Puberty/Sex Ed books

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Hi,
I’m looking for some books for my 14 year old boy to help answer any questions about puberty, sex etc.

I can’t seem to find any for this age group that are not full of gender ideology.

Any recommendations?

thanks

Maybe look for some older ones from before gender woo took hold?

Hi,

I have completed a MRes in Sexuality and Gender Studies researching the impact of Sexuality, Relationship and Health Education (RSHE) in secondary schools on the lived experience of young people; I am currently a PhD student in Health Services Management and my research investigates the impact of RSHE on specific gendered sexual behaviours and expectations, and on violence against women and girls.

I am writing on here because as a woman and the parent of a daugher who is now 21 I have had to face many challenges in guiding and supporting her navigating sexual relationships as many of her struggles were similar to the ones I had as a teenager, but a lot of the pressure young people face today feels more violent also due to the accessibility of porn from a very young age and the influence of social media. As a parent and a researcher I have put together a teaching and learning RSHE resource to support young people through difficult topics around sex, and frankly, their parents too. It's called All Of Us: Storytelling to Develop Critical Thinking in Sex Education and it's essentially based on storytelling and an attentive pedagogy to support the building of critical thinking in young people, as well as empathy, self awareness and self advocacy.

In this anthology of interviews 20 participants recount the most positive and the most negative sexual encounters in their adolescence. Together, we organically reflect on the cultural, social and personal factors that contributed to make each experience either wonderful or dreadful. The storytellers also share advice they would have wanted to hear as adolescents with the aim to support young people in navigating early sexual experience more safely, authentically and joyfully. It is empathic, sincere and deep thinking, and it provides a safe context to bridge different perspectives, build critical thinking, challenge harmful gender stereotypes and foster solidarity beyond age difference and including different genders and sexual orientations.

Please take the time to check it out and let me know if you believe it could support your teenage children (I recommend from the age of 14 onwards): https://www.allofusbook.com/

I really hope it helps, and please feel free to let me know what you think.

Emmanuelle

LGBTQ+ inclusive scenarios and lived experiences are included, and inter-generational adult storytellers from a range of ages foster a powerful dynamic of human belonging and deep solidarity.
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Can you provide an example scenario?

Sure.

So first of all, the storytellers are from a real age range, so some are in their 20s, some in their 40s, 50s, and even 60s.

And some case scenarios are for instance: one talks about the fact that when she would have sex with her boyfriend, he pressurised her to do things in a certain way, including shaving her oubic hairs, because he was watching a lot of porn which influenced his sexual behaviours and expectation in women. She talks about how she was confused but stood her ground and did not comply.

Another talks about the fact that when she was a teenager she preferred being with girls, however was still trying to understand her sexuality so she went with a charming boy who ended up showing his only real goal was to sleep with her. She talks about how she wish she had talked with her mother more as she would have been there to advise her.

Another talks about experiencing gender dysphoria and being with a girl who was only interested in them as a man, as someone who was already the end product rather than a young person living with such comlexity and in the process of understanding themselves. They talk about the girl was only interested in being sexually pleased and did not care for sex to be a mutual experience.

It's fundamental to consider that each participant also talks about the best sexual experience they had, so we also look at what healthy relationships and feelings look and feel like. And that they all provide their audience with advice they wish they had received in their adolescence -providing a very supportive, empathic and empowering frame to this reading.

I hope I have been helpful to you.