What is Sex?

Are you Ready?

Am I Ready?

Just because you may want to have sex eventually doesn't mean that you're ready to take such a big step right now.

The decision to have sex, or to have sex with a particular person, is a choice that is different for everyone.

Pressure to have sex, and pressure to wait, comes from everywhere. How you were brought up, your religious beliefs, peer pressure, what your friends or other people your age are doing, and your previous relationships and/or sexual experiences may all be things you want to think about.

If you are considering having sex - particularly when it's for the first time - one of the most important things to think about is 'why do I want to do this?' If you're doing it just to fit in, because of pressure, to make someone else happy, or just to lose your virginity you may want to reconsider. If you have sex for these reasons, you may come to regret it.

Consider all of your feelings, motives and the consequences of sex before you take that plunge.

Last Modified: September 5, 2006