Disability is not Inability

Children and Sexuality

Your sexuality begins the day you are born. How you are treated as a baby gives you messages about you as a sexual being. Babies very naturally touch their penises and vulvas. If your mom or dad pulls your hands away - as a baby you learn that touching yourself is bad. If you get kissed and touched a lot - you learn to like to be kissed and hugged.
Infant Sexuality

Chlamydia: see Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Chlamydia and Teenage Girls

Chromosome

A chromosome is a very tiny piece of information (DNA) that tells a baby developing inside the mother what color eyes it will have, how tall it will be, what sex it will be, and hundreds of other things. Every human being is designed to have 23 pairs of chromosomes. Sometimes when a baby is born there is an extra chromosome, or very rarely there is a missing one. Down syndrome comes from having an extra chromosome # 21. Turner's Syndrome is from missing an X from #23.There are thousands of different kinds of chromosome anomolies (syndromes) -and some you might not even know you have.

A chromosome map helps doctors understand exactly why you are the person you are. 22 of your chromosomes are pairs (2) that usually look like each other. The 23rd pair can be the same or different. If you are a male you have a X and a Y chromosome. If you are a female you have two X chromosomes.
Chromosome Maps

Circumcision: see Foreskin

Circumcism is a procedure where a portion of the skin on a penis or a clitoris is removed. Doctors may do circumcisms when a baby boy is born, or it may be done as part of a religious ceremony, or it may be done much later for medical reasons. Female circumcism also called clitorectomy or genital mutilation is rarely done. The clitoris, clitoral hood, and/ or labia is cut away. When female circumcision is done it is usually done in a country where it is now or has in the past been culturally accepted.
Pros & Cons of Male Circimcision

Circumcision

A Comprehensive Discussion of all aspects of Circumcision, from infant to adult, to practices around the world, as well as the instruments used and their resulting style
Help for Women with Female Circumcision

Clitoris: see Female Body Parts
The tip of the clitoris is found where between where the vaginal lips/labia meet. Also called in slang: pearl, magic button, ruby, pink diamond, man in the boat, clit, clittie, and more.
Where is my Clitoris?

Coming Out
Telling your family, friends, people at work you are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, or some other difference for the first time. Before you come out it is a secret.
Coming Out
Coming Out for Teens
Teens and sexual orientation

Condom
A condom is something you put on your penis to protect you against disease and your partner against pregnancy. There are also condoms for women that go inside the vagina. They are made of latex, polyurethane, or lamb skin. and may be lubricated or unlubricated. They come in different shapes and sizes. Condoms IF used properly will reduce your risk of pregnancy and disease 97 times out of 100. That may seem like a lot - but 3 times out of a hundred is still a BIG risk, and most people, especially teenagers don't use them properly all of the time. There is no GOOD excuse not to use a condom. A condom is the best way both of you can be in control of your sexual health. A condom is also known as a rubber, sheath, cap, raincoat, glove. Having sex without a condom on is called "going bareback."

Video clip " How to put on a condom"
Instructions on Using a Condom
Tips for Using Condoms
Using the Female Condom (known as Reality or Femidom)for anal sex

Contraception: see birth control
Contra means against - or to stop something. Conception means getting pregnant. So contraceprion means something to stop you getting pregnant.

Cross-dressing
Cross-dressers are also know as transvestites. You are not gay because you are a tranvestite. You like to dress up in the clothes of the opposite sex. Some people like to be seen (and perform) dressed up and others like to do it only in private. Passing is trying to pass as a person of the opposite sex and no one can tell.
Why we crossdress ( Hard to read, but has some very interesting info)

Cum/ or Come/ or Climax: See Ejaculation or Orgasm

Cunnilingus
Cunnilingus is having oral sex with a woman - sucking or licking or tickling with your tongue her vulva, especially her clitoris. The clitoris is an interesting body part. It is the only body part that exists only for pleasure. Women receive lots of pleasure when their clitoris is licked or sucked or gently bitten. Oral sex is not safe sex - you cannot get pregnant from oral sex, but you can get sexually transmitted infections. Use a dental dam (see dental dam for more info) for protection against STDs. Some slang terms for cunnilingus are: going down, eating out, breakfast at the Y.

Cybersex & Phone Sex
Cybersex (sex on the computer) and phone sex (sex on the phone) are both very popular. Cybersex is safe as long as the person you have cybersex with is someone you know or is someone who has absolutely no information about who you are. You should never use your own name, give them your phone number, tell a person what city you live in or where you go to school, work or hang out. If you are in a relationship with someone and you want to have cybersex with someone else - the two of you need to decide if this is OK or not. Some couples decide it is OK to have cybersex with other people and some people think it is "cheating." Phone sex is very similar, but you usually know the person already.
Cybersex is Fun and Cheap for 10 Million People

disabilitykenya

Category: Health

<< Back to community | Back to Disability Kenya >>