To get all of this right, It sounds like you got both abstinence as well as comprehensive sexual education in school back in 2008-2010 that didn't include sexual orientation or gender identity topics, and this also happened to be right around the same time you started masturbating to porn at 12-13 ...

Hi, my name is Michael. I am posting here because I have been thinking about my sexuality lately. I am a straight man, but I struggle with my desires for the opposite gender as well as a possible kink/fetish for women's clothing and Converse Chuck Taylor's shoes. So this is a lot to unpack. Let's st...

Yes. I honestly think that sex education and even Western culture changed a lot since 2008 when I was in middle school. Shows like "Ellen", "I Am Jazz", and "Modern Family" normalized LGBTQ+ people to Western audiences and we are finally seeing society accepting LGBTQ+ ...

Heather, what I was saying that I assumed that your gender identity falls under the “non-binary” umbrella through your notice of "they/them/theirs" pronouns. I stated that I accept your gender identity. In regard to the "anus design for sexual use" dilemma, a prominent sex educat...

Thanks Heather, In regard to your quote that “not only does the human body does not have a designer”, sounds like a normative statement of belief that I have trouble agreeing with. I also notice that your pronouns are “they/them/theirs”. First, I want to clarify that I accept your assumedly non-bina...

Hi Scarleteen Forums, So since 2009, I had this strange fetish for seeing women being anally penetrated. I hope this doesn't get viewed as "fap material" by the moderators. It started in 7th grade, when I watched porn on my laptop for the very first time at around age 13. Yes, I know, in t...

I like to see politeness, rationality, friendliness, and compassion in others. I just want to live my life and be comfortable. I kinda don't care if most people do not remember me after I die, for whatever reason, because to me what should matter is if I enjoyed my life and made a good impact overal...

Thank you so far. How do I develop a good sense of self-worth outside my physical appearance and sexual function? The reason I said those last two words before the question mark is because one notable side effect of my mental health medications is sexual dysfunction, which makes me feel insecure and...

Thanks, Sam, for responding to my post. Sorry for the somewhat long delay. In terms of having a healthy body image, I prefer body neutrality than body positivity. Body neutrality is exactly as it sounds; I accept things about my body that I do not like but cannot change due to time, physical limitat...

So, I have dealt with being bullied and excluded in grade school for having a disability and developed mental health issues like schizoaffective disorder, and binge eating disorder as a teen and young adult. The accumulation of this grief is when two people from middle and high school said to me tha...

Hi dazzlerazzle, It wasn't great that a moderator on that other site decided that the way to respond to you was with a very unhelpful generalization! It sounds like you've been getting some conflicting and, frankly, inaccurate messages about sexual preferences and masturbation, so let's see if we c...

Hi, Scarleteen Forums, So, I have heard about this online forum community when I was 14. So to start on with my story, my fetish started in high school when I was a sophomore and was waiting at a bus stop with my classmate from engineering class Justin. Nearby, I saw his sister Jasmine, a senior at ...