Welcome to Sex By Melissa Kang

This introductory guide by 'Dolly Doctor' Dr Melissa Kang and journalist Yumi Stynes (Ladies, We Need to Talk) is packed with honest advice on everything you need to know about sex: how to know when you're ready, reasons not to have sex, and exploring pleasure on your own – as well as frank, clear information about becoming sexually intimate with others, staying safe, and how to communicate (including talking to your parents about sex – this is really important). Plus everything you've ever wondered about wobbly starts and awkward moments!

Welcome to Sex is inclusive, intersectional, multicultural, reassuring and all about keeping sex fun, real, and shame-free. With plenty of case studies, first-person accounts and questions from real teens – covering a wide range of gender, sexuality and dis/ability – Welcome to Sex will help readers navigate their sexual debuts with confidence!

    'An informative, entertaining, and potentially life-saving book that should find a place in every home.' –Prime Minister's Literary Awards
    ‘It’s a glorious thing that a book like this exists.’ –Pedestrian
    'A brilliant and accessible book … Sexual abusers and predators [rely] on shame to silence [their targets]. The more information we can give children and teenagers about their bodies, [the] better.’ –The Age

Welcome to Sex covers a wide range of age-appropriate content for teens, including:

    What Is Sex? 
    Parents and Carers and Awkward Conversations 
    Getting Intimate With Myself 
    Orgasms 
    Labels: Sexual And Gender Identities 
    What The Outside World Is Telling Us About Sex 
    Myths About Sex 
    Reasons To Not Have Sex 
    How It Begins: Feelings, Flirting And Falling In Love 
    What Can Actually Happen With Another Person? 
    Wobbly Starts 
    Relationships 
    Looking After Myself And My Partner 
    Pregnancy Lowdown 
    Awkward Sex Moments And Other Challenges 
    Is Something Wrong? 
    Keeping Safe