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10 BRAVA MAGAZINE | FEBRUARY 2014 Kate Bast Editor-in-Chief RELATE FEBRUARY 2014 $3.95 BRAVAMAGAZINE.COM women + style + substance > ROMANTIC FLAIR Decadent desserts, old-world flowers > FLIRTY FASHION Bohemian glam + WHAT DREAMS MAY COME A swanky getaway, solving sleep anxiety and Kelli Hoppmann's artistry The Sexuality Issue Keeping it real, HPV, lingerie and boudoir photography ON THE COVER Photograph by A Sunshine Moment Photography. See more artistic boudoir images in "Great Sexpecta- tions" (p. 46). PUT IT ON YOUR RADAR WHEN YOU'RE STANDING in the gro- CERYCHECKOUTLˬNEDOYOUEVERCˬTCHˬ GLIMPSEOFSOMEOFTHEWOMENmSMˬGˬ ZINECOVERLINES ŀ EYOFFERUPˬLLKINDSOFSEXYˬDVICE It's titillating. And it must be exhausting, IFYOUFOLLOWITˬLL*OFTENWONDER8HO EVENHˬSTHE timeTOPUTˬLLTHˬTˬDVICE into action each month, let alone shop for THEGEˬR *SITEVERYONEBUTME ŀ EWˬYTHOSECOVERLINESˬNDSTˬTISTICS ǠLLEDSTORIESREˬDYOUWOULDTHINKSO But, thankfully Marni McEntee's, "Great Sexpectations," (p. 46) offers a more refreshingly and realistic perspec- TIVEONOURSEXLIVESWITHHOTTIPSFROM local experts, including Ellen Barnard of A Woman's Touch. #ˬRNˬRDTOLD.C&NTEETHˬTˬSWEˬGE sex becomes about so much more than WHˬTSOMEOFTHEMEDIˬˬNDSTˬTISTICSTELLS us it is. It goes beyond the act itself and BECOMESMORECONTEMPLˬTIVEŀ ˬTmSˬLSO WHYWEPUTTHELOVELYBOUDOIRPHOTO GRˬPHONTHECOVER$ˬPTURINGˬWOMˬN ˬLONEWITHHERTHOUGHTSrWHˬTEVERTHEY MˬYBErISREǢECTIVEOF.C&NTEEmSPIECE ˬNDTHEGISTOFTHESTORY/OMˬTTERWHˬT YOURˬGEORWHˬTYOUMˬKEOFITSEXUˬLITY is an aspect of both our inner and physi- CˬLSELVESˬNDTHUSSOMETHINGWENEED to consider. 5ˬKETHETIMETOBEINTOUCHWITHYOUR SELFTOREǢECTŀ EREISNOnNORMˬLo no statistical comparison, no musts EMBRACING YOUR SEXUALITY MEANS FIGURING OUT WHAT WORKS SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU. or shoulds. Embracing your sexuality MEˬNSǠGURINGOUTWHˬTWORKSSPECIǠ cally for you. *TˬLSOMEˬNSPˬYINGˬTTENTIONTOWHˬT MˬYNOTSEEMRIGHTWHENITCOMESTOYOUR sexual health. "SWELEˬRNFROM+ˬN.C/ˬLLYmSn)IT TING#ELOWTHE#ELTo P STRˬINSOF )17rHUMˬNPˬPILLOMˬVIRUSTHEMOST common sexually transmitted infection (according to the Centers for Disease Control nearly all SEXUˬLLY ˬCTIVE IN DIVIDUˬLSGETITˬTSOMEPOINTINTHEIR LIVES rCˬUSENEˬRLYPERCENTOFCER VICˬLCˬNCER ŀ EGOODNEWSISITmSˬLSOˬPREVENT ˬBLECˬNCERŀ ˬNKSTOTESTINGVˬCCINES ˬNDEˬRLYTREˬTMENTDEˬTHSFROMCERVICˬL CˬNCERHˬVEDECREˬSEDBYPERCENTIN THE64SINCETHESWHENITWˬSˬ major cause of death. #UT YOU HˬVE TO DO YOUR PˬRT ˬND REMˬINVIGILˬNT #ECˬUSETHEVˬCCINESWEREDEVELOPED too late to help most of us reading this ISSUEYOUNEEDTOKNOWTHESYMPTOMS ˬNDTˬLKˬBOUTWHˬTmSGOINGONnDOWN THEREorWITHYOURDˬUGHTERSGIRLFRIENDS ˬNDMOSTDEǠNITELYWITHYOURDOCTOR And, most importantly, keep to your annual exams and recommended Pap SCREENINGSLIKECLOCKWORKrWHETHERYOU dread them or not. ŀ ISMONTHˬSYOUCONSIDERWHˬTYOUR SEXUˬLITYMEˬNSCONTEMPLˬTEWITHEQUˬL PˬRTSNOTJUSTWHˬTYOUDESIREBUTˬLSO WHˬTMˬKESYOUHˬPPYˬNDWHˬTWILL keep you healthy through the years.