See answers to some common questions about sex and sexuality.

• A Friend Keeps Asking Me to Do Sexual Stuff. How Do I Make Him Stop?
• Can Fingering or Oral Sex Cause an Infection?
• Can Having Sex While Standing Up Help Prevent Pregnancy?
• Can I Get Checked for STDs Without My Parents Knowing?
• Can I Have Sex With a Tampon In?
• Can I Stop Myself From Having a Wet Dream?
• Can Masturbation Stunt My Growth?
• Can Wearing Tight Clothes Affect Sperm Count?
• Can You Get Genital Herpes From a Cold Sore?
• Can You Get HIV From Having Sex With Someone Who Has AIDS?
• Can You Get Pregnant From Pre-Ejaculate?
• Can You Get a Yeast Infection From Having Sex?
• Can You Still Get Genital Warts If You've Had All the HPV Shots?
• Can a Condom Wrapper Break While It's in Your Wallet?
• Can a Doctor Tell During Your Pelvic Exam if You've Had Sex?
• Can a Doctor Tell if You've Been Masturbating?
• Could I Get Pregnant if I Have Sex During My Period?
• Do I Have to Get All My HPV Vaccine Shots?
• Do You Have to See a Doctor to Find Out if You Have an STD?
• Does My Mom Have to Be in the Room During My Gyn Exam?
• Does Touching a Girl's Breasts Make Them Grow?
• Getting Tested for STDs
• How Do I Find Out if a Guy I Had Sex With Has an STD?
• I Have Bumps on My Penis. Is This Normal?
• Is It Normal for One Testicle to Be Bigger?
• Is It Normal to Have an Erection When Waking Up?
• Is It Normal to Masturbate?
• Is It Normal to Think About Sex a Lot?
• Is It OK to Have Sex While You Have Your Period?
• Is it Normal to Get Pimples Near the Vagina?
• Should I Shave My Pubic Hair Before Having Sex?
• Should I Worry About Getting an STD?
• Should You Tell the Doctor if You're Having Sex?
• What Are Dental Dams?
• What Are Wet Dreams?
• What Can I Say to a Friend Who's Having Unprotected Sex?
• What Should I Do if a Condom Breaks?
• What if a Condom Slips Off During Sex?
• When's the Best Time to Have Sex and Avoid Pregnancy?
• Why Do My Testicles Ache?
• Why Has My Discharge Changed?
• Will I Bleed the First Time?

Note: All information is for educational purposes only. For specific medical advice, diagnoses, and treatment, consult your doctor.

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