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Can two women (or two men) have sex?
Yes. People have sex to show love and affection. They have
sex because it feels nice and exciting. When two adults feel
very loving towards one another they can really enjoy touching
each other’s bodies.
Talking about erections and ‘wet dreams’
An erection is when the penis gets stiff and sticks out from the
body. Boys get erections from the time they are babies. As
boys get older, especially during puberty, they can get erections
because they are nervous or excited, but sometimes it just
happens by itself! This can be a bit embarrassing, but other
people don’t usually notice it as much as the boy does.
During puberty boys may have ‘nocturnal emissions’ or wet
dreams. For some boys it happens once or twice, for others,
more often. It’s normal. During puberty the testicles start to
make sperm and semen and sometimes, while the boy is
sleeping, it leaks out (about a teaspoonful).
To soak up the period as it passes out through the
vagina, girls and women use either a pad, which goes
on underwear, or a tampon, which is put into the vagina.
During her life, a woman will release four or five hundred
eggs! Periods will happen every month until the woman is
about 50. When a girl starts her periods, it means she is
now able to get pregnant.
Girls often want to know:
What will happen if I get my period at school/
a sleepover/school camp?
How do I dispose of pads in the school toilets?
How often do I change them?
Do I have to use tampons?
Periods (menstruation)
A girl will usually begin her periods about two years after her
breasts have started to swell. When she reaches puberty, her
ovaries start to release one egg (called an ovum) about once a
month. The egg travels from the ovary along a tube towards the
uterus. Every month the uterus gets ready for the egg to arrive
by building a thick, soft lining. If the egg does not connect with
a sperm (i.e. get fertilised), the egg and the lining of the uterus
will pass out through the vagina. It looks like thick blood and is
called a period.
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