(Just to be clear, these are things to do before you have oral sex, sexual intercourse, or anything else that could get you pregnant or an STD.)
1. Have an orgasm.
Yes, before you start having sex, you should give yourself an orgasm. It’s important to know what feels good to you before you can show [...]
Archives for safe sex
Top Ten Things To Do Before You Have Sex: a list for teenagers
Funny safe sex
This is just too funny! The original site has the image animated - which is, of course, even funnier.
Teenagers and condoms vs. the pill
Condoms are absolutely the best birth control for teenagers. They protect against pregnancy and disease. They are used at the time, so there is no need to fret over whether you forgot to take your pill last Tuesday. They are relatively inexpensive, and easily available (regardless of your age). Both genders [...]
What size are you?
Do you know condoms come in different shapes and sizes? Does your teenager know that?
Five researchers from the University of Indiana have recently reported that lots of men report that condoms just don’t fit quite right - men think that condoms are too short, too long, too tight, and too loose.
It seems to me [...]
A Spoonful of Sugar directed by Andrea Williams
This is fabulous short movie (running time 18:29 minutes). Here is the synopsis from the Reel NY Film Festival site:
A Brooklyn teen hides an important secret while on a quest for intimacy and inclusion. Some secrets we should tell. Some questions we should ask.
But this just doesn’t do the film justice. It has [...]
STI Testing: where to get tested
This is primarily a listing of places to get tested for STIs in Austin, Texas. However, for those in other places, most private physicians can order the required tests, and many cities have Planned Parenthood offices or other clinics which also offer the testing. For the closest PP clinic to you, visit the [...]
How To Use A Condom
If you’re too embarrassed to show your teenager how to put on a condom, you can show them this video instead. The sound is only a nice jazzy background tune.
Adolescent trends in anal sex
I am on a continuing search for information about adolescents and anal sex. I recently ran across an article that suggests 25% of adolescent relationships include anal sex, with 10% including anal sex on a regular basis (Baldwin & Baldwin, 2000). Another article reports that 10% of the study participants (who were 18 [...]
Spider-Man and Planned Parenthood team-up, 1970’s style!
Yep, here’s a real treat folks. Marvel Comics and Planned Parenthood teamed up in 1976 to publish a comic book on safe sex. The villain is an alien who wants teenagers to pop out babies so he can steal them and take them back to his home planet as slaves. To further [...]
First Thoughts from Kathy
My experience as a parent of an adolescent is that the sexuality stuff was so scary to me that it was hard to even begin to talk with my girls about it. I think I had the ‘normal’ experience of a parent with two kids - one was easier and one was harder, but [...]
