The Bottom Line
A teen guide to sex that covers all the bases (including, incidentally, what the bases are). Even if you think you've got the whole sex thing figured out, you're pretty much guaranteed to learn something new in every chapter of this fun-to-read book.
Pros
- A lot of the lines are laugh-out-loud funny.
- It's not condescending. You won't feel like anyone's judging you or talking down to you.
- Gay, lesbian and questioning teens will find a lot of good advice directed to them.
Cons
- With all the frank sex talk, this book might get vetoed by strict parents.
- No glossary means you might have to flip through the pages a bit to find defintions of sex terms.
Description
- Written by Nikol Hasler.
- Published in 2010 by Zest Books.
- 191 pages.
- Intended for teens ages 15 and up.
Guide Review - Sex: A Book for Teens
Leave it Nikol Hasler, the creator of the Midwest Teen Sex Show (which if you haven't watched, you really should) to write a book about sex that's funny, cool and super-informative all at the same time.
In Sex: A Book for Teens, Nikol covers touchy subjects like virginity, birth control and fetishes way more candidly than your parents (or your sex ed teacher) ever will. She even answers questions you didn't even know you had, like, can a latex glove be used as a condom? And what's the right way to put your finger in someone else's butt? (The answers: definitely not, and verrrry gently.)
Not all of the information will apply to you (like, for instance, the Q&A's about specific sexual experiences). But with all the misinformation about sex that's flying around your school and the internet, the more solid information about this stuff you read, the better off you'll be.
In Sex: A Book for Teens, Nikol covers touchy subjects like virginity, birth control and fetishes way more candidly than your parents (or your sex ed teacher) ever will. She even answers questions you didn't even know you had, like, can a latex glove be used as a condom? And what's the right way to put your finger in someone else's butt? (The answers: definitely not, and verrrry gently.)
Not all of the information will apply to you (like, for instance, the Q&A's about specific sexual experiences). But with all the misinformation about sex that's flying around your school and the internet, the more solid information about this stuff you read, the better off you'll be.