Welcome to Sex: Your No-Silly-Questions Guide to Pleasure, Sexuality and Figuring it Out

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Dr. Melissa Kang Yumi Stynes

Welcome to Sex

Your No-Silly-Questions Guide to Pleasure, Sexuality and Figuring it Out

Dr. Melissa Kang, Yumi Stynes, Jenny Latham

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Hardie Grant Books
17 May 2023

Children's & Educational; Personal & social issues: sex education & the facts of life (Children's&YA); Personal & social issues: self-awareness & self-esteem (Children's&YA); Personal & social issues: sexuality & relationships (Children's&YA)

Series: Welcome To You

★WINNER of the 2024 Indie Book Awards Book of the Year for Young Adults ★

★SHORTLISTED for the 2024 BookPeople Book of the Year ★

Welcome to Sex is a frank, age-appropriate introductory guide to sex and sexuality for teens of all genders, from the creators of the best-selling guides Welcome to Your Period, Welcome to Consent and Welcome to Your Boobs.

There’s no denying it – sex can be pretty tricky ... and talking about sex can feel weird and so uncomfortable. But it doesn’t have to be that way!

This little book is packed with honest advice on everything you need to know about sex: how to know when you're ready and reasons not to have sex, exploring pleasure on your own to becoming sexually intimate with others, contraception and staying safe, how to communicate about sex, wobbly starts and awkward moments (including talking to your parents about sex). Welcome to Sex is inclusive, reassuring and all about keeping sex fun, real, and shame-free. With case studies, first-person accounts and questions from real teens, Welcome to Sex will help readers navigate their sexual debuts with confidence!

Contents:

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

Accolades for Welcome to Sex:

A 2023 Readings Books bestseller

Winner of the 2024 Indie Book Awards for Young Adults

Shortlisted for the 2024 BookPeople Awards Book of the Year for Children

A 2023 Better Read Than Dead Top-Three Bestseller

One of Readings' 100 Bestselling Kids & YA Books of 2023

Shortlisted at the 2024 Australian Book Industry Awards in the categories: Social impact book of the year, Book of the year for older children, and Audiobook of the year

Other books in the Welcome to collection:

Welcome to Consent Welcome to Your Period Welcome to Your Boobs

By: Dr. Melissa Kang, Yumi Stynes
Illustrated by: Jenny Latham
Imprint: Hardie Grant Books
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 180mm, Width: 140mm,
ISBN: 9781760509538
ISBN 10: 1760509531
Series: Welcome To You
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 17 May 2023
Recommended Age: From 14 to 99 years
Audience: Young adult , Preschool (0-5)
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Most people know Dr Melissa Kang as the longest-serving expert behind the iconic Dolly Doctor column, but she's also a practising medical doctor for marginalised young people and has academic roles at the University of Technology Sydney and the University of Sydney. She is fifth-generation Malaysian-Chinese Anglo-Australian, which makes specialising in adolescent sexuality and sexual health all the more interesting. She continues to speak about these topics in the mainstream media. Yumi Stynes is a second-gen Japanese-Australian TV and radio presenter. She's currently the host of Ladies, We Need to Talk, an award-winning podcast that explores all the trickiest topics and taboos about women's health, including periods, discharge, difficult motherhood, and whether or not your vagina is weird. Together, they are the best-selling authors of Welcome to Your Period, Welcome to Consent, and Welcome to Your Boobs.