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You can certainly do your best to help keep your immune system doing it’s job to fight off anything you may have been exposed to, just by taking sound care of yourself: eating right, getting enough activity and rest, limiting or avoiding substances that can tax the immune system like caffeine…

You know, KY is really one of the lower quality lubricants out there. If you’re using the jelly, it really isn’t going to help much, but even their liquid lubes aren’t as good as a lot of others in my opinion. An excellent lubricant is not only as good as “natural” lubricant, sometimes it’s even…

It’s very typical for condom use to contribute to longer lasting erections. Because they do reduce sensation somewhat – especially if you’re not putting a little lube inside, or using the thinnest condoms – and because the ring at the bottom of a condom also constricts the base of the penis, that…

Before I say anything else, just know that you get to feel whatever you feel, and that there isn’t anything wrong with either not feeling ready for – or just plain old not wanting – any given sexual activity. Anything I say from here on out is not intended to influence you to make any one choice…

One summer day at the pool, I looked down – there was pubic hair showing out of the bottom of my bathing suit. I was absolutely horrified.

Unprotected sex of any sort (even without ejaculation) has both a pregnancy risk and an STI risk. So yes, you do have a risk from this contact. Pre-ejaculate (which happens throughout the course of an erection) isn’t something that anybody is really going to feel happening and it can contain sperm…

Unless you’re masturbating with something that isn’t sanitary – such as a toy or object that can’t really be sanitized, or with unwashed hands – masturbation can’t cause disease or infection, just like you, say, putting your fingers in your mouth isn’t going to cause disease or infection unless…

Research on pre-ejaculate is still a bit on the slim side, but based on what the experts know and report so far, urinating before sexual activity does likely reduce or remove the risk of active sperm being in that fluid. That’s not something we can guarantee yet, but that is the general consensus at…

How do some of our readers, users and supporters feel about Scarleteen? They’re really, really into us. We try not to get too big a head about it, but over the years a whole lot of people have had a whole lot of really nice things to say about us. You can read some of therm here!

It seems to me that we have four likely possibilities here when it comes to the pro-domme websites. 1) Your boyfriend is simply curious about and/or turned on by BDSM. Pro-domme sites are often free, and tend to have photos as well as information about BDSM. Some even have some bonafide, all-out…

Oh sweetie, please please please don’t try cutting anything off your body. You could very easily end up doing serious nerve damage, causing scarring, getting an infection, bleeding out, or all sorts of other bad (and very serious) consequences. So let’s forget entirely the idea of cutting off bits…

You’re right, unprotected sex (even without ejaculation) has both pregnancy and STI risks. Pre-ejaculate can contain sperm and it’s not really something that one is going to “feel” when it happens (especially inside the vagina). Also, it’s not always possible for men to pull out before any…

I sure can, and I’m glad you asked. Know what? Some gay men do NOT like having any sort of anal sex. Enjoyment of anal sex does not define or determine homosexuality, and lack of enjoyment of anal sex does not define or determine heterosexuality. So, a guy can be gay and yet not be all that…

In a lot of ways, people are like puzzle pieces, emotionally, intellectually and physically. Any two different pieces don’t always fit together, or fit together in the same way. Not all of our bodies and genitals are made alike. With penises, for instance, you not only have differences in size, you…

You know, partnered sex when everyone is fully present, and people start getting more and more emotionally close means that we’re going to be more exposed – emotionally speaking, as well as when it comes to our more authentic sexuality, and more vulnerable. It’s understandably intimidating, and…

It’s really important for anyone starting a new birth control method to understand WHEN it is likely to be completely effective. I’m sincerely hoping your healthcare provider explained that to you with your pill, but I have to tell you that even if he or she did not, it is really also your…

It’s generally agreed that when switching from one pill to the next, you do not have to worry about being without effective protection, so long as you didn’t take more than a one-week placebo period between the two types of pills. The douching is a larger issue. Douching – when specific douches at…

I know – boy, do I! – that there is an awful lot of propaganda out there that condoms aren’t reliable, but that really is all that it is: propaganda. There are no microscopic holes in condoms, for instance, which semen or viruses can invisible escape through. When used properly, condoms are 98%…

Gardasil, the vaccine that protects against 4 strains of HPV, is most effective when given to women before they begin sexual activity. But previously sexual activity doesn’t render the vaccine null and void. Even if she acquires HPV from previous sexual activity, the chances of her acquiring all 4…

The dosing mostly matters depending on your body composition. Estrogen is a fat-soluble hormone. Therefore if you have a significant amount and proportion of body fat, some of that estrogen will dissolve into the fatty tissue and not make it to its receptor sites in your sex organs. If you have more…

First up, I think you ought to rent a movie called ‘Real Women Have Curves.’ It stars America Ferrera, and is about a fat girl who has to deal with all the usual teen stuff: family, boyfriend and going to college. I think you’d identify with it and probably learn something from it. At the least, it…

You probably put the word cherry in quotes because you’re not exactly sure what on earth it even is. That’s understandable, since nobody really does, as it’s not something real. Usually, when people talking about “cherry-popping,” when it comes to sex, they are colloquially saying that someone…

If your partner or friend is facing a decision about an unexpected pregnancy, you are probably worried about her. You may be thinking about how the decision could affect you. As she considers parenthood, abortion, or adoption, you may be feeling scared, guilty, sad, shut out, or just plain confused…

No it is not. Let’s dissect this so that you understand why not. You don’t urinate from within your vagina, but rather from your urethra, a very small, barely visible opening on your vulva between your vaginal opening and your clitoris. To get a better idea of what I’m talking about, have a look at…

Not all people with vaginas bleed with first intercourse. Given your age at the time of your first intercourse, it would have been even less common for you to do so since by 26, it would have been more common for most of your hymen to have mostly eroded by then – simply due to basic development…