Heather Corinna

Risk-taking is a very, very normal (I’m going to say it again in case you missed it: VERY normal) part of adolescent and young adult – and overall human – development. When the risks we’re taking are sound risks to BE taking, which involve the possibility of real benefits, that not only isn’t a…

The state of the hymen does not change risks of pregnancy in any way, nor does the hymen – or not having had sexual intercourse before – act as any kind of birth control. If you’re at least in puberty, and you’re menstruating, then already, it’s a given that your hymen at least has micro…

The notion that intercourse can somehow change the menstrual cycle – unless a woman becomes pregnant or contracts certain infections – doesn’t have any factual cause or real basis. The menstrual cycle is a whole cycle, which occurs due to hormonal changes that intercourse, all by itself, can’t…

You most likely got the kidney infection because of not treating your urinary tract infection soon enough. Kidney infections almost always arise from a urinary tract or bladder infection, which come about from bacteria introduced to the urethral opening (which, unfortunately, happens to be mighty…

It’s so tragic that anyone is afraid to ask questions about something so important, but it’s an unfortunate reality for a lot of people. Just know that this isn’t a place where you need to be scared to ask anything, okay? This is what we’re here for! Is intercourse supposed to hurt? No, intercourse…

Well, if you’re just feeling strong sexual desire, not any attachment to that particular person, then masturbation is generally the best solution. Really, that’s the thing to do, always, when we don’t want intimacy with someone else, but only or solely want to just satisfy our own sexual needs and…

There is a risk of sexually transmitted infection simply because he’s ejaculating inside you. You can’t reduce that risk once it has occurred. And trying to douche or wash out the inside of the vagina only inclines you to things like yeast infections and vaginal imbalances more: that’s a harm, not a…

Your body doesn’t really care how long intercourse goes on for. Whether it’s 30 seconds or fifteen minutes (and it’s worth mentioning that five minutes of intercourse is about average, so that’s not a short period of time for that activity), what your body cares about if it has been exposed to…

One of the absolute worst reasons to have sex – and a great way to assure that the sex you have won’t leave you feeling great physically or emotionally – is because everyone else is doing it, or because you feel left out. When you have sex with a partner, it should be about you and about that…

Oooooooooookay. Let’s try to go ahead and unpack all of this, once and for all. First things first: the vagina is a muscle. It’s not some flippety-floppedy passive tube, nor is it tissue like your skin. It’s muscle, like the muscles of your arms, legs or tongue. When we put something inside of it…