Research has repeatedly indicated that abstinence-only sex education programs are not effective. If there was any time to pay attention to the importance of sex education, the time is now. A new study found that 25% of teenage girls have had a sexually transmissible infection (STI). Even more alarming is that among the 25%, 15% have […]
QUESTION: My girlfriend has missed her period by about five weeks. Now, we have never had actual sex, just a form of dry sex. However, I am starting to get worried that she may be pregnant. We are both in separate colleges, and I am just so worried now. I mean, we haven’t had sex, […]
QUESTION: My girlfriend and I have been together monogamously for a long time, and have gotten more experimental with our sex lives. We recently tried analingus for the first time, with me being the "giver" and her the "receiver" of this practice. We took a shower together beforehand, and tried to make her anus and […]
QUESTION: Recently I had an abnormal Pap test result and my doctor diagnosed me with HPV. Since then, I've done my own research on HPV and consider myself to be pretty well versed in the virus. I was quite shocked to learn that smoking can lead to HPV flaring up in someone that might have […]
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QUESTION: I had a yearly exam in January, then started getting bikini waxes. I noticed some strange things going on down south so I got another exam in June. After the exam, the doctor called to tell me that I had chlamydia and to warn me about having unprotected sex. But I didn’t have unprotected sex; I only had protected sex between the January and June exams. My partners claim they were uninfected. I’m so grossed out, and wondering if my partners lied to me. Between the two exams, I had 3 partners, all with condoms. All three claim that they have gotten tested and that they don’t have chlamydia. Is it possible to get chlamydia from a bikini wax?
QUESTION: My boyfriend was just diagnosed with epididymitis yesterday; however the doctor didn't mention anything about staying away from sex, using protection from now on or whether or not I can get infected and pass it back to him. We have been having unprotected anal, oral & vaginal sex for a little over a year now […]
QUESTION: I have had 4 sex partners in my life. My most recent pap smear came back abnormal. I had a colposcopy and my doctor said that it looked like I had only mild cervical changes. He checked for warts but did not find any. He was nice and caring, but didn't go into much […]
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