abstinence

Advice
  • Susie Tang

As loving and wonderful as your girlfriend may be, she needs to understand that you have boundaries, too. Negotiating sex can be a major hurdle for many couples, and there are a lot of people in your position -- you are trying to live your life by a certain batch of morals, and they're in conflict...

Article
  • Heather Corinna

Pregnancy prevention information for someone whose body can co-create a pregnancy, but in whose body itself pregnancy can't happen.

Article
  • Heather Corinna

A page if you're someone who does not want to take ANY risk, at all, of a pregnancy, and wants to know your options.

Advice
  • Heather Corinna

You know, when we're just plain horny -- rather than interested in really sharing sex, emotionally and physically, with another person -- the best choice to make is to masturbate. That's not just best for us, it's also better for any potential partners: if often isn't so great to be someone's...

Advice
  • Heather Corinna

No matter what THEIR reasons are for holding off on any kind of sex, all of you need to be respecting the choices each of you makes for yourself. So, if you're making different choices than they are, the choices you want to make, this discussion with them shouldn't be going on over and over again...

Advice
  • Heather Corinna

Everyone's libido varies, as does everyone's sexuality. In other words, the sexual appetite of a person isn't determined by their biological sex or gender. Some women have lower libidos than some men; some men have lower libidos than some women. Too, these things also vary based on the specific two...

Advice
  • Heather Corinna

The very first thing I'd say to you is that I hope you know and accept that it's always anyone's prerogative to change their mind or their stance when it comes to any aspect of sex and sexuality. Sounds like you do, but just in case you don't, please know that it's okay. It's also okay to realize...

Advice
  • Heather Corinna

What an awesome friend you are! Obviously, everyone who is waiting for sex, or a certain type of sex, can have different reasons for waiting. Too, a person's reasons for waiting might change over time, or if a person originally had wanted to wait, they may not want to all that much at a certain...