Heather Corinna

I get the feeling you (and your friend) are misunderstanding some things about your anatomy. Here is our article on the female genital anatomy, and you may find keeping the window open so you can see the illustrations helpful while I try and explain things better for you. For starters, there isn’t…

If your period is only five days late, it’d be pretty unusual, even if you had become pregnant, for you to be having symptoms this soon. Plus, the symptoms you’re describing are also common PMS symptoms, as you said. Since the condom was spermicidal and there wasn’t a full ejaculation, your…

Sounds like it’s just time to mix it up a bit. There isn’t a lot we can say about sexuality that is generally applicable to everyone – save that we’re all awfully diverse – but one thing we do know is that habit or routines tend to be a buzzkill for a lot of people when it comes to sex. So, if we…

You know, when we’re just plain horny – rather than interested in really sharing sex, emotionally and physically, with another person – the best choice to make is to masturbate. That’s not just best for us, it’s also better for any potential partners: if often isn’t so great to be someone’s…

This can be an issue with men with thinner (less wide) penises during intercourse, especially circumcised men (who don’t have foreskins to provide extra friction), and it’s common enough for it to only become an issue once the female partner is more easily aroused and comfortable – which is as it…

Partnered sex doesn’t have to be quid pro quo. In other words, there’s no need for there to somehow be some perfectly identical exchange of activities, and with opposite-sex partners, that’s not really even all that possible, since you’ve got different parts! What’s important is that things are…

You put yourself in sexual relationships where you feel comfortable clearly communicating your desires to a partner. In other words, getting your wants and needs met when it comes to any kind of sex isn’t about pointing your bottom at whatever the right angle is for a partner to somehow psychically…

No matter what THEIR reasons are for holding off on any kind of sex, all of you need to be respecting the choices each of you makes for yourself. So, if you’re making different choices than they are, the choices you want to make, this discussion with them shouldn’t be going on over and over again…

Risk-taking is a very, very normal (I’m going to say it again in case you missed it: VERY normal) part of adolescent and young adult – and overall human – development. When the risks we’re taking are sound risks to BE taking, which involve the possibility of real benefits, that not only isn’t a…

The state of the hymen does not change risks of pregnancy in any way, nor does the hymen – or not having had sexual intercourse before – act as any kind of birth control. If you’re at least in puberty, and you’re menstruating, then already, it’s a given that your hymen at least has micro…