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If you are unsure about losing your virginity, it is probably better to wait.
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Everything You Need to Know About Virginity
Michael A. Sommers Annie Leah Sommers
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To Our Jeb
Published in 2000 by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. 29 East 21st Street, New York, NY 10010
Copyright 2000 by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc.
First Edition
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Sommers, Michael A., 1966 Everything you need to know about virginity / by Michael A. Sommers and Annie Leah Sommers. p. cm.(The need to know library) Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary: Discusses the issues surrounding virginity for teens, dispels myths about it, and helps teens decide for themselves how to express their sexuality. ISBN 0-8239-3115-3 1. Sexual ethics for teenagersJuvenile literature. 2. VirginityJuvenile literature. 3. Sexual abstinenceJuvenile literature. 4. TeenagersSexual behaviorJuvenile literature. [1. Sexual ethics. 2. Sexual abstinence. 3. YouthSexual behavior.] I. Sommers, Annie Leah, 1968- II. Title. III. Series. HQ35 .S56 2000 306.7'0835dc21
99-056218
Manufactured in the United States of America
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Contents
Introduction
6
Chapter One
What is a Virgin?
11
Chapter Two
The Ins and Outs of Sexuality
20
Chapter Three
Teenage Virgins Speak Out
29
Chapter Four
To Be or Not to Be
36
Chapter Five
Sex and Love
43
Glossary
55
Where to Go for Help
57
For Further Reading
61
Index
63
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Introduction
Jocelyn looked at her watch and saw that it was almost midnight. She hoped that her parents were already sound asleep because Jimmy would be arriving soon. Waiting made her antsy. Jocelyn decided to put on some more perfume. She sprayed her armpits and reached down and dabbed it on the top of her thighs.
Earlier that evening, after taking a long bath, Jocelyn had practiced inserting the diaphragm inside her vagina. Although she had been practicing for days, she still wasn't sure if she was doing it the right way. Even though she knew that a diaphragm was considered a safe form of birth control, Jocelyn still worried about getting pregnant. She hoped that Jimmy wouldn't forget to
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bring condoms. At first, he had refused to wear one. "What's the danger if we're both virgins?" he had said to her But Jocelyn had stood her ground. "No condoms, no sex," she had warned him, knowing that Jimmy wanted to "do it" so badly that he would agree to almost anything
Jocelyn paced up and down her room and thought of what was going to happen next. The fact that her parents were downstairs made her really uncomfortable. They'd have to be extra quiet. If her parents found out, they'd kill her.
She actually had no idea what it would be like to have sex with Jimmy. It dawned on her that she'd never even touched his penis. And, come to think of it, she wasn't even sure she wanted to. It seemed kind of gross.
Jocelyn loved Jimmy. Or, at least, she thought she did. She'd never told him she loved him. Nor had he told her But Jimmy had said that sex is a natural expression of love. So that must mean he loved her if he wanted to lose his virginity with her She had thought she wanted to lose her virginity, too. But if so, why was she so nervous?
Whether you lose it or choose it, virginity is a big deal for any teenager. In fact, the decision of whether or not to remain a virgin is probably more complicated today than ever before. Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) such as
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chlamydia, gonorrhea, and herpes have always existed. So has the risk of accidental teen pregnancy. But the tendency for teens to start having sex at a younger age, and more often, increased these risks. Then, in the 1980s, the emergence of AIDS made sex suddenly scary.
While religious organizations, parents, and politicians began making noise about the dangers of premarital sex, the media, the entertainment industry, and all kinds of commercials and advertisements showed nonstop images of gorgeous couples in various stages of "getting it on." These days the pressure to beor not to bea virgin is enormous.
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