PDF SEX second edition The AllYouNeedToKnow Sexuality Guide to Get You Through Your Teens and Twenties Heather Corinna 9780738218847 Books

Product details Age Range 12 and up Grade Level 7 and up Paperback 480 pages Publisher Da Capo Lifelong Books; 2 edition (July 12, 2016) Language English ISBN-10 0738218847

SEX second edition The AllYouNeedToKnow Sexuality Guide to Get You Through Your Teens and Twenties Heather Corinna 9780738218847 Books Reviews

• My 15 year old daughter got a copy after taking the Unitarian Universalist Association "Our Whole Lives" sexuality education course from the main facilitator who is becoming a minister and who previously worked for Planned Parenthood. I got myself an electronic copy - it is a good, solid comprehensive book that ought to be on every teenager's book shelf. It covers everything you can imagine, and some things you may not have heard of. Yes, this book is Dad approved! Teens need to know all they can. This book talks not only about sex from a physical point of view, but also talks comprehensively about relationships. As a man in a happy marriage of nearly 17 years, I find this book can teach me a thing or two. Now if I could make a seal of my approval, I would, but since I am confined to text, I will attempt to create a text version of a seal of approval
  
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• This is the book I wish I'd had when I was a teenager - for what it teaches about sex, sure, but also for what it teaches about relationships. There's invaluable information in here that most children and young people don't learn from family, and definitely not from TV, and shamefully not from sex ed classes.
  
  I wish every young person had the choice to own and read this book.
  
  To those who say it's too long, or too dense, for young people Let the youth in your life choose that for themselves, please! If they read only a fraction of this book, they'll be more informed than they were before, and probably curious to learn more.
  
  There are messages about consent, self-care, and being safe (in all senses), in every section.
  Take this from Chapter 4, covering self-pleasuring, sexual arousal, and so much more of the stuff I know my younger self was looking for in sex ed books
  "Your sexuality is yours, it is totally about you, and it mostly comes from you, not from anything or anyone outside you. Feeling like it isn’t yours, isn’t mostly about you, and can only come from or be about someone else can do everything from really limiting your sexual life and your enjoyment of it to making you more vulnerable to predatory people or plain old jerks."
  
  I think it's this expression of utter kindness that makes this book stand out. I'm not the intended audience, yet I feel nurtured and cared for reading this book. It feels like, in addition to learning how to say "no!" or "yes!" to sex, in addition to learning the nitty-gritty about birth control and safer sex tools, readers of this book are meant to walk away with the feeling that they matter.
  
  There's so much in this book - so much knowledge, so many facts, so many tools young people can use to give themselves more control over their own bodies. Every chapter, whether it's talking about sexual abuse and assault, or body image, or how to explore one's own personal ethics, is rooted in giving power and agency back to young people. I salute that with everything I've got.
• THIS BOOK IS GREAT. It is trans and queer inclusive which, as someone who’s been trying to help gather resources for that community on my college campus was a godsend. Especially with a website that we can possibly link our students too. Honestly the best and most encompassing sex-ed resource I have come across.
  I love that it says things like “if you have a uterus” and goes into social constructs and gives great tips for how to think about what you are comfortable with in your sex life and how to talk to partners about that. I want to turn so much of this around to give to students and use in our wellness center. Also I learned a lot and I’d consider myself pretty sex educated. It honestly is the sex bible. My partner and I have started calling to it and looking at it together when we need to talk through something in our sex lives.
  
  In a sea of books only geared towards cis gender and heterosexual people. This book is the shining gem that I and the queer community on my campus needs.
• I bought this for my 14 year old daughter when I realized her school hadn't done any sex ed and the great American Girl books about puberty only go so far. They really don't go into male anatomy and puberty at all, and I think it's important for teen girls to know what their male classmates are experiencing, even if they're not ready for dating yet. Also there is so much unavoidable exposure to misinformation about sex and relationships today, and as a pediatrician I feel strongly that our teens and young adults need reliable facts and sources to answer the questions they ask and also the ones they're afraid to ask. I had a copy of Changing Bodies, Changing Lives when I was a teen, but they have not put out an updated edition addressing current issues like sexting and gender identity. This book fills that need.
• We got this book for our 16 year old son. Overall this book has really worked well so far... We needed a book that we could use as a conversation starter for our kids... I really like the overall approach to human sexuality that this book provides... as I said... so far so good..
• I got this book for my 12 yo niece (with her mom's permission.) It's targeted for older kids, however I feel it is extremely important for her to acquire accurate information from a reliable source FIRST, BEFORE she's exposed to all the misinformation that will be floating around her middle school and the internet. Sure wished I had this information when I was her age. Covers not just body changes and sex, but gender issues, body image, consent, mental health, and healthy vs. unhealthy relationships.
  In an effort to be all-inclusive, the author uses language that can get pretty awkward at times. Although I appreciate the intent, it does not make for smooth easy reading. Some passages were so awkward I had to reread them several times to get the point. But that's forgivable as a book like this should be read carefully anyway.
  I know my niece will not always make the best decisions, but this book gives me confidence that at least she will not be making decisions in an information vacuum.