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The go-to sex ed guide for teens and young adults, tackling everything you want to know about sex, from consent, safe sex, emotional health and more, from the founder of scarleteen.com.

As a teen or emerging adult, dealing with all the changes going on in your life, body, and mind can be mighty overwhelming. When it comes to sex, everyone seems to have strong feelings and opinions about who you should be and what you should (shouldn't) do. How do you decide who to listen to? Heather Corinna and Scarleteen have provided sex education and information to millions of young people, parents, and mentors since 1998; S.E.X. tackles all the big topics:

Self-image and how to find and claim your own sexual self
How to best protect and support your sexual and emotional health
Sorting out gender and sexual identities, even when they're complicated and confusing
The latest on contraceptive methods and other reproductive choices, sexually transmitted infections, and safer sex
Finding, creating, and managing healthy and happy relationships
How to set and respect limits and boundaries, and rock consent
Identifying, preventing, or healing from abuse or assault
...and much more.

Whatever your gender or sexual identity, whether you've already been actively exploring your sexuality or are only just getting curious, S.E.X clearly spells out what you need and want to know--no shame, no judgement, just comprehensive and accurate info in a clear, straightforward language.

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July 12, 2016
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"The best book about sex and sexuality: It covers everything from puberty to sex to social and emotional health. It also addresses more complicated issues such as relationship dynamics as well as topics around sexual abuse. S.E.X. is also an excellent text for LGBTQ+ teens, as it covers sexual and gender identity and outlines different ways of being physically intimate, from kissing to anal and vaginal intercourse." - The 10 Best Books About Adolescence, According to Psychologists, New York Magazine

"In high school and college, the bible is Heather Corinna's S.E.X.: The All-You-Need-To-Know Sexuality Guide to Get You Through Your Teens and Twenties. - Peggy Orenstein, Goop
"I think this is the most comprehensive, honest sex-ed book I have ever seen."―Carol Schramm, First Thursday Book Reviews

"Corinna has put together a blockbuster of a book for young people dealing with sex and relationships. Much like the authors of Our Bodies, Ourselves and its spinoffs, Corinna answers every possible question teens and young adults could have about virginity, puberty, pregnancy, body image, masturbation, sexual identity, the variety of relationships, and the mechanics of partnered sex. [They] also address topics that are often overlooked, e.g., transgender and inter[sex] identities, realistic teen relationship management skills, and pornography. An excellent resource for preteens, teens, young adults, and people working with these populations; highly recommended for most libraries." - Deborah Bigelow, Library Journal

"S.E.X. is a positive and informative all-embracing guide to sexuality by a dedicated author. Heather Corinna challenges adolescents and young adults alike to be proactive in owning their sexuality by being true to themselves, all the while laying the foundation of knowledge and acceptance key factors for the development of a healthy sexuality."- Dr. Lynn Ponton, author, The Sex Lives of Teenagers

"S.E.X. is, literally, a lifesaving book. Corinna's vast commonsense wisdom -- especially on topics relating to gender roles, queer sexuality and gender identities -- has the potential to improve the physical and emotional health of anyone who reads it, and to help heal our culture's unhealthy, conflicted approaches to sex, sexuality and gender." - Lisa Jervis, Bitch magazine co-founder
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Listed as a 2019 Chicago Public Library Best of the Best book, as one of the Best LGBTQ Graphic Novels of 2019 by The Advocate and a Notable Children's Book by the The Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association

(Starred review) "Groundbreaking sexuality educator Corinna, founder of the website Scarleteen, works with cartoonist Rotman to bring her knowledge and experience to this slim but mighty guide...This book consistently puts the needs of its readers first, meticulously working to emphasize gender diversity, individuality, and the messiness of adolescence....Body parts are intentionally ungendered, sexual orientations are shown as fluid and joyful, and there is a constant emphasis on the importance of friendships and mutual support. While brief, this guide manages to cover crucial topics thoroughly and humorously, reassuring readers that while all of this is a big deal, it's something they can handle. The cartoony illustrations are appealing and fun, the book includes interactive activities such as word searches and crossword puzzles, and there's a fairly thorough glossary in the back. This extremely modern guide to growing up excels in its field. " - Kirkus Reviews

"It brings a loving, essential lens to matters of heart and soul, offering a roadmap not only to physical changes, but the complex social and emotional terrain of consent, crushes, and identity." -- Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, Nurture the Wow

"Informative and funny, this slim book is a knock-out success when it comes to what tweens and teens need to know about puberty, gender, and sex. This is a great option for readers who find that puberty and sexuality guides often lack important information or use exclusionary language, Wait, What?: A Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies, and Growing Up has a refreshing, positive stance towards sexuality: It's just another way to express yourself (by yourself and/or with others, if/when you're ready). The language affirms all genders (e.g. "If you've got a vagina," "people with a penis") and sexualities ("Gay? Straight? Both? Neither? Who even knows?"). And it includes sexual assault in the discussion of consent. The nuance it brings to these topics shows a deep respect for tween and teen readers." -- Common Sense Media

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For over two decades, Heather Corinna, the author of S.E.X.: The All-You-Need-to-Know Sexuality Guide to Get You Through Your Teens and Twenties, Wait, What? A Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies, and Growing Up, with Isabella Rotman and the forthcoming What Fresh Hell Is This? Perimenopause, Menopause, Other Indignities, and You--a Guide (2021, Hachette Books/Lifelong) has been widely recognized as a leader in sexuality information, education and support for young people.Previously an early childhood educator, Heather founded and directs the international organization Scarleteen (scarleteen.com), one of the very first sources of comprehensive sexuality and relationships education online, a resource that stands alone in its tenure, approach, reach, inclusivity and scope. Heather was also an educator and counselor for the Cedar River Clinics and a contributing editor for the 2011 edition of Our Bodies, Ourselves. They've been awarded The Champions of Sexual Literacy Award for Grassroots Activism (2007), the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, Western Region's Public Service Award (2009), the Our Bodies, Ourselves' Women's Health Heroes Award (2009), the Joan Helmich Educator of the Year award (2012), the Woodhull Foundation's Vicki Award (2013), the Steinem-Waters Award (2015) and the Golden Brick Award (2015). Heather lives and works in Chicago.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Da Capo Lifelong Books; 2nd edition (July 12, 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 480 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0738218847
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0738218847
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 12 years and up
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 7 and up
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.72 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.33 x 1.25 x 9.25 inches

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Heather Corinna (they/them) is the founder and director of Scarleteen, the inclusive organization and online resource (scarleteen.com) for teen and young adult sexuality education and information since 1998.

The author of "S.E.X.: The All-You-Need-to-Know Sexuality Guide to Get You Through Your Teens and Twenties," (2007/2016, Hachette) the upcoming "Wait, What? A Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies, and Growing Up," with Isabella Rotman (Sept 2019, Oni Press) and "What Fresh Hell Is This? Perimenopause, Menopause, Other Indignities, and You—a Guide" (2021, Hachette), and a contributing editor for the 2011 edition of "Our Bodies, Ourselves," Heather has been widely published. They have also served on the editorial board of the American Journal of Sexuality Education and the Board of Directors for NARAL Pro-Choice Washington, and are the chair of the sexuality vertical for the forthcoming Our Bodies, Ourselves Today (Spring, 2022).

Heather has been awarded The Champions of Sexual Literacy Award for Grassroots Activism from the National Sexuality Resource Center/SFSU in 2007; in 2009 was the winner of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, Western Region's Public Service Award and the Our Bodies, Ourselves' Women's Health Heroes Award. In 2012, they were given the Joan Helmich Educator of the Year award, and in 2013, The Woodhull Foundation's Vicki Award, for affirming sexual freedom as a fundamental human right. In 2015, Heather received the Steinem-Waters Award, given to a movement leader over 30 who has exhibited a consistent investment in developing young people in the field of reproductive justice, as well as the Golden Brick Award, recognizing their significant contributions to the field of sexuality education. An educator for over 30 years, before working in sex education specifically, Heather worked in early childhood education utilizing Montessori and unschooling methods and frameworks.

Heather recently moved back to Chicago after 20 years away, and will often fill the spare three minutes they have left after work each day cultivating plant life, cooking, hanging with their dog and other friends, walking, whinging about politics on Twitter or making music.

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Capri Rogers

Best sex education book for young adults

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My friend got me this for my 18tg birthday. She knows I’m a Virgin and have never been kissed. She also knows that my mom never had a sex talk with me, and that I needed this information. Parents, look no further for a sex education book for your youth. This is one-stop shopping 🛍 and there’s even an introduction for y’all specifically. It has everything we need to know about sex and relationships, and obviously covers things I didn’t know about. This is the best birthday present I’ve ever gotten!!! I love it so much!!! I’ve had it for 24 hours and have already finished the 5th chapter!!! That’s pretty rare for me. S.E.X covers puberty, body image, masturbation and orgasms, LGBTQ issues, relationship situations that include consent, breaking up, abuse and living together, sexting, sex entertainment media, sex positions and various sexual activities, birth control, condoms, teen pregnancy, STD’s and everything else in between. I hope parents care enough about their children, whether 13 or 30, to get this book for them because they need it. This should be REQUIRED reading for middle, high school and college students. Press “add to cart” RIGHT NOW!!!!

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Very thorough!

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Sometimes, their sentences are ridiculously long and confusing - but that's the editors mistake. This book is very thorough and thoughtfully crafted and perfect for a teenager that you want to learn about actual sex stuff. The author is non-binary and the book was clearly written with LGBTQ kids in mind, although it by no means should make the cis/hetero kids feel weird - again, very thoughtfully written. I started reading it to make sure I know what info I'm handing to my kids, and I was blown away by how much information is crammed in. If you're like me, an adult who is mad about the lack of education we received in our day (freaking purity culture nonesense), and you just want better for your kids, buy a copy of this book and start flipping through it. In the very least, it will help you talk to your kids better.

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Fantastic Resource

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This book is a great resource to explain more of the ins and outs of sex and sexuality - it appeals to teens on their level and answers questions you may not have considered or may not be fully comfortable discussing with your children.

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I wish this was the type of sex ed I had growing up!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 29, 2022

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This is what sex ed should include! I am so relieved to have found this book and the website of scarleteen. All the information kids need to have healthy sex relationships and to understand ALL pertinent issues. All the things I had to learn the hard way through decades of experience because school sex ed is so useless. I highly recommend this for every single person adults and teens alike. Maybe age 12 and up?

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A Must-have book for young people and those who love them.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 18, 2018

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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.

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Thorough, inclusive, educational book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 19, 2018

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I am using this as part of my homeschool curriculum for my HS senior son. I wanted a book that was inclusive of all expressions of sexuality and gender and this is it. I also wanted a book that addressed more than just the function of sex and STIs, but the emotional and mental aspects as well, and this book is it. The author shies away from nothing and helps give readers vocabulary and a healthy framework for things they might be experiencing, considering, or facing. I appreciate the details like the author's note urging cisgender readers not to skip the LGBT section, and the not-medical-book-sterile drawings and illustrations. This book is incredibly normalizing. It is honestly a treasure in our culture's generally prudish approach to sex education.
I am so grateful that my son is getting an actual education on sexuality from this book. He has had a positive response to this book, even though talking about sex with your parent can be icky. I believe that is due to the no-nonsense approach by the author.
As for who this book is best suited for, I wouldn't personally give it to a tween, only because it is so thorough it might scare them a bit. It's definitely great for the older teen crowd, though ideally before their first sexual experience (though that's not always realistic, they're sneaky). However, it's still VERY USEFUL for any person who is already sexually active. No maximum age limit.

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Kate Roach

SEX ...education in self discovery resource

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Excellent resource for human sexuality 101

Harley Jane S

I love that book you got me

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on May 20, 2018

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"Mom, I love that book you got me. I look things up in it for all my friends!" quote from my 14 year old

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Five Stars

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 29, 2018

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I don’t think there is a more comprehensive and up to date guide out there!

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Withanie Lemke

Not for young teenagers.

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Do not like this. It’s far too advanced for young teens. I will return this.

MumLes

Exelllent book, really well written just put off by ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 20, 2016

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Exelllent book, really well written just put off by small print,could do with some graphics to break up the mass of print for teens. Otherwise very impressed!

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