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Reconnecting with the Body: Managing the Physical Impact of Sexual Trauma
Experiencing the Aftershocks: The Physical Effects of Sexual Trauma
Support from the Start: How to Talk About Disability With A Disabled Partner When You're a Nondisabled Person
Getting Married When We (May) Want Different Things from Sex
I am 23 and I am getting married this fall. I have never had sex before because I have been waiting for marriage. My fiance is not a virgin. We have different views on the purpose of sex. His goals are intimacy and pleasure. I have a lifelong history of feeling guilty about any kind of physical pleasure and therefore trying to avoid it altogether....
Left Foot, Red, Right Hand, Green: The Deal on Sex Positions
Male Bodies Vs. Female Bodies: Why Go There?
I don't mean to ask a silly question, but is there anything that makes being female good in terms of sex? It seems to me men have all the biological luck - they are aroused more easily, they orgasm more frequently, they can orgasm regularly from both oral/manipulative sex and intercourse, their is more square inches of erectile tissue to play around with, etc....
I'm worried that partnered sex won't be as good as masturbation!
I have a question about the way I masturbate: it feels best when I am rubbing myself light and fast through a layer of clothing, like underwear or something, and tightening my inside muscles at the same time. I can orgasm easily like this, and have multiple orgasms if I keep going....
Spotlight on Scarleteen: Two new articles!
If you’re a regular at the main site, you may have already seen these two new articles: An Immodest Proposal by Heather Corinna and Let's Get Metaphysical: The Etiquette of Entry by CJ Turett and Heather Corinna. But if you haven’t gotten a chance to check them out yet, here’s a brief introduction to both.
What does sex feel like?
I have never had sex before, and before I do I want to really know what it is like from other people. I want to know what it feels like. ...
Don't Be a Bystander: Abuse in the Public Eye
A lot of times we think about abuse, whether it's physical or emotional, as something that goes on behind closed doors, and it's hard to change that frame of mind when, in reality, nobody sees the vast majority of abuse that occurs. Like many of the ST Staff, I've seen my share of abuse as the victim, not the witness. So it seems somewhat surprising that I was so shocked to see it, in full daylight, on a busy downtown street this past weekend.