You know the best place to get information about your sexual health is from your doctor, but for whatever reason—convenience, privacy, or anxiety and urgency—you may one day find yourself searching the Internet for answers to intimate and important questions.
It’s great to learn more about your body and your choices, but explore those search results with caution: A recent Stanford University study on adolescent reproductive health found that health websites are often riddled with errors, omissions, and outdated advice, and that it’s not always easy to find the truth about common myths believed by many teenagers (and probably many adults as well!).
We spoke with Dr. Sophia Yen, MD, lead researcher of the study and adolescent medicine specialist at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., to get the facts behind these top sexual health misconceptions. View the slideshow.
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i have a question
if i had sex wid my gf and later the nex morning she is bleeding from her vagina
is it normal
can u just tell me what are de chances of pregnancy and how can i avoid it cause i am worried too much
If you’re going to post on these boards, please speak like a normal human being and use proper English, no animal speak.
It was stated that Plan B doesn’t cause an abortion, but data on the drug clearly says it prevents a fertilized egg from attaching to the uterus. If there is a fertilized egg, that means the woman IS already pregnant and if it stops implantation, it is equivalent to an abortion. I think a myth you missed is the one that says conception is NOT when a unique human life is begun. Shame on you for slanting the article and the science.
jt:
An abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus a fetus/embryo, resulting in or caused by its death. There is neither a fetus nor an embryo present at the time that “Plan B” is enacted (unless it’s enacted at the 8th week) – prior to 8 weeks, the fertilized egg is called a zygote. By definition, then, effecting “Plan B” is not equivalent to aborting. Do some research before spouting your pro-choice emotional appeals.
- Jim
each time i make luv, i feel pains in my vagina and am alwas havin discharge, odourless and white. pls i want to know wen am suppose to experience d discharge in a mth
The ad for Plan B on the right of the article contradicts a statement in the article slideshow. The information in the article states that you do not need a prescription if you are 17 or older, and in some states you can buy Plan B at any age. The recorded ad states that you must be 18 or older to buy Plan B without a prescription.
Plan B is an abortifacient. The ads can get away w/ saying it is not an abortion because the embryo has not attached to the uterus, thus they are not calling it a “pregnancy”. The new life itself begins when a sperm fertilizes an egg in the fallopian tube. Plan B, and most birth control pills, will cause the woman’s body to reject this new embryo. This is not a case of preventing a life from starting; it is a case of preventing that life from surviving.
That’s not really true. The primary mechanism of the typical oral contraceptive is to prevent the release of the egg. No egg, no fertilization. No fertilization, no abortion. The secondary mechanism is to prevent sperm from traveling past the cervix by decreasing the amount of and increasing the viscosity of cervical mucus. There are some who think that the pill prevents the fertilized egg from implanting, but there is no clear evidence of this and the claim remains highly controversial.
A man is supposed to have sex to please another and a woman does it too be pleased and get attention.None of which ever occurs and is really impossible as humans are way to mixed up to do anything right,especially the sex act.Which in reality is the basis of all human conflicts that are easily corrected:ABSTAIN.That is my conclusion after 35 years of daily sexual activity.Abd homosexualism,lesbeism,are totally aberrated expression of sexual interaction.
So, after 35 years of daily sexual activity, you decided that humans are way too “mixed up” to do it right? I’m really sorry to hear that. I’ve been doing it for about 27 years, although not on a daily basis, and I think we do it just fine.