If you are sexually active, do you practice safer sex? If so, how and when? How's it going working out safer sex with a partner? How safe do you feel, and how do your feelings of safety -- or a lack thereof -- impact your sex life?

A lot of folks base some degree of their knowledge and feelings about their sexuality and sex lives on what they're told by friends, family and partners. Plenty of studies have shown that often, those aren't reliable sources of information, even though it seems like they should be.

So, what about you? How honest have you been about sexuality, and how much stock do you put in what you're told about sex lives and sexuality by those in your immediate circles? What might you find out through your own answers about what you're told by others? Take our poll and find out!

Have you just come out of the closet about your sexuality? Do you need a place to shout it out or share with others? Then this thread is just for you!

For those of you who are sexually experienced, in retrospect, is there anything you would have done differently? Find out what Scarleteen users have to say!

Does vagina vary in size? Is it possible that I have a too small vagina?

Who's making up your mind about your sexual choices? Is it you, your parents, friends or partners? It isn't easy to make your own choices when everyone seems to want you to do what THEY want. Can you manage it, or is it driving you up the wall? You can discuss about it here.

Men, take our sexual readiness and consent poll and find out what other Scarleteen users had to say. (We have a poll for women, too!)

Interested in knowing how other people feel about sex? Why not check this out?

Our users share their thoughts on the various ways in which parents should talk about sex with their children.

Who said that sex and pleasure was something that happened only in our genitals? There are a lot of other areas of our body which can give us sexual pleasure: what are yours?