Unzipped: Everything Teenagers Want to Know About Love, Sex and Each Other

by Bronwyn Donaghy

Everything teenagers want to know about love and sex. How do kids learn about sex today? From their parents? Apparently not. From health classes at school? Ineffectively not. From each other? Almost certainly! In this guide to adolescent sexual health, renowned writer Bronwyn Donaghy weaves the narrative voices of teenagers with parents and health professionals to give a clearer picture about the sex education of our children at the end of the twentieth century. this is the second book in a series on adolescent health issues written with the support and assistance of the Centre for the Advancement of Adolescent Health at the New Childrens Hospital, Westmead. Like AnnaᱠStory and Leaving Early, this book is about real people. Itᱠabout what teenagers do and donᲠknow about sex. Itᱠabout how and where they gain their experience, where they get their information and the consequences of their sexual activity. Itᱠabout real kids, with real lives that other kids can identify with. Issues canvassed include information about sexual hygiene, sexual intercourse and all its consequences, teenage pregnancy - the roles of both boys and girls, sexual ambiguity and homosexuality, prevention of disease, and safe sex. All this is explored within the context of the important link between relationships and sexuality and the very different attitudes boys and girls may have to becoming sexually active.

Paperback

First published December 1, 2000

Reviews

[albie_of_nonfic · Rating 3 out of 5]

A sex education guide, written for Australian teens / parents in the late 1990s.

Mainly now of historical interest, for attitudes / activities of teens of the 1990s - though only of the anecdotal / social history variety (not many hard statistics).

As a former teen of the 1990s, I enjoyed the classic '90s Australianisms - "rooting", "lick her out", etc. Need more of that.

[Jessie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book! I was hesitant considering these studies were done in the 90s, but to my surprise (or should it even be a surprise). A lot was still relevant. A book I could have benefited from as a teen