Sex, Etc. wouldn’t be Sex, Etc. without the teen writers who create clear, accessible content geared toward other teens. Many of these teen staff members continue pursuing advocacy in their professional lives. I recently got the opportunity to speak…
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Most sex scenes in movies and TV shows begin with two people quickly removing each other’s clothing. But do you know about the human sexual response cycle? And that it starts way before any clothes come off? The sexual response […]
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A big part of being a teenager is kicking back with some snacks and binge-watching movies and TV for hours on end. Sources of entertainment can be extremely influential in shaping our attitudes and actions. Unfortunately, movies and TV don’t […]
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I first discovered Ella Fields in 2019 after her short film Bubble Gum landed on my YouTube recommended page. Over the course of nine minutes, I watched two young girls fall in love as they frolic on a beach, scream […]
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On September 21, 2003, a 19-year-old woman gave birth. She was surrounded by loved ones, all encouraging and aiding her as she pushed her child into the world. This woman had dropped out of college, worked countless jobs and changed […]
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As I was scrolling through Apple Music recently, trying to find a song I’d heard on the radio, I noticed that the same song was listed twice. The only difference was that one had a tiny gray “E” next to […]
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I received a pretty good sex education in high school, and I thought I had the lessons down pat. Make sure to obtain consent? Check! Use condoms for safer sex? Check! It wasn’t until I encountered situations with a pressuring […]
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I can remember sitting in my seventh grade health class getting the “your body is changing” talk and thinking, I already have my period. I know these things because they’ve already happened to me. That too-little, too-late theme continued into…
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Being curious about sex is natural, but some parents and caregivers, regardless of race or culture, avoid discussing sex with their kids. As a Black teen girl, I feel fortunate to have a mom that I’m comfortable talking to about […]
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I remember being 10 years old and arguing with my best friend at the time that babies come out of the anus and not the vagina. I was so confident in my logic. After all, how could babies possibly fit […]
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The idea of coming home from school and talking to my mom about how a girl I was flirting with asked me out is a completely alien concept to me. To this day I’ve never addressed anything about my sexual […]
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When I was in fifth grade, my mom would drive my little sister to gymnastics class, and for the next hour, we would sit in her parked car as we read the book Sex, Puberty, and All That Stuff. At […]
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Nadya Okamoto is a 20-year-old junior at Harvard University. She is the Founder and Executive Director of PERIOD (period.org), one of the fastest growing, youth-run women’s health nonprofit organizations in the United States. Since she co-founded…
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Sex, Etc. has provided teens honest and inclusive sexual health information since it started in 1994. Our readers represent all sorts of backgrounds and identities, and for some, it might be the only place they can see themselves reflected and […]
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Hallie, 19, of Washington, D.C., felt like a late bloomer when she got her first period later than most of her friends. “It was weird to have friends that were experiencing all these things that I had yet to experience […]
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Intimacy. What does it really mean? Generally, intimacy refers to when people can be themselves around each other and share their thoughts, feelings and emotions without fear of being judged. It doesn’t have to be sexual. You can have an […]
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