Teen Sexual Health

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Teen Sexual Health
Teen Sexual Health

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What You Should Know About Your Vaginal Health Before College

Sex education — both the Netflix show and the class in school — often leaves out important information about our bodies and sexual and vaginal health. We’re expected to figure it out on our own, often through watching bad porn, googling, and experiences with partners that we wish we could erase from our memories. Doctors and nurses can help, but even if you have a great ob-gyn, asking about how to pick out your first sex toy can be, um, awkward.

So, we turned to Dr. Jen Gunter, an ob-gyn, women’s health writer (for her own site and places like the New York Times), prolific tweeter, and author of the upcoming book The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina—Separating the Myth from the…

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 What You Should Know About Your Vaginal Health Before College

Sex education — both the Netflix show and the class in school — often leaves out important information about our bodies and sexual and vaginal health. We’re expected to figure it out on our own, often through watching bad porn, googling, and experiences with partners that we wish we could erase from our memories. Doctors and nurses can help, but even if you have a great ob-gyn, asking about how to pick out your first sex toy can be, um, awkward.

Advocates for Youth

Advocates for Youth champions efforts to help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health.

Betty Dodson & Carlin Ross

Betty Dodson PhD and Carlin Ross JD launched this site in 2007 to promote the "Betty Dodson" method of selflove and feminist-based sex education. All of our content is based on questions submitted here and answered by Betty from users all over the world.

Boys Under Attack

Straight talk for boys about puberty, sex and sexual development.

Free Teens Youth

Free Teens Leadership Training is a reality-based, abstinence-centered HIV/AIDS, STDs, and Pregnancy Prevention program used in 38 states and in more than 70 countries around the world.

I Wanna Know

iwannaknow.org offers information on sexual health for for teens and young adults. This is where you will find the facts, the support, and the resources to answer your questions, find referrals, and get access to in-depth information about sexual health, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), healthy relationships, and more.

Our Bodies Ourselves

Our Bodies Ourselves (OBOS) is a nonprofit, public interest organization based in Cambridge, Mass., that develops and promotes evidence-based information on girls’ and women’s reproductive health and sexuality.

Power to Decide

Power to Decide, the campaign to prevent unplanned pregnancy, works to ensure that all young people have the power to decide if, when, and under what circumstances to get pregnant.

Scarleteen

Many people don't grow up knowing how to arrange for or manage healthcare. But you may be responsible for it now or very soon. Sexual healthcare is a kind of care that people often don't want parents or guardians involved in, so it may be that seeking out sexual healthcare is where you find you first need to navigate your healthcare on your own.

Sex & U

SexandU.ca takes a real-life approach to the questions and issues around sex and sexuality that matter most to Canadians. From talking about sex, to lifestyle choices, to contraception awareness and sexually transmitted infections, SexandU.ca provides accurate, credible, and up-to-date information and education on topics related to sexual and reproductive health.

SEX, etc.

Web site on sexual health that is written by teens, for teens and is part of the Teen-to-Teen Sexuality Education Project

TeenSource.org

The purpose of TeenSource.org, an online resource developed by the California Family Health Council, is to improve the health and well being of young people in CA by providing non-judgmental, accurate, and reliable sexual and reproductive health information and resources.

AVERT

Information on sex and relationships, HIV and AIDS and resources...Wondering whether to have sex or to do other sexual activities with someone can be tricky, and people have really strong, varied views on it. Sometimes young people’s views on sex are influenced by their background, sometimes by their friends. As a young person, it’s good to learn about why people have sex, how young people can make decisions about their lives and what can happen after sex.

Coalition for Positive Sexuality

Candid web site answering questions about sex, sexuality, and other sex realted issues...We have a quick and easy online tour through the most important topics for teens who are sexually active now or just thinking about having sex. You have the right to complete and honest sex education. Demand information from your school, healthcare provider and parents.

DrinkSavvy

We at DrinkSavvy hold the crazy belief that your evenings should be spent having fun. That's why we are developing trendy new DrinkSavvy cups, glasses, and straws/stirrers that look and function normally, except they will immediately change color to warn you when someone slips a date rape drug into your drink.

TeensHealth

Articles about puberty, menstruation, infections, and just about everything else you wanted to know, for guys and girls.

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