Hi there, As a first part of my new educational series for our Sajha Community, I am starting this "Sajha Sex Education 101" for all the young fellows who are raging with massive hormonal activities. This thread aims to reduce the risks of potentially negative outcomes from sexual behaviour, such as unwanted or unplanned pregnancies and infection with sexually transmitted diseases including HIV. It also aims to contribute to young people’s positive experience of their sexuality by enhancing the quality of their relationships and their ability to make informed decisions over their lifetime Even our president Barack Obama thinks " it’s the right thing to do,.... to provide age-appropriate sex education, science-based sex education in schools."  He actually wants to provide sex education to the Kindergarten kids !! (http://blogs.abcnews.com/polit... The first session will deal with GENITAL HERPES. What is genital herpes? Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by the herpes simplex viruses type 1 (HSV-1) or type 2 (HSV-2). Most genital herpes is caused by HSV-2. Most individuals have no or only minimal signs or symptoms from HSV-1 or HSV-2 infection. When signs do occur, they typically appear as one or more blisters on or around the genitals or rectum. The blisters break, leaving tender ulcers (sores) that may take two to four weeks to heal the first time they occur. Typically, another outbreak can appear weeks or months after the first, but it almost always is less severe and shorter than the first outbreak.  Although the infection can stay in the body indefinitely, the number of outbreaks tends to decrease over a period of years. (Image purely for Educational purpose only. Source: http://www.genital-warts-help.... (image removed due to explicit nature) Last edited: 03-Mar-10 10:12 PM