Abusive
- Oct 14
- 2009
Editor’s Web Note: Alcohol is often used to “find out who someone really is”. But is the evil it can lay bare someone’s ‘true’ psychological nature, or is it born of the alcohol? Any insights? Please write us. — Lauren
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: I’m a 16-year-old girl and my brother is 13. Our alcoholic stepfather gets drunk every night and becomes verbally abusive toward all of us, especially my brother. He screams and yells at him, constantly putting him down and calling him “sissy” and “faggot.” He does not…
- Sep 23
- 2009
Editor’s Web Note: Welcome to another straight-shooting smorgasbord of advice from the youth panel. Distinct for their generation is a tectonic shift in changing sexual orientations. Female sexuality is only beginning to be studied rigorously and it is proving to be very fluid compared to male sexuality. I invite you to our archives (column Jan 14, 2009), where we look at a possible social component to such a rapid, widespread change in sexual orientation, particularly among females. — Lauren
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: I haven’t told anyone, but I’m gay. I wish I wasn’t and I’ve tried to change, but nothing works. My parents are very religious and think being gay is one of the worst sins possible. I get sick thinking about how they would treat me if they knew. I’m also worried about my…
- May 13
- 2009
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: I’m 15 and what you call “well-endowed”. I have been babysitting for a family down the street since I was 13. The parents divorced shortly after I started, and the father (“Jon”) moved out and I haven’t seen him for awhile. Last night, after I’d put the kids to…
- Feb 4
- 2009
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: Why do girls always fall for bad boys? I’m a nice guy, decent looking, and lots of girls are my friends. They hang out with me between recurring episodes of being treated like dirt by one of these so-called “bad boys”. How does a nice guy like me get some of what these…
- May 7
- 2008
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: I’m 15 and a sophomore in high school. My mom and dad are going through a divorce because my father is a depressed alcoholic and marijuana addict who refuses to seek help. I have kept hidden the fact that he used to beat me all the time and tell me he wished I were dead,…
- Aug 1
- 2007
Dear Straight Talk: In reference to your column of June 27, there is another reason divorced or single mothers need to get over their inhibitions and give their sons the “sex talk.” In many families, “Mom” is the only person a son can go to for help if he is sexually molested. My mother…
- Feb 1
- 2006
Dear Straight Talk: My father died of a drug overdose when I was six. I’m now 14 and recently came to live with my step-uncle because my mother didn’t keep food in the house. His wife stays at home and they have two little kids. The trouble is my mom calls me in the evenings, really drunk.…