My boyfriend keeps pushing for sex. I don’t feel ready
to sleep with him, but how can I say no without losing him? I find
it hard to get boyfriends and I don’t want to be alone
again. bliss reader, 15
With sexually transmitted infection rates soaring
amongst teenagers and the highest teen pregnancy rate in Europe,
it’s clear that young people in Britain aren’t absorbing
the essential facts about how to protect themselves against pregnancy
and disease. Patchy sex education provision coupled with a reluctance
to approach parents means that many teenagers don’t know
where to turn to find reliable answers to their questions about
growing up, sex and relationships. Written by Tina Radziszewicz,
agony aunt of bliss, the fastest growing teenage girls’ magazine
in the UK, The Love Guru’s Guide to Sex covers everything
a teenage girl needs to know about how to have safe, happy relationships
in the 21st century.
Tina Radziszewicz has been bliss magazine’s
sex and relationships columnist since the very first issue in 1995.
Since then she’s received thousands of letters from readers
and is well placed to know exactly what information young women
want and need about sex and relationships.
“In this book
I tell girls what happens as their bodies mature, how relationships
work and what language to use to negotiate their way around them,
and what to expect if they choose to have sex. Readers are encouraged
to develop their own values to help them resist pressure from peers
and boyfriends; it’s OK say no to sex, whatever their mates
say they’re doing. But the overriding message of the book
is that we’re all loveable whatever we look like, and that
you can learn to love what you’ve got. You can’t say
that enough to teenagers.”
Written in accessible language
that doesn’t patronise the reader, The Love Guru’s
Guide to Sex is divided into three sections: Your Body and You,
Your Emotions and You, and Sex and You.
In it the reader will
discover:
- all about girls’ bodies and boys’ bodies;
- how to
feel great about herself whatever she looks like;
- if a boy fancies
her;
- how to have great dates;
- how to have a fabulous relationship;
- how to talk to parents,
friends, boyfriends and health professionals about sexual
matters;
- how
to stand up to sexual pressure from boyfriends;
- how to work out
whether she might be ready for her relationship to become
sexual;
- why
it’s OK to wait for sex;
- sex and the law (and exactly why
sex under 16 is illegal);
- all about contraception and avoiding
sexually transmitted infections;
- staying safe from sexual abuse
and assault;
- what to do if she thinks she might be pregnant.
There’s
much more, including quizzes and problem page Q & As, plus
contact details of organisations that can offer further help.
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