chains all across the United States. Their menu consists of sandwiches that range from the classic BLT to the more constructive version of taking a single meat and making it your own sandwich.
By Heather Wilkins8 years ago in Journal
Blogging About My Small Town
I have lived in Tampa for 23 years. I used to have family living on the northern coastline in the Jacksonville area up till I was about the age of eigh. Now that I am living here, I decided to write a blog about this small Floridian town and what it means for someone like me with a background issue of keeping employment and finding employment.
By Heather Wilkins8 years ago in Wander
Reprimanding for False Allegations
#MeToo is about letting other women know of their sexual assault tales. But the popular hashtag is causing a ruckus of the protocol in the ways people look into sexual assault. Recently in the news, a physician for the Tampa Bay Rays was given the boot after a 26-year-old woman claims he sexually assaulted her ten years ago.
By Heather Wilkins8 years ago in Viva
