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S.E.X.: The All-You-Need-To-Know Progressive Sexuality Guide to Get You Through High School and College
Have you ever wondered... Am I normal? (and what is "normal," anyway?) What's up down there? I really like girls, but I like boys sometimes, too. Am I gay, bisexual, or just messed up? Are we both really ready to have sex? Is it ok if I masturbate? I feel like I can't ever say no to my partner. What's the problem? Heather Corinna and Scarleteen.com have been providing sex...more
Paperback, 352 pages
Published
May 4th 2007
by Da Capo Press
(first published May 3rd 2007)
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This book came highly recommended and Yep, I'm really reading this! I'm due to have the "talk" with my boys and I want to be prepared....or at least use the correct "terminology." I'm also pre-reading this book to see if it would be good for my boys to read. And, I'm even putting it on my GR list..(unlike some other books I don't mention ;-O) Fun, Fun.
I had good sex-ed books growing up, from what I remember. They were straight-forward, science based and once I got over the obligatory "eww gross!" reaction, they were really quite interesting. This book, however, outshines them all.
Let me get my one complaint out of the way: the subtitle. "The all-you-need-to-know progressive sexuality guide to get you through high school and college" alienates anyone who doesn't finish high school, doesn't plan to go to college, or pursues an alternative educ...more
Let me get my one complaint out of the way: the subtitle. "The all-you-need-to-know progressive sexuality guide to get you through high school and college" alienates anyone who doesn't finish high school, doesn't plan to go to college, or pursues an alternative educ...more
Sep 22, 2012
Amber Lea
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
sexually active teens, young adults, parents
This is by far the best and most comprehensive sex education book I've found. This book would have been absolutely perfect for me when I was fresh out of high school, and I'd recommend it to anyone who thinks they're ready to start having sex, or who is relatively new to sex, or who finds themselves with a lot of questions either about sex itself or their own sexuality. I think it's also perfect for adults/parents looking to discuss sex with a teen because it's full of good advice.
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Nov 08, 2012
Jennifer Wardrip
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Reviewed by Me for TeensReadToo.com
If you're looking for the definitive guide to sex and sexuality, and everything that it entails, then look no further than Heather Corinna's fact-filled book. With straightforwardness, humor, insight, and directness, the founder and editor of www.scarleteen.com delves into every aspect of sexuality, and presents it in a way that teens and young adults (and us old adults, too!) can truly understand.
Everything -- and I mean everything! -- is covered within the pa...more
If you're looking for the definitive guide to sex and sexuality, and everything that it entails, then look no further than Heather Corinna's fact-filled book. With straightforwardness, humor, insight, and directness, the founder and editor of www.scarleteen.com delves into every aspect of sexuality, and presents it in a way that teens and young adults (and us old adults, too!) can truly understand.
Everything -- and I mean everything! -- is covered within the pa...more
This is a very complete book about sex. It is written for teenagers and young adults. The author spends a lot of time writing about gender identity and boundaries in a sexual relationship. I think the writing style was overly wordy and full of jargon. However, it was an excellent book for me as a mother of a teen and a preteen. However, I think my kids would not think this book was interesting enough.
I recommend it to parents and to teens once they are very curious about sexual relationships.
I recommend it to parents and to teens once they are very curious about sexual relationships.
This is the best sex education book I have ever seen. I wish I would have had this book at age 14 when I was desperately searching for sex info that was queer-positive and not sexist. An awesome awesome book.
May 11, 2011
kate
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Mostly skimmed. Would recommend to any YA (or parent of a YA) with questions about sexuality, gender, etc. Particularly enjoyed the little sidebar on things you are not told in childbirth class!
Must have for any sex education program! Very comprehensive & inclusive.
having to check it out prior to exposing young minds to such filth
Sex Positive
Post Genderism
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Good read for adults and their teens but it does include a how-to in fisting!
Sex Positive
Post Genderism
non-hetero-normitive
Good read for adults and their teens but it does include a how-to in fisting!
Heather Corinna is my hero. She signed this book for me at an event where a man asked for a lock of my armpit hair. She is a doll who really truly cares about the sexual health of young people. This book is a great holistic sexuality guide for young people that is all-inclusive. Geared toward high school/college students, but would be good for just about anyone.
I loved how S.E.X. didn't refrain from using language and descriptors that adolescents would find familiar. In the same sense, though, it also brought a level of authority in manner in which topics were discussed. Refreshingly honest and informative...it broke down sexuality in all of its components--biological, emotional, psychological, and social.
The book I wish I had had when I was learning about sex as a teenager.
The approach is far more respectful and holistic that teaching girls that boys only want sex and they need to keep their honour from those horny boys.
The approach is far more respectful and holistic that teaching girls that boys only want sex and they need to keep their honour from those horny boys.
Excellent for my teeanager. No preaching or judgements. just facts. My child will be able to understand that sex and related issues are a normal part of being human.
Some good info, but written in a faux-hip way ("whack" - really?) and perhaps TOO much information in places (bloodplay - really, for teens in an "introductory" book?)
Awesome book. This book needs to be in every sex education program in school!
I really wish that I discovered this book earlier...
Ultimate resource for teens/young adults on sex ed
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Heather Corinna
(b. 1970) is a queer polymath best known for her role as publisher of the sex-positive online magazine
Scarleteen
, which she founded in 1998. She graduated from the Chicago Academy of the Arts and studied at Chicago's Shimer College, a Great Books college then located in Waukegan, Illinois. She has worked as an educator, activist and writer, and writes on sex education for a vari...more
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“[In reference to vaginas] Someone saying you're "too loose"? Maybe that person's previous experience has been with women who weren't aroused (which, in the case of young adults, ins't that unusual)...Since many people think that penetration is supposed to be painful at first, a lot of them don't know how to wait for full arousal or make penetration comfortable. So, if a partner is saying you're "too loose," either they're simply experiencing a relaxed, aroused partner for the first time, or they're blowing smoke - either because they think it's the thing to say, or they were expecting to feel trapped in a vise, which is not how penetration should feel for either partner.”
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