PublishedHardie Grant, May 2023 |
ISBN9781760509538 |
FormatSoftcover, 304 pages |
Dimensions18cm × 14cm |
Every household needs a copy of Welcome to Sex, the multi-award-winning, #1 best-selling, age-appropriate guide to sex and sexuality for teens of all genders, from the authors of Welcome to Your Period, Welcome to Consent and Welcome to Your Boobs!
WINNER: 2024 Indie Book Awards Book of the Year for Young Adults
WINNER: 2024 Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year for Older Children
SHORTLISTED: 2024 Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Young Adult Literature
SHORTLISTED: 2024 Australian Book Industry Awards Social Impact Book of the Year
SHORTLISTED: 2024 Australian Book Industry Awards Audiobook of the Year
SHORTLISTED: 2024 BookPeople Book of the Year
This introductory guide by 'Dolly Doctor' Dr Melissa Kang and journalist Yumi Stynes (Ladies, We Need to Talk) is packed with honest advice on everything you need to know about sex: how to know when you're ready, reasons not to have sex, and exploring pleasure on your own - as well as frank, clear information about becoming sexually intimate with others, staying safe, and how to communicate (including talking to your parents about sex - this is really important). Plus everything you've ever wondered about wobbly starts and awkward moments!
Welcome to Sex is inclusive, intersectional, multicultural, reassuring and all about keeping sex fun, real, and shame-free. With plenty of case studies, first-person accounts and questions from real teens - covering a wide range of gender, sexuality and dis/ability - Welcome to Sex will help readers navigate their sexual debuts with confidence!
'An informative, entertaining, and potentially life-saving book that should find a place in every home.' -Prime Minister's Literary Awards
'It's a glorious thing that a book like this exists.' -Pedestrian
'A brilliant and accessible book ... Sexual abusers and predators [rely] on shame to silence [their targets]. The more information we can give children and teenagers about their bodies, [the] better.' -The Age
Welcome to Sex covers a wide range of age-appropriate content for teens, including:
What Is Sex?
Parents and Carers and Awkward Conversations
Getting Intimate With Myself
Orgasms
Labels: Sexual And Gender Identities
What The Outside World Is Telling Us About Sex
Myths About Sex
Reasons To Not Have Sex
How It Begins: Feelings, Flirting And Falling In Love
What Can Actually Happen With Another Person?
Wobbly Starts
Relationships
Looking After Myself And My Partner
Pregnancy Lowdown
Awkward Sex Moments And Other Challenges
Is Something Wrong?
Keeping Safe
Read more in the multi-award-winning Welcome To series by Dr Melissa Kang and Yumi Stynes:
Welcome to Your Period: Your easy, no-silly-questions guide to handling it like a boss
Welcome to Your Boobs: Your easy, no-silly-questions guide to your breast friends
Welcome to Consent: How to say no, when to say yes and everything in between
Welcome to Sex: Your no-silly-questions guide to sexuality, pleasure and figuring it out
