TEEN TABOOS
PROGRAMME 1: THE BIG 'O'
LINKS
Related websites
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www.channel4.com/health/microsites/
0-9/4health/teenlife/sst_index.html
Sex Stuff section of 4Health's Teen Life website includes Sex for One? Frank advice for your masturbation worries.
www.healthyrespect.co.uk
This is a site for young people, with areas for professionals, about sexual health and relationships.
www.connexions-direct.com
Run by the government, this website has information and advice on a wide range of topics including sexuality and relationships.
www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/BHCV2/
bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Masturbation?Open
This page of the Better Health Channel website contains factual information about masturbation, including the benefits to health. It also has a link to Family Planning Victoria website which contains information for young people about sexual health and relationships.
www.channel4.com/health/microsites/
0-9/4health/teenlife/has_people.html
This part of the Channel 4 Health site contains information for young people on what stress is, its causes and how to beat it. Also included are some real-life experiences and helplines and other sources of support for young people under stress.
Clips
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Different for girls?
Clip 1: 05:13 – 07:25
- Opens with the narrator saying, 'Kirsty and her friends Kayleigh and Chanice are certainly not comfortable with the idea of masturbation.'
- Closes with Dr Jane saying, 'It's almost a sort of badge of honour.'
Confidence and maturity
Clip 2: 09:02 – 10:15
- Opens with the narrator saying, 'Amy is the only one of her school friends who happily admits to masturbating.'
- Closes with Amy saying, 'I feel a bit more adult and I can do these things.'
Stressed to the max!
Clip 3: 13:12 – 13:58
- Opens with Dr Pacey saying, 'Masturbation is a short term fix for stress.'
- Closes with Jen saying, Wow! It's like a whole new world!'
