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Sex and Relationships

We have relationships with different people: our parents, our best friends, our teachers or a boyfriend or girlfriend. A relationship means a connection between two or more people or groups of people. If you have a boyfriend or girlfriend then your relationship with them may involve strong feelings and may even be sexual. So what is sex?

Sex and Emotions

Sexual Intercourse – when two people, usually a male and a female want to be very close to each other, so close that the male’s penis goes inside the female’s vagina. When this happens it is possible for a male and female to make a baby (once their reproductive organs have grown up). Most people don’t have sex just because they want to have a baby. They have sex because it feels good and they want to be close to that person and having sex is one way of expressing love. You do not have to have sex to show someone that you love them. Kissing, holding hands, cuddling and touching are all ways of showing someone that you love them.

Here are some important things to remember about sex:

Sexual Desire – means you feel attracted to someone in a very strong way, like being pulled by a magnet. You want to be as physically close to that person as you can be.

Heterosexuality – A heterosexual person is someone who is attracted to someone of the other, or opposite sex (a male and a female).

Homosexuality – A homosexual or gay person is someone who is attracted to someone of the same sex (a male and a male or a female and a female)

Where to get more help

If you have any questions about sex, emotions or contraception, the following organisations may be able to help: