While access to pornography is often just a click away, it is actually more difficult to find information on safe and enjoyable sex.
Pucker Up: Tristan Taormino's Sex Positive Salon
The Beautiful Kind: A Sex Positive Blog
How to Have Anal Sex For the First Time
Coalition for Positive Sexuality
Foundation for Sex Positive Culture
A Woman's Guide to Safe Sex Basics
Preventing HIV and Other STDs With Safe Sex
A Little More Interesting: Sex Tips
Sex At Dawn
This book discusses how the sex lives of our
ancestors were very
different from what we experience today.
Throughout the
majority of human history, promiscuity for
men and women were normal parts of
life.
Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children From Sex
Now available in paperback, Judith Levine's
controversial book challenges
American attitudes towards child and adolescent
sexuality-especially attitudes
promulgated by a Christian right that has
effectively conrolled how sex is taught in public schools.
The Sex-Positive
Parent
Not quite your average parental guide book, The Sex-Positive Parent gives
parents a look at a more open-minded approach to informing their children about
sexuality.
As a result of sex positive teaching, children and teens will
ultimately be
more prepared for the choices and issues that lie ahead.
Fighting the Crusade Against Sex: Being Sex Positive in a Sex
Negative World
This paperback details the experiences and advice of one young woman who blends
memories and social commentary to deliver to the audience an enlightening
story
on how to cope with the freedom of sexual expression
in a world where it is
often not entertained.
Doing It Right: Making Smart, Safe, and Satisfying Choices About Sex
A comprehensive guide about making healthy decisions about safe sex, STD
prevention, and healthy exploration and pleasure.
SEX: A Book for Teens: An Uncensored Guide to Your Body, Sex, and Safety
A no-holds-barred, real life discussion of all things sexual for teens.
With
our country's current, failing sex education system, a book like this
is key for
many youths who have questions.
The New Naked: The Ultimate Sex Education Guide for Grown-Ups
It's not just children and teens who are still in the dark about many sexual
topics.
This book gives insight to sexual expectations for both men and women,
revisits the basics about sex ed, and describes how
couples can "decode" each
other's sexual language.
She Comes First: The Thinking Man's Guide to Pleasuring a Woman
Healthy tips for the man on the eternal quest to sexually please his female
sex partner.
Covers safety and techniques on oral sex, the orgasm, and
everything in-between.
The Ins and Outs of Gay Sex
A definitive guide for gay and bisexual men when it comes to unanswered
questions on gay sex and health measures.
Sexual Healing: The Completest Guide to Overcoming Common Sexual Problems
A book that anybody can find useful - especially in somewhat embarrassing
sexual situations
- Sexual Healing details exercises to help people overcome
specific sexual
performance issues such as premature ejaculation, sexual
anxiety, pain, and arousal issues.
There are no stupid questions!
The Health of Sexual Minorities: Public Health Perspectives on Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual and Transgender Populations
Many guides on the market only cater to male or female, heterosexual health
issues.
This book explores sexual myths surrounding the LGBT community
and
offers helpful insight on how to live a healthy sex life no matter what your
orientation.
Sex Matters for Women: A Complete Guide to Taking Care of Your Sexual Self
Great guide for women that goes into all of the details about
sexual health including cancers, STDs, sexual orientation, and much more.
The
Guide to Lesbian Sex
This book illustrates the art of lesbian sex through the description of
different positions, female kama sutra, and the mental and intellectual aspects
of good, healthy sex.
Getting Off: A Woman's Guide to Masturbation
While it's common that many people have questions and curiosities pertaining
to how to properly have sex with a partner, some people often disregard the
questions and methods surrounding masturbation. This guide for women details
different ways to self-satisfy, and debunks many myths surrounding the natural practice.
Penis Power: The Ultimate Guide to Men's Sexual Health
Targeted specifically for males, this book gives great detail on how to
maintain sexual health for men, and tackles topics such as penis size,
performance variants, STD and disease prevention, as well as sexual anxieties.
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The links below contain information on sexual
health statistics and prevention.
National Health Statistics Report
Guttmacher Institute Facebook Page
Association of Reproductive
Health Professionals (ARHP)
Center For Disease Control and
Prevention
It's Your Sex Life: Get Yourself Tested
World Association for Sexual Health
THE DANGERS OF ABSTINENCE-ONLY SEX EDUCATION