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A short, fast, sex ed summary about periods and the menstrual cycle.

Looking for an alternative to tampons or pads? A user asks about menstrual cups, and we give her -- and you -- the scoop.

One of the biggest problems with all of the information out there about sex is that there are quite a lot of myths surrounding the subject, and it’s very difficult to know what’s safe to believe and what isn’t. First, it is not bad for someone to abstain from having sex of any type for a while or...

If anything, sexual activity can sometimes improve menstrual symptoms, but only if you're reaching orgasm. It's the uterine contractions and chemical changes in your brain due to orgasm -- not the activity itself, so much -- that can do that. On the other hand, if you're sexually active and not...

When you start taking the pill, you're adding lots of extra hormones into your system and they are essentially forcing your body into a new sort of cycle. It's not like the cycle you have when you aren't on the pill, because you no longer ovulate. Typically, you begin taking the pill around the time...

Take a big breath. It's all going to be okay, and there's just no reason for you to be so scared. For starters, it's totally normal for ejaculate to run out like that after intercourse where the partner with the penis ejaculates without a condom. That's plain old gravity: when you're laying down or...