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When people are new to sex in general, or with a new partner – in your case, both! – it’s totally typical to find they have a hard time reaching orgasm, that it happens more quickly than they’d like, or to experience other ways where sexual responses either aren’t what was expected or what they…

I am tired of disbelief. I am tired of skepticism. I am someone who does, genuinely, believe in the value of looking at things with a critical eye, of being cautious, of acknowledging that there are two sides to every story. But I am tired of it when it comes to people who have been, or are being…

I have a thing for Vincent Price. I don’t just mean that I enjoy his body of work. I mean I feel desire for his body. You may be asking what, exactly, my feelings for a deceased horror icon have to do with the work we do at Scarleteen. The answer is that it gets me thinking about desire and how even those of us who consider ourselves enlightened can fall into old traps when it comes to attraction.

We are not currently open to pitches from writers we haven’t worked with before. Please revisit us in the fall! Creating and publishing some of the best content for young people about sex, sexuality, relationships and identities there is is what we do here. Diversity of voices and perspectives is…

As a young parent, being shamed for the decisions you have made and being stigmatized for your identity makes navigating through the world – and pregnancy and parenting – much more difficult.

In an episode of the Mtv show ‘Faking It’, the main character Amy expresses being interested in a boy. Since this comes on the heels of Amy confessing her love for her female best friend at the end of the first season, many viewers felt frustrated and confused. Wasn’t Amy a lesbian? Had she not just…

Okay, first things first. If the bullying of him and you is at this level, then it’s time to call in the administration at the school and let them know what’s happening. If there’s a teacher that you or he trusts, they might be able to help you with the process. But this is one of those times where…

I hid my fears and insecurities by desexualizing myself. Now I’m on the path of uncovering ways to unlearn ugliness as an identity.

Our rundown of do-it-yourself sex toys you can make and use with a partner.

Before I say anything else, I want to address about those feelings of shame and inadequacy you had – from the sounds of it, are still having – when your partner told you his feelings about your sex life. Someone feeling like their sexual life or interactions with someone else aren’t satisfying, or…

I am really glad to hear that you have a close relationship with your mom. That can be tricky to maintain throughout the teen years, but for many people having a close relationship with parents is important, so it is awesome that you two seem to be doing great on that front. A big part of the reason…

Then don’t! Here’s a feast of support and help for those who want to say no, not now, or not-like-this to sex or sexual relationships.

Hooray for thinking about what you might want or feel ready for in intimate or dating relationships before you pursue them! So often people just kind of passively fall into relationships and only then try and figure what they want and need. It’s not impossible to do it that way, and there are some…

Madison Kimrey is, in a word, amazing. You might know her from the letter she wrote to Phyllis Schlafly a few months ago, but that’s not the only thing she’s done that’s so fantastic.

Feel like being able to clearly set boundaries, stick to them, and assert yourself must require superpowers? Nope! You’ve already got all the goods: here’s how to develop and use them!

A nifty little how-to for making and safely using sex toys for masturbation. Also starring: possibly the cutest little sex toy illustrations of ever.

Hello Me-from-the-past, I’m glad to see you discovered a means of asking questions of your future self. I kid, but believe me when I say that your questions strike a chord with anyone who’s found themselves drawn towards sex and sexuality based professions (for the purposes of this articles, I’ll…

Just a brief request from us to the world-at-large, primarily with the aim of making our users lives a little easier. Secondarily, it’d also make the lives of those of us who work to help them daily in these areas easier, too, which would sure be nice. Please do us and everyone else a favor and stop…

Not so sure about the foreskin? Whether you have a foreskin yourself or a sexual partner does, this is your article.

The idea that women who sexually express themselves in any number of ways – like something as simple as expressing sexual desires to a partner through words, be it in speech or text – are sluts, people without or with less value or only sexual value, “bad” women or any of the other crappy things…