knowledge is power

Say howdy to our big fat guide to birth control! Click through to find your best option, become a pro on you partner's method, or browse them all. We've got 25 webpages of teen and twentysomething-specific info, links, questions and answers to help you prevent unwanted pregnancy. Want to beef up your BC effectiveness? Find out about The Buddy System.

Shown Actual Size: A Penis Shape & Size Lowdown: All that irritating spam in your inbox filling your head with anxiety about your penis? Are your ideas about male genital size and shape based in comparisons, advertisements or hearsay? Then it's your knowledge that needs a pump, not your johnson.

What's a "boyfriend" or what's a "girlfriend?" It all depends on what you and yours decide it's going to mean and what works best for you. To find out how to have relationships that fit exactly who you are, take a gander at Supermodel: Creating & Nurturing Your Own Best Relationship Models.

The Bees and...the Bees: A Homosexuality and Bisexuality Primer: The first step to making decisions about our sexual identity, and supporting those of others, is to know the answers to some basic questions. It's hard to make up our minds when we aren't all on the same page, or aren't really sure what something means. While even people with adequate information sometimes don't agree, and define things differently because that information conflicts with their own beliefs, biases or fears, there are some important facts that all of us -- gay, straight, and everything in between -- should know.

You already know what sex is (no, not that kind of sex): the classification of a person based on if their anatomy and chromosomes are what we identify as male or female, from a biological and physiological perspective. It’s often assumed that sex and gender are the same thing: they’re not. Find out what the difference is and what the whole genderpalooza's got to do with you.

Reciprocity, Reloaded: Excerpted and adapted from S.E.X., we invite you to look at sexual reciprocity in a different way.

Meet Your Prostate! If you've ever heard someone talking about the "p-spot," or the "male g-spot," what they're talking about is the prostate gland, an area of sexual sensitivity in men many don't even know about.

All About Abortion: If you, a partner or a friend are considering or planning to terminate a pregnancy, or you just want to know what abortion is all about, here's the accurate information you need on a procedure often clouded by propaganda.

Have questions about sexuality, sexual health and relationships? You can ask us on the main site or at the message boards, and get some answers. Click here for our full index of answers, or use our tags to find exactly what you need to know right now. You can now also find founder Heather Corinna's advice answers highlighted every week at the fantastic reproductive health hub, RH Reality Check!

Blinders Off: Getting a Good Look at Abuse and Assault: A lowdown on interpersonal abuse and assault: what the terms mean, why strangers are the least of our worries, what a cycle of abuse looks like, how you can start seeing abuse and how to protect yourself and others and make abuse stop.

Peeing On a Stick? Pregnancy tests can be pretty overwhelming... but our sexpert Sarah gives you the scoop on what a pregnancy test does, the difference between a urine test and a blood test, how to choose a test, when and how to use one, and what to do after you get those pink lines or not.

Be a Blabbermouth! Want to assure that your sex life is going to be emotionally safe as well as truly enjoyable? You've got to open your yap and start talking.

How You Guys -- that's right, you GUYS -- Can Prevent Rape: When it all comes down to it, rape is usually about men, not women. Here's some ways you guys can help change the world for th better for all of us.

I, Being Born Woman & Suppressed: Menstrual suppression is currently popular and widely promoted. For women with reproductive issues helped by suppressing periods, it's an obvious boon, and some using it electively also feel it's a blessing. But what about the health risks, especially for younger women? What about the attitudes informing that choice cheerleading suppression by dissing menstruation? How about the benefits, emotional and physical, our periods can offer? An unapologetic look at the whole works and a ribald paean to the period.