You Know, Sex: Bodies, Gender, Puberty, and Other Things

Finally finished this book. I really enjoyed it and how informative it is, how it made good on its promise to showcase so many different body types, people, and lifestyles, and how it covered topics like consent and secret touch. Most of the sex education information out there tends to gloss over these subjects or cover them at the basic level, but here they were discussed in depth with the many different ways these things can present themselves. I also appreciated how the book described sex as not just doing naked stuff with yourself or other people, but all the acts of intimacy leading up to that. I think that did a great job of both demystifying sex a little bit to where it's not this big, scary thing, but also added a bit more importance to the everyday aspect of relationships and that even if everyone is fully clothed and nothing “sexy” is happening, it's still a precious thing to be allowed in someone's space and to have them trust you. The only reason it took me forever to finish this book is that it read like a textbook at times when the topics were more biology based, and I just prefer cohesive stories (like fantasy). Great book, very informative, and I highly recommend it to people of all ages because of the variety of perspectives shown. We could all benefit from hearing other people.