The first time is going to be amazing—right? Sure, it might hurt a little at first but then . . . ah! We’ve watched romantic comedies. It’s going to be all glitter and roses. We’ve seen porn. Sexy-hot-lusty-busty fun is there for the taking.

Besides, everyone is doing it—aren’t they?

Actually, they aren’t.

At age seventeen, less than 50 percent of young women have had sex. By age twenty, that increases to about 75 percent. Most of those are having sex with a steady partner.¹

But there is lot of pressure to get down to business, and it can be tough territory to navigate—especially if you’re convinced that ecstasy is only a thrust away!