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There are self-care methods that will help a male increase the size of his penis and help a female increase the size of her breasts.

If you ask your boyfriend or girlfriend to get tested for STDs before becoming physically intimate, you are insulting that person and indicating that he/she is “dirty” or “easy.”

Teens are most often recommended to use condoms and a back-up method of birth control, such as the pill or patch, to protect themselves against unwanted pregnancies and the transmission of STDs.

Parents must always be informed when a teen wants to meet with a medical care professional to discuss safer sex methods of to be tested for STDs.

Abstinence is the only 100% certain way of protecting oneself from the transmission of STDs or from unwanted pregnancies.

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While 93% of teenage women report that their first intercourse was voluntary, one-quarter of these young women report that it was unwanted. ⁷