101 Questions About Sex and Sexuality by Faith Hickman Brynie

It came from a student in Chesapeake, Virginia. It just had to provide the framework for the entire book. My favorite question, however, was too good to relegate to a single chapter. They are answered here one by one, with a lot of facts and a few (I hope) well-supported opinions. Nonetheless, as time went on, more and more questions came in from serious and thoughtful young adults. Some schools and teachers who had been eager to help in the past chose not to participate this time. Some questions were silly, embarrassed, or obscene. Unlike other books in this series that dealt with such topics as food and skin, getting questions was difficult. We are sexual beings from birth to death.Īnd that’s what this book is about.This book began with the collection of questions about sex and sexuality from middle school and high school students. Writes author and sex educator Debra Haffner: 'Sexuality is about who we are as men and women, and not about what we do with a part of our bodies. Each of us lives because of sex, and sexuality lives in us. There’s no room for nervous twitters or uncomfortable laughter when the subject comes up. Sex is as much a part of health human living as breathing. If this book can break that silence-for even one reader-its purpose will have been achieved. On such an important subject, we are too often silent at home, at church, and in school classrooms.

Among 500 adults, 82 percent judged a satisfying sex life as 'important' or 'very important.' Sex came in fourth behind loving family relationships (99 percent), financial security (98 percent), and religion (86 percent). A survey sponsored by Columbia University and the National Institutes of Health asked people to rate the importance of sex and other factors in their lives. As I usually do in responding to questions, I turned to the data that science can provide for answers. That seemed the most fundamental question of all and one that deserved a serious answer. (I’m convinced the questioner was male.) 'What’s the big deal?' This book began with the collection of questions about sex and sexuality from middle school and high school students.

101 Questions About Sex and Sexuality by Faith Hickman Brynie