When teaching your child about sexuality, why not accentuate the advantages of delaying sexual intercourse instead of harping on the potentially adverse consequences? You might begin by acknowledging that physical intimacy between two loving adult partners is beautiful and joyful, while also warning about the perils of experience that comes too early. Why wait? Researchers in New Zealand interviewed nearly one thousand young people, all in their midtwenties, about their first sexual experiences. On average, the men had become sexually active when they were seventeen; the women, at age sixteen. One way of helping them resist these pressures is to anticipate them and discuss them. Describe a scenario such as this one:. Is she being too timid? Should she be more forceful?

Helping Teens Resist Sexual Pressure


Losing Your Virginity: Real Talk About What Happens the First Time You Have Sex
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Abstinence: A Positive Approach
Please see your doctor for any concerns about your body. With the recent celebrity attention to hymens, I have been meaning to write some thoughts on the matter. For the past 10 years, I have been working as a child abuse pediatrician, taking care of hundreds of girls who have been victims of sexual assault. Those of us in this line of work know a lot about hymens, the female anatomy, and so-called virginity. Virginity is NOT a physical entity. It is a social construct, a tool by which women have been kept powerless and shamed for centuries. The hymen is simply a thin bit of tissue, a vestigial remnant that sits at the entrance of the vagina. It is absolutely useless. Unless you are a guinea pig; their hymens do re-grow for protection and recede when the female is in heat. The hymen has no purpose.
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