Sex For Dummies (For Dummies: Psychology & Self Help)

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And as much as I wish such things as the Tooth Fairy, Santa Claus, and safe sex really existed, sadly they don’t. But you can enjoy safer sex if you know how, so this part also includes information on sexually transmitted diseases and how you can prevent catching one. A chapter on how to talk to kids about sex, keeping them safe from strangers, and protecting them while they use the Internet wraps up this part. Part V: The Part of Tens

In the 21st century, this process of misinformation and confusion can’t continue. In the past, we had rules in place to guide us so that, even if we didn’t understand human sexuality all that well, as long as we followed the rules and got married before having sex, we couldn’t stray too far. The man will usually insert his penis into the woman’s vagina after the above processes have begun. (It is difficult, although not impossible, to insert a flaccid penis into a vagina. Similarly, vaginal lubrication makes the process much easier.) This book is organized so you can go wherever you want to find complete information. Want to know about genital warts, for example? Head to Chap-ter 19. If you’re interested in oral sex, go to Chapter 13 for that. You can use the table of contents to find broad categories of information or the index to look up more specific things. The sensations vibrators offer can become addictive. No man, without a vibrator in hand, can achieve the same level of sensation that a vibrator can. If you plan on having sex with a man sometime in the future, then don’t make a habit out of using only a vibrator to have your orgasms. When and how to have sex is a personal decision. Being informed, safe, and comfortable will mean that your sexual experiences can be fun and pleasurable too.Try not to overwhelm your partner with information. Instead, explain to them what you enjoy about your sex life and how you could enhance the experience. The hand is certainly the most popular instrument used by men for masturbation: using the hand to rub the penis, usually to orgasm. Other alternatives include rubbing against the bedsheets, putting your penis inside a specially made, life-size synthetic doll, or using a special device that simulates a vagina. No two people are the same when it comes to sexual pleasure, and you have all sorts of ways of getting to the main goal of having sex: the pleasure of an orgasm. Some people prefer to have sex alone, others like oral sex, while others like to engage in intercourse with a partner of the same sex. All of those topics are covered here. Unlike a man, who continually makes sperm (more than 26 trillion a year!), a woman has all her eggs already inside her at birth. These eggs — about 200,000 of them — reside in a woman’s two ovaries (see Figure 1-1). About every 28 days, a fluid-filled sac in the ovary, called a follicle, releases one of the eggs. When a follicle releases an egg, many women feel a dull ache, known as mittelschmerz, in the area around the ovary. Tip To help you find information that you’re looking for, this book is divided into five parts. Each part covers a particular aspect on sex and contains chapters relating to that part. Part I: Getting Ready for Sex

Even if you’re not a virgin, if you want to be a terrrrific lover you have to have a solid foundation in sexual functioning. When you understand how the male and female anatomy works and how our bodies develop into sexual beings, you’ve mastered the basics. After you’ve found a partner with whom you want to get intimate, you need to be prepared for all sorts of conversations, including one about birth control. I provide the facts you need to know in this part. Part II: Doing It Untreated, it can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease, chronic pelvic pain, ectopic pregnancy, and/or infertility in women and people with female reproductive tracts (11)When men were hunter-gatherers, you needed two people to raise a family, but today, the millions of single parents prove that one person can bring up children. But while sociological changes have taken place that promote people remaining single, the drive to find someone to love remains a strong one. The drive is so strong that many people who get divorced don’t give up on the institution of marriage but may undergo this rite again and again. Hope springs eternal that we will all find our true love, and that’s because we all feel the need to share our lives with another person. The embryo releases a hormone called hCG. When the hCG reaches the mother’s bloodstream, it signals that she is pregnant and causes the ovaries to continue producing the hormones estrogen and progesterone, which are necessary to maintain the pregnancy.