Teen Sex

The rainbow party's over The rainbow party's over
Study: Teens aren't having oral sex instead of intercourse. They're having both.
Caitlin Flanagan is ba-ack! Caitlin Flanagan is ba-ack!
And now she's striking out against anti-Victorian attitudes toward teen sex.
What teen girls are made of What teen girls are made of
In their own dark and funny words, four teenage girls tell us everything we need to know about sex, parents and gym class.
Why are teens putting off sex? Why are teens putting off sex?
Hint: It isn't abstinence-only education.
A 19-year-old wants my husband A 19-year-old wants my husband
We're polyamorous but I think she needs discipline more than sex.
Barely legal Barely legal
A new "Romeo and Juliet" law in Indiana decriminalizes some forms of teen sex.
Fertility charting 101 Fertility charting 101
Should teenagers learn to read their menstrual cycles?
Was Romeo a sex offender? Was Romeo a sex offender?
Under Florida law, if 18-year-olds have sex with 17-year-olds, they can be put into a database of sexual offenders.
Trading in the boyfriend for a "filler boy" Trading in the boyfriend for a "filler boy"
Are girls and young women "hooking up" and tuning out emotionally?
When "yes" means "'cause if I say 'no' he'll be mad" When "yes" means "'cause if I say 'no' he'll be mad"
Yet another survey shows that teens need real-life sex ed.
Teen sex cults! Teen sex cults!
Looks like the FDA has really lost it.
"I can give you condoms, but I'll have to tell the cops" "I can give you condoms, but I'll have to tell the cops"
Kansas trial: Must counselors report teen sex? (Including "fondling with intent to arouse"?)
The virginity hoax The virginity hoax
By Jennifer Foote Sweeney
A teen sex guru speaks A teen sex guru speaks
By Amy Benfer
The virginity hoax The virginity hoax
A federal study reveals the terrible failures inherent in teen vows to chastity.
Knocked up like me Knocked up like me
What's cooler than being a middle-class teenage mother? Having a TV show all about you.
Knowing what's up down there
Life is one long vagina monologue for this precocious teen, the daughter of a sex educator.
Letters to the editor
Pro-anorexia article is irresponsible journalism Plus: Lay off teen sex, you baby boomer hypocrites! Mary Kay Letourneau is a rapist, not a victim
Letters to the Editor
Are 13-year-olds ready for "hand jobs and heavy petting"? Plus: "Weird Weekends" host talks back; it's time for minorities to rethink party loyalties.
Teen girls not in a rush
Four random but not randy "tween" girls talk about boobs, boys and sex -- and why they're not in a hurry to have any of it.
Letters to the Editor
Abstinence works in theory, not in practice; debating cable vs. DSL; who's to blame for Columbine feeding frenzy?
Backtalk
"Ophelia Speaks," a book by teens for teens, talks back to adults who think they know what's up. This teen says it doesn't speak to her.
"American Pie"
He's gotta have it in this male-masturbation comedy, but the still unreleased "Coming Soon" shows that girls need their fun, too.

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