The Truth About Masturbation

Say it with me, “Masturbation!” Yes! Most people do it — yet so many people worry about doing it! That's because there’s a lot of myths out there that masturbation is dirty, dangerous, or something to be embarrassed about doing. But the truth is:

Masturbation is safe and healthy.
People of all ages do it.
Guys do it, and girls do it too.
Single people and people in relationships do it.
Some people do it a few times a day, and some do it a few times a year.

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Peer Provider Donesha Pegues: A Young Woman Who Thinks Big

Posted October 31, 2005 - 9:00pm by Elizabeth Randall

Donesha Pegues has accomplished a lot. She just graduated from college with her Bachelor's in Science degree from Cal State Fullerton. She's a program manager in the health education department at Planned Parenthood where she is in charge of three teen pregnancy prevention programs and she volunteers as a Title X/Americorp intern for TeenSource. Donesha has done all that while parenting her young son all through her teen years!

TeenSource: You were 15 years old when your son was born. What were your ideas about your future at the time?

Stop and Think

Posted September 30, 2005 - 8:00pm by Elizabeth Randall

By Connie Chung, 17, Gabrielino HS

When you say "That's so gay," it's wrong and it is a big deal.

I had just survived first period and a droning lecture about the American Revolution. As I stepped out of class I saw a guy with a look of disgust on his face laughing and shouting to his friend, "That's gay! You're so gay!"

Find a Clinic: T.H.E. Clinic

Posted August 14, 2005 - 8:00pm by Elizabeth Randall

A messsage to Peer Providers:

"Many have said that it takes a village to raise a child and I am a child of that village. God has blessed me with family and friends who give me strength when I need it most. My grandparents taught me to be humble, thankful and to listen to those with more experience than me. I have used their lessons from high school in Belize to college in Los Angeles.

Robert Coppel: A Teenager at 34 Years of Age

Posted July 31, 2005 - 8:00pm by Elizabeth Randall

TeenSource: What does a 34 year-old teenager do for a living?

Shasta Peer Educator Talks About an Educational Revolution

Posted July 14, 2005 - 8:00pm by Elizabeth Randall

Youth are a great resource for reaching out to other young people and the Youth Health Initiative Program at Family Planning Shasta County is one great example of how peer-to-peer education works. The program puts the power of an educational revolution in the hands of young people so they can change the lives of others.

Inspirational Quotes: Hold Fast to Dreams...

Posted June 14, 2005 - 8:00pm by Elizabeth Randall

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly. Langston Hughes, African-American poet, writer, lecturer and playwright. Hughes achieved fame during the period known as the Harlem Renaissance and enjoyed a long and distinguished career that spanned several decades.

Questions about Sex, Birth Control, Pregnancy

Posted May 31, 2005 - 8:00pm by Elizabeth Randall

A confidential visit to Planned Parenthood could be the answer.

By Anahita Mazdyasni, 17, Cleveland HS (Reseda)

There it was, right at the corner of the Independence shopping center, next to EZ Deals Fashion. I walked into a small pink waiting room, half the size of a classroom. There were pro-voting posters all along the wall and a "Wanted" sign for Bush, which made me laugh.

Oral Sex

Posted May 4, 2005 - 8:00pm by Elizabeth Randall

Oral sex, also known as a blow job, eating out, going down on, giving head, is more official named "fellatio" for the guy and "cunnilingus for the girl. Oral sex is exactly what it implies; it's the pleasures of sex given orally, where one partner orally pleasures the other partner's genitals. When both partners are performing oral sex on one another at the same time it's called '69'.

Some misconceptions of earlier generations was that only guys were supposed to receive oral pleasure, but now, as popular shows like "Sex and the City" have taught us, oral sex is give and take.

Condoms

Posted May 4, 2005 - 8:00pm by Elizabeth Randall

Why it's so easy to forget to use a condom?

It was the heat of the moment. It started off as harmless kissing, but neither of us could resist the temptation and before I knew it, John and I were having sex. When it had come time to think about using a condom, neither of us had been prepared.

I met John that night. He seemed really sweet, nice, harmless to say the least, but that was about all I knew about him. That and that I thought he was really cute.

We were in his room, on his bed and neither of us was wearing any clothes and neither of us wanted to stop.

Find a Clinic: Venice Family Clinic

Posted April 14, 2005 - 8:00pm by Elizabeth Randall

Margarita Loeza-Romo says she still remembers the Los Angeles-based Venice Family Clinic as the place that "helped me walk." When she was born, Margarita came out of the womb feet first, which caused a dislocated hip that would require several surgeries and long recoveries, at one point landing her in a cast that covered her from waist to ankles. But because her mother, a housekeeper, and father, a factory worker, didn't have health insurance, it was only through the doctors at the free clinic that she was able to receive the treatment she so desperately needed.

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