Adolescents gather information about sexuality from friends and through the print and electronic media. Often this information is wrong and unscientific. They have a great curiocity and concern about the sexuality of their own and of the opposite sex. Adolescents often have neither access to accurate information on the issues related to sexuality and sexual health, nor solutions for their...

Sex organs are the organs that are involved in the process of reproduction. It is nature's way to produce progeny of its own kind, so as to maintain the propagation of life. The sex organs are also called as “genitals”.

Puberty is the beginning of the adolescence. The height increases and the long bones grow more rapidly giving “leggy” appearance. They are clumsy. Parents pay much attention to whether or not their child is pretty. Parents feel that the child is weak and therefore they feed costly tonics. But these don’t work. A high protein and vitamin containing diet should be given at this age. The boys and...

Love is an intense affection and deep feelings for some one. It intends the welfare of the other. Love has different colours. Love for parents, love for a friend, love for elders, love for the country, etc. Each type of love has a different shade and hence the requirements, the duties, the expectations and the behaviour differ accordingly. Love between a boy and a girl or the love between a...

Virgin is a person who has not had sexual intercourse. The term refers mostly to a woman, but should apply to both the sexes. On the first wedding night when the husband inserts his penis in his wife’s vagina, she is supposed to bleed due to the tear of the hymen situated at the entrance of vagina. The myth is that if she does not bleed, she is not supposed to be a virgin. T

When the male receives sexual stimulation, the penis becomes long, erect and rigid. A colourless, sticky secretion from the pea-sized Cowper’s glands comes out of urethral opening. This serves as a lubricant. If the stimulation continues, it culminates into an “Orgasm”, the summit of the sexual pleasure. Ogasm is explosive and is associated with expulsion of “semen” through the urethra. This...

Values are strong feelings or beliefs about important issues in life. Values guide our behaviour and give purpose and direction to our life. Different individuals have different values. Different families and different cultures have different values. Values are influenced by traditions, religion, mass media, social and political situations.

The reasons are simple. Sex is considered as obscene or vulgar; therefore there is secrecy. This leads to ignorance. A strong curiosity develops during youth to understand the sexuality of self and of opposite sex. They turn to their friends for information, who are equally ignorant. The friends tell them whatever information (misinformation) they have. Since they can't dare to ask their parents...

These guidlines are for providing framework to create a programme and not a curriculum. The guidelines provide a comprehensive approach to human sexuality education. It is organised in a list of topics. A need based sexuality education programme can be generated by listing the topics along with the relevant messages.

Adolescence is a time of rapid changes and difficult challenges. They face a wide variety of psychosocial demands: becoming independent, developing skills in interacting well with their parents, devising ethical principles, becoming intellectually competent, acquiring a sense of responsibility etc. At the same time the adolescents have to cope with their sexuality by learning how to deal with...

Society and cultural environments shape the way individuals learn about and express their sexuality. Every culture communicates norms and taboos about sexuality. Culture formulates its own sexual code. The differences in various sexual ethics are great. What is considered acceptable in one culture might be considered perverted in another. Issues like masturbation, homosexuality, virginity,...

Pregnancy During the intercourse the male ejaculates semen in the vagina of the female. Semen contains millions of sperms. The semen liquifies and sperms get activated and enter into the uterus through the os (mouth) of the cervix. They further travel through the uterus into the fallopian tubes by wagging their tale. If ovulation (release of ovum by the ovary) has taken place, and if the ovum is...

Legally a boy of 21 and a girl of 18 can get married. Their bodies are mature by then, but their minds are not. They might not be able to select partner judiciously at that age. Unless one completes the education, builds up a career, enjoys economic independence by having a job/profession, able to afford a home for the family, has been prepared for responsible parenthood, a marriage should not be...

Falling in love is no crime, but should be a timely and mature decision. The maturity does not mean only a physical growth, does not depend upon instinct, but on conscious and responsible decisions and independent thinking. Before committing themselves to a love relationship, they should spend time together, and get to know one another well.

Masculine or feminine attitudes and preferences for certain sexual partners or certain form of sexual activity are not established at one particular moment, but are acquired gradually over a period of time. This outcome depends on child’s inherited abilities and on social influences from parents, teachers, friends etc. These influences can be positive or negative. If a girl is treated as a boy,...