The V-Word - True Stories About First-time Sex

Zusatztext A selection of seventeen womenwriters tell about their experience of first-time sex. The stories reveal agreat diversity in age! situation! sexual orientation! gender identification!and even what counts as first-time sex. The resources section provides abibliography! notes! biographies of all the contributors! and several essays.One essay gives straight-forward advice! empowering young women to be informedand to make their own choice about when and with whom. Kelly Jensen! a formerteen librarian! suggests teen novels and nonfiction that deal particularly wellwith different sexual situations. Parents are also addressed with resources forthem as well as advice on opening an on-going conversation with their daughtersabout their values and experiences around sex. The book serves youngwomen as a kind of rite of passage with a bevy of oldersisters telling it like it is! sharing experiences that are rarely talked about.Given the array of experiences (from wedding night to casual encounter) andidentifications (hetro! lesbian! bi! and trans) some readers may havedifficulties with some of the frankness! diversity! and language. Thetrade-off! however! is well worth it. Thevariety emphasizes how individual it is and how important it is for each youngwoman to make an informed and conscious choice for herself. It turns out theV-word of importance here is not so much “virginity” as it is finding one’s own“voice.”—Elizabeth Matson. Informationen zum Autor Amber J. Keyser believes in the power of sharing our experiences. She’s the author of the young adult novel The Way Back from Broken (Carolrhoda Lab, 2015) and numerous nonfiction titles. Connect with her online at AmberJKeyser.com. Klappentext A "collection of essays by women about losing their virginity in their teens, [which] captures the complexity of this important life-decision and reflects diverse real-world experiences. Includes ... resources for parents and teens"--Amazon.com.The V-Word 1 Wanting Everything Amber J. Keyser I had a kid’s body—no hips, hardly any breasts, hardly more than pubic hair peach fuzz. I’d never had a period or a boyfriend or a date for a middle school dance. It was the summer after eighth grade and I was abuzz with physical desire. I’d known for a long time that it felt good to touch myself, and years earlier I’d played kissing games with neighborhood girls, but now, as I careened toward puberty, my body was a constant source of wow. When it came to sex, I had zero experience but a lot of book learning. We had moved the summer before seventh grade. Among my mother’s discarded books on a garage sale table, I found my textbook—an explicit memoir by a sex-loving prostitute. Heart racing, I’d pinched it off the table and snuck it to my room, reading and rereading her bawdy accounts of sex with both men and women. Her uninhibited attitude painted sex as a healthy and positive part of adult life. If it felt good and everyone wanted to do it then anything was a go. By accident, I discovered just the right way to ride my bike so that the seat vibrated against the mound of my crotch. It seemed my panties were always damp, and I masturbated often—in the bath, in the hot tub, in my bed at night. I imagined what it would feel like to have oral sex. But in this stew of horniness, I also worried that something was wrong with me for thinking about sex so much. I watched the girls at school that everyone said were doing it. Were their bodies constantly on fire like mine? Or was I freak? But arousal was constantly sneaking up on me. I crushed on actors in movies, characters in books, and Jason, a gawky boy who lived down the street. At school, Jason and I ignored each other—he, no doubt, because of my bottom-rung social status, and I because that’s what you do to avoid ...

Product details

• Authors: Amber J. (COM) Keyser
• Assisted by: Amber J. Keyser (Editor)
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster USA
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 14
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2016
• EAN: 9781582705903
• ISBN: 978-1-58270-590-3
• No. of pages: 208
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books