While the debate over sex education in schools will surely continue through all of our lifetimes, it is undeniable that most of us never received a proper education in sexuality or sexual health, and we spend much of our adult lives sorting out the mass of misinformation we received in our youth. Fortunately, as adults, it is much easier to access information about sex - we can seek out information online; we can attend sex education workshops at our favourite sex-positive sex shop; we are able to purchase or rent or download sex instruction DVDs.

However, with all of the information out there about sex and sexuality (especially online), it is becoming increasingly difficult to sort out fact from fiction, and this is where we can help! We have spent the majority of our adulthood sorting through sexual health information and sexuality products to bring you only the best of the best from sources that we’ve found to be reliable.

Our sex education workshops are performed by internationally recognized sex educators and authors; all of the books on our shelves have been read by us to ensure accuracy; our adult and educational DVDs are thoroughly reviewed; and our selection of sex toys have actually been tried by us so you know that they actually do what they claim.

We don’t fancy ourselves experts - you’re the only expert on your sexuality - we’re just here to help guide on your journey toward greater sexual health and pleasure.

But for any of us who live long enough, being a senior citizen and being sexual isn't a fad, it's a reality. Our sexuality doesn't stop or change because we are getting older. Our sexuality changes, but it does that throughout our lives.

The biggest change when it comes to aging and sex may not be how our body responds differently, or how we think and feel, it may be the way we are treated by everyone around us, and the ways our access to partners change as we get older.

It's hard not to sound glib about sex and aging bodies. The fact is that as we age we do have to learn to adapt to our changing bodies, it isn't all "embrace your inner wisdom" and "spend all that free time having sex". Although both of those sound pretty good if you can make it work.

The bottom line is that changing and adapting isn't necessarily easy but it is possible and can result in both great sex and greater self knowledge.

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In fact, since the time we opened our doors way back in 1997, we've struggled with all sorts of titles in all sorts of contexts. The members of CAYA are officially called worker-owners to underscore that we're not a bunch of fat cat absentee owners of this co-operative, but rather, we're actively working in the trenches every day. The government requires us to identify a president, treasurer, etc for their purposes, but within our collective structure, it doesn't make sense to have a president - although, I know that Cory thoroughly enjoyed his tenure as 'secretary' and I find much humour in receiving mail addressed to the 'president'.

Further, we've never been good at coming up with descriptions for our individual job titles. The folks who work in the store and in mail order (worker-owners included) certainly are not 'sales associates' and their training doesn't involve any sales training at all. Instead, we all receive training on sex-related books, sex education dvds, erotic dvds, sex toys and sexual health, as well as, sex and disability, anti-racism, sex and gender, and mental health. We aren't sales focused at all, but we don't believe in calling ourselves 'sex educators' because that implies that we have a formal education in sexuality. Of course, anyone can call themselves a sex educator, and often we've wondered if we should jump on that bandwagon for the sake of simplicity, but it feels disingenuous to do so.

For folks in the media, we're even more annoying with our refusal to be named. One of our core values is to be the anti-expert, which means that we reject titles like 'sex expert' or even worse 'sexpert', but in this culture of expertise, we're expected to have authoritative-sounding titles, and we just can't and won't budge on our core values. Nor should we.

We've been playing around with some new names lately, but they all seem either boring or exaggerated, so we're enlisting your help! Yes, this is the official Come As You Are Nomenclature Contest of 2010! Send us your suggestions and we'll be awarding prizes for the best names, as well as prizes for the most humorous names too. Send your entry to contest@comeasyouare.com by the end of September to have yours considered.