Corinna - S.E.X: the All-You-Need-to-Know Progressive Sexuality Guide to Get You Through High School and College

S.E.X.: The All-You-Need-to-Know Progressive Sexuality Guide to Get You Through High School and College

Copyright 2007 by Heather Corinna

Illustrations copyright 2007 by Molly Crabapple

Foreword copyright 2007 by Anne Semans

Published by

Marlowe & Company

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New York, NY 100115300

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Corinna, Heather.

S.E.X.: The All-You-Need-to-Know Progressive Sexuality Guide to Get You Through High School and College / Heather Corinna.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 9780-786733569

1. Sex instruction for teenagers. 2. Sex instruction for youth. 3. Sex. 4. Hygiene, Sexual. I. Title. II. Title: Sex: The All-You-Need-To-Know Progressive Sexuality Guide to Get You Through High School and College. III. Title: The All-You-Need-to-Know Progressive Sexuality Guide to Get You Through High School and College.

HQ35.C783 2007

306.70835dc22

2006101083

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dedicated to the readers of scarleteen...

For bravely asking the questions that have helped millions more to find answers, support, and empowerment; for your trust, your honesty and for giving this educator the biggest, most challenging classroom around and a heightened sense of purpose that she wouldnt trade for all the world.

This book is because of all of youso, this book is for all of you.

disclaimer

The information in this book is intended to help readers make informed decisions about their health and the health of their loved ones. It is not intended to be a substitute for treatment by or the advice and care of a professional healthcare provider. While the author and publisher have endeavored to ensure that the information presented is accurate and up-to-date, they are not responsible for adverse effects or consequences sustained by any persons using this book.

contents

ANNE SEMANS

An Introduction for Readers

Or, Why Appearance Isnt All It Appears

FROM IDEA TO bookshelf, the process of riffing, writing, proposing, researching, writing some more, editing, surveying, researching again, rewriting, editing again, shopping, shopping again, researching again, and editing once more (with feeling) has taken nearly six years.

Therere a lot of people in six years of work, and not enough paper to thank all of them properly. Those who cannot fit into these few pages have substantial real estate in my heart. To all of you, my humblest thanks and deepest gratitude. I am incredibly lucky to have a wide, caring, and supportive network with so much faith in me.

Heres to you.

To the Grand Pooh-bah and their staff at Marlowe & Company for making my decade by taking this on, and for making the arduous process of publishing so painless. Boundless thanks to Rene Sedliar, who found this book a great home when I was sure it would remain ever homeless, fought the good fight, wielded her editorial machete like a peaceable ninja, took my serious stuff seriously, and laughed at my jokes. I could not have asked for a better advocate and editor; this is a book made far, far better for your irreplaceable part in it.

To Christopher Schelling, for his tireless attempts over many years to find a home for this book, his incredible patience with me (and everyone else), and his magnanimous support.

To my wonderful, patient, and hardworking volunteers at Scarleteen, for their dedication to sex education, young adults, and sexual health and their faith in my unique approach.