How can you understand sex if you don't know what it is?

Facts |Advice

The physical act of sex is easily described and explained.

The emotional act of sex is much more complex and cannot be so easily expressed in mere text.

Some fear the depths of sexual emotions --

while others dive right in, reveling in the intensity and exhilaration, in the pure joy and exertion.

Which one are you?

Facts

You can learn much about the physical act of sex in the following chapter and verse:

From the alt.sex FAQ/Frequently Asked Questions

• Short Index of Topics, including links to the User's Manual, The Vocabulary of Sex, Vulvas - The Female Genitalia, Penises - The Male Genitalia, First Intercourse - Where, When, How, Better Intercourse - Positions and Potentials, Cunnilingus - Oral Sex for Women, Fellatio - Oral Sex for Men, Anal Intercourse and Anilingus, Toys for the Bedroom, Common Legal Questions (Sodomy and Age of Consent Laws), Contraception, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (skip the provided link to the "Safer Sex Home Page," 'cause that's no longer what it is!).

• Long Index of FAQ Sections and Subsections

From drkoop.com 
   See the Sex & Relationships Health Center and the Sexually Transmitted Disease Health Center

From GayHealth: Sex

"Serving the lesbian, gay, transgender & bisexual communities"

• Sexual Health Forum: "The one thing that unites all gay people is our sex - and this is the place to talk about it."

• Things You Can Do: "Facts you should know about our favorite recreational activity."

• Things You Can Catch: "What you need to know (but are afraid to ask) about sexually transmitted infections and other unfortunate conditions."

• Private Parts: "If you have trouble talking with your doctor about the proper care of your private places, this section is for you."

• HIV and AIDS: "Important information about HIV and AIDS, as well as related conditions, opportunistic infections and guidelines for safer sex."

• Past Articles: "Take a look through our past articles, uncovering all the things that we normally like to keep under wraps (or pants, or skirts)."

From Go Ask Alice

"Go Ask Alice! is the health question and answer Internet site produced by Alice!, Columbia University’s Health Education Program -- a division of the Columbia University Health Service."

• Sexuality -- Includes Genital Wonderings (about men and about women), Tools and Toys, Sexual Questions (about sex without "doing it"/outercourse, about intercourse, about oral sex, about anal sex, about virginity, about abstinence, and about sexual difficulties), Fetishes and Philias, Kissing, Erotica and Pornography, Masturbation, Sexual Permutations, Orgasms, Miscellaneous, Sexual Secretions

• Sexual Health -- Reproduction (fertility, pregnancy), Men's Sexual Health, Contraception (birth control pills, condoms, depo-provera and norplant, emergency contraception, and other options and choices), Women's Sexual Health, Pregnancy Options, Miscellaneous, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) (general, AIDS/HIV, chlamydia, genital warts/HPV/condyloma, hepatitis, herpes, urinary tract infection/UTI, yeast infection, other STIs) 

• Relationships -- Relationship Stuff, Relationship Boosters, Friendship, Long Distance and On-Line Relationships, Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, or Questioning, Culture, Race, and Religion, Friends or Lovers, Nonconsensual Relationships, Miscellaneous

From iVillage.com 
    Love & Sex at iVillage.com

From Scarleteen -- Sex Education for the Real World, a truly fun and colorful and inventive as well as sexually informative site that is a labor of love compiled by the invaluable Heather Corinna and Hanne Blank (all text below from the site itself): 

"Committed to delivering the best contemporary teen sex ed on the net since 1998"

• Skin Deep -- Your anatomy, positive self-image, health and every body's business

• SexYOUality -- The information and education you need to help find the you in sexuality

• Reproduction -- Your reproductive choices, your sexual realities and how it all works

• Infection Section -- Sexually transmitted disease and infection and safer sex information

• Pink Slip -- The real deal on all your girly goods and your female sexual issues

• Boyfriend! -- Sex sense and information that's made just for you, boyfriend!

• Take Two -- Dating, relating and integrating with friends, family and partners

• Gaydar -- The scarleteen satellite for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered issues

• Sexual Politics -- Because the bedroom isn't the only place you should be sexually active

• Crisis Hotline -- Quick resources and fast help for your emergencies and anxieties

• Scarleteen Shop -- Books and Magazines/Safer Sex and Condoms/Sexual Medicine Cabinet

From Sexuality.org, Society for Human Sexuality

"We are a social and educational organization whose purpose is to promote understanding and appreciation for the many forms of adult intimate relationships and consensual sexual expression. Participation is open to anyone over the age of 18, regardless of gender or sexual orientation."

From SIECUS -- The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S.

"SIECUS is a national, nonprofit organization which affirms that sexuality is a natural and healthy part of living. Incorporated in 1964, SIECUS develops, collects, and disseminates information, promotes comprehensive education about sexuality, and advocates the right of individuals to make responsible sexual choices."

Frequently Asked Questions of the SIECUS Mary S. Calderone Library

	The Big Bang: Nerve's Guide to the New Sexual Universe by The Writers at Nerve.com
	Highly recommended! Sex Matters for Women: A Complete Guide to Taking Care of Your Sexual Self by Sallie Foley, Sally Kope, and Dennis Sugrue
	Don't miss this book from gynecologist/obstetrician and Essence magazine columnist Yvonne S. Thornton, Woman to Woman: A Leading Gynecologist Tells You All You Need to Know About Your Body and Your Health

	Out in the Open: The Complete Male Pelvis by R. Louis Schultz and others
	Under the Fig Leaf: A Comprehensive Guide to the Care and Maintenance of the Penis, Prostate and Related Organs by Angelo S. Paola
	Men's Private Parts: A Pocket Reference to Prostrate, Urologic, and Sexual Health by urologist James Gilbaugh Jr., M.D.
	The Book of the Penis by Maggie Paley
	Facts & Phalluses: A Collection of Bizarre and Intriguing Truths, Legends, and Measurements by Alexandra Parsons, with illustrations by Jennifer Black

Sex for Dummies
(in honor of the Friends TV show finale)

Advice

Have a specific question about sex, or need some advice? Seek out the noted columnists below.

Don't miss 45 Answers to Questions You Were Afraid to Ask -- Red HOT Sex Advice! by Dr. Patti Britton. And also see Dr. Britton's own web site, Your Sex Coach.com

NEW! Better Sex Video Series from the Sinclair Intimacy Institute

Sisters Laura Berman, a psychologist and sex therapist, and Jennifer Berman, a urologist, provide expert, sensitive, and helpful advice on female and male sexuality. See their web site, NewShe - Network for the Excellence of Women's Sexual Health. Watch clips from the Berman & Berman cable TV show. Laura has opened the Berman Center in Chicago, along with writing a column for the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper. 

Cosmo's Carnal Counselor, Amy Levine, at the online version of Cosmopolitan magazine

NEW! Dr. Drew Pinsky stars in the Discovery Health Channel's TV program, Strictly Sex with Dr. Drew. His drDrew.com contains "relationship advice, chats, articles, and celebrity interviews."

From Oprah.com |Inside Relationships --  Sex: 
    Why You Don't Want to Have Sex

Rhona Raskin at Rhona.com

Savage Love by Dan Savage, from The Village Voice newspaper

Syndicated columnist Dan Savage's advice column addresses sexual issues for straight and gay relationships.

Also see Dan Savage's book, Savage Love: Straight Answers from America's Most Popular Sex Columnist

Talk Sex with Sue Johanson, as seen Sunday nights on the Oxygen cable network -- which is known as the Sunday Night Sex Show in Johanson's home country of Canada.

	NEW! Read Sue's latest book, Sex, Sex and More Sex
	Also see Sue's Nocturnal Admissions - Sue Johanson and the Sunday Night Sex Show

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