Teach Your Teenager About Sex (Part 2)
Today’s teenagers engage in sexual activity at a very early age, so books about sex education for teenagers are more than appropriate for them.
Today’s teenagers engage in sexual activity at a very early age, so books about sex education for teenagers are more than appropriate for them. (Photoxpress)
In the series of four books, Encyclopaedia of Sex Education – from Physiology to Psychology, we continue with our presentation of the third and fourth book where teenagers will find everything they need to know about their sexual development. And, of course, parents who have teenagers at home.
Sex education for teenagers aged between 14 and 16
The third book, written by four well-known French doctors in the early 1970s, has an introduction for parents where the authors explain that the teenage period is very difficult for their children, which means that they have to show a great deal of patience and understanding for all the problems that their teenagers find themselves in. The next section describes anatomy and physiology and explains in detail the functions and structure of sex organs, which is also accompanied by very graphic and educating photographs. The stories from the first two books are replaced by concrete situations and difficult medical terms, which is obvious, since this is the age at which young people already start having sexual relations. The introductory chapters consist of questions to which experts, of course, give clear answers and explanations. The questions are similar to: “Where are the female genitals and what do they look like? Why is 
circumcision needed? What is virginity? How is the semen discharged? Can the hymen break if a girl is active in sport?” Therefore, questions that run through a teenager’s head. And questions to which parents often don’t have the right answers. For that reason, the third book is a perfect guide for parents and, of course, the necessary reading for teenagers who would like to find out everything they need to know about sex. Quite a few pages are dedicated to menstruation as well as sexual intercourse itself. Again, with contextual questions and clear explanations. Let’s illustrate them: “What causes the penis to stiffen? The penis stiffens and is raised under the influence of desire. These changes occur because of blood inflow to the penis. How a baby is made? A child is born if an egg and sperm meet and unite, that is, fertilisation has to take place. Then the fertilised egg is attached to the wall of the womb and is later changed to the foetus. Sexual act is the sexual union of a man and woman that enables conception.” This is followed by debates on motherhood and fertile and infertile days. The topics are explained on a similar yet slightly more demanding level than in the first two books.
Sex education for teenagers aged between 17 and 18
The last, fourth book in the series is the most demanding one and appropriate for late puberty when your children slowly turn into real men and women and may already be sexually active for several years. This book is no longer so instructive in the sense of practical advice for the beginning of sexual activity, but it explains in detail the development of a human, that is, chromosomes, embryology and the creation of life. This, of course, means that your teenager broadens the general knowledge about medicine that provides a basis for a later time in life. Human anatomy is dealt with in great detail and a very graphic pictorial material is added. This means that the structures of the vagina, womb, penis and testicles are explained in detail and attention is devoted to sex organs on a rather demanding level, yet with a text that is understood by every teenager. And this is the main distinction of the forth book. It’s demanding, yet simple at the same time. Let’s look at a paragraph: “At the back of the genitals, on both sides of the outer vaginal lips, there are glands that open inside, on contact of the hymen with the inner vaginal lips. They are called Bartholin’s glands and secrete a mucous fluid and are sometimes also infected.” This is followed by a chapter on the female physiology, where the development from a girl to a woman is explained, and every period is illustrated with pictures. And a chapter on the male physiology, which is explained in an identical way. And, naturally, a chapter on sexual intercourse, which is very detailed, graphic and instructive. This is followed by a chapter on pregnancy with very direct, yet non-vulgar, pictures of childbirth. In short, the book includes the segments that were presented in the previous three books and that are explained in a more professional way this time. It ends in a very sociological manner, which is a bonus, since it makes the life of a teenager more understandable, and it also describes various civilisations and historical periods.
Sex education will be a lot easier by reading these four books for both parents and their children. The masterpiece of four authors (two women and two men) that will never be outdated and that we recommend to every family. At least the first two books because they’re very important for the very early stages of a child’s development.
