- Hey, guys, so this video is sponsored by NHS Go,
which is a new app that the NHS has launched
which is there to help young people know more
about their health and get advice.
And so I wanted to talk about sexual health.
(clicking tongue)
Surprise, surprise.
So obviously your sexual health is super-duper important.
When it comes to sexual health and our bodies,
it's not just STIs that fall under that umbrella.
It's also about your just vaginal health,
your penis health, all of the genitals,
and boobies as well.
They need looking after.
And there's definitely a lot of things
that I wasn't taught when I was a kid or a teenager
and either had to figure out for myself when I was older
or somebody eventually told me when I was older
and I was like, "I'm sorry, what?
"Why has no one told me this until now?"
And so because I didn't get the sex education
that I think we all deserve,
and I'm still learning new things every day,
I asked you guys on Twitter what you wish you'd known
about your sexual or genital health.
And I just thought I'd go through some of your responses
and talk through them.
My hair's coming out.
Oh, maybe that's better.
PhilSBarnett says, "The other person probably doesn't know
"how to put a Johnny on either.
"Find out together or Google."
This is true.
So many people don't know how to put a condom on properly,
and I really love the suggestion of finding out together,
because that's just really fun thing to do
with your sexual partner.
But if you were wondering...
Should we do a demonstration?
Do I have spare condoms?
Of course you do, Hannah, come on.
You rip it this way.
Make sure you're not tearing into the actual condom.
So you rip it towards the edge.
So you want to get it so that it rolls down outwards.
So just like (clicking tongue) a little test.
Yeah, that's rolling that way.
Then you pinch the top.
You have to pinch the top
so that it doesn't collect air.
And then you put it on the penis or sex toy.
And then you roll and you roll and you roll.
(laughing)
Doesn't do this if it's on an object. (laughing)
And you roll it all the way down to the base
and you're good.
Now I've got lubey hands.
♫ Lubey hands
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Wow, so that response went to a place
that I wasn't expecting.
SoniaOReilly says, "That masturbation is a thing that exists
"and it's great and normal and kinda awesome.
"Also, no soap in the vag."
I love this.
Yes, masturbation is great and it is normal
and you can do it if you want to do it
and there's no shame in that.
And it's super healthy and a great way
to get to know your body and understand your own pleasure.
Also, the no soap in the vag thing.
Yes, don't do it, people.
If you have a vagina,
you should know that your vagina is amazing.
It is a self-cleaning system.
You don't need to put any products up there
to clean it out, make it smell better.
You can just wash your vagina with your hands and hot water.
Jenni says, "Don't shave bikini line.
"You'll get ingrown hairs the size of grapes."
Whoa, I'm not sure if you're exaggerating.
I've never seen ingrown hairs the size of grapes,
but I'm sure if I just dig around on YouTube,
I might be able to find them. (laughing)
Because there's a lot of stuff on YouTube.
I kind of believe each to their own
with what you wanna do with your pubic hair,
and if you want to remove it,
your method of choice of how you wanna remove it.
But it is true that if you shave,
you will get ingrown hairs.
And they're not great.
I got very confused,
because people kept telling me about ingrown hairs,
but I'd never seen an ingrown hair and I was like,
"How will I recognize an ingrown hair if I have one
"when I have it if I don't know what it looks like?"
I'm genuinely, should I Google ingrown hairs?
Is this gonna be bad for me?
(groaning)
Oh, wait, (exhaling) it's cartoon diagrams.
Whew.
Oh!
Mm, guys, don't do it.
(laughing)
This video really is going somewhere
that I did not expect.
Jaxywaxyy says, "Was never taught
"how to check my balls until recently."
Yeah, I get this.
I mean, I don't have balls,
but I've been told my whole life,
or at least since I got boobs,
is just check your boobs for any lumps
and it might be a sign of breast cancer
and go get it checked out.
And I'm like, "But my whole boob is just like full
"of lumps and bumps.
"Which ones are normal and which ones aren't?"
And I'm just there just touching my boobs,
just going, "I don't know."
Yeah, I also only learnt recently
how to self-examine my breasts.
(laughing) Breasts.
AliceLissy says, "Vaginal discharge is perfectly normal."
Yes, Alice, it's very, very normal.
It also took me ages to figure that out,
'cause I was like, "What is all of this stuff
"in my underwear every day?"
And I felt embarrassed about it.
And then I realized that every person
with a vagina gets it.
Like I said, that's your vagina doing the cleaning.
It's cleaning out, flushing it all out.
Very healthy.
Very, very healthy.
Laurie_Helena says, "I wish there would have been
"more information about non-heterosexual sex
"and about consent."
Me too, Laurie, me too.
We weren't really taught that much about sex
that didn't happen between a man and a woman,
a penis and a vagina.
And all I was ever taught about consent at school was,
"No means no," and that's not enough.
Andrewvicars26 says, "I wish I knew that STDs are something
"to be aware of but also not to obsess over them."
Yes, I get this.
Because you wanna be aware of them
and you wanna be keeping safe,
but you don't wanna obsess over them
in the sense of disgust and shame and embarrassment
and all of those negative feelings
that could be associated with them.
Speaking of STDs and STIs,
I actually went to a sexual healthy clinic this morning
to go get tested.
I think that people who are sexually active
should get regularly tested,
like once or twice a year
or whenever you change sexual partners.
As much as possible, really.
And also, use condoms, guys.
Use condoms.
I went to the clinic this morning, had a blood test,
did my own vaginal swab in private.
So you know, bish, bash, bosh, lovely jubbly.
And then they just send you a text a few hours later
so you don't have to do the nerve-wracking
calling them up on the phone
and getting them to tell your results.
STIs are a thing.
Get yourself checked out.
If you do have an STI, you're not dirty.
You're not disgusting.
Go to your doctor,
get the right medication and help that you need,
and use condoms. (clicking tongue)
La_Lienne says,
"Labia have so many different shapes and sizes."
Yes, they do.
And different colors, and it's all wonderful.
I find it really upsetting when I see people
with vaginas getting self-conscious about them
because they see a certain type
of small and tucked and neat vagina in porn
and that doesn't look anything like their own vagina.
It's very normal for one labia to be bigger than the other
or for your labia minora to stick out
between your labia majora.
Wait, I've not really talked about penises.
Let's see if I can find one about a penis.
Ssjgus1 says, "What's the function/purpose of my foreskin?"
Great question.
Gonna be real with you.
I don't know.
Should we Google it?
"Keeping the gland moist,
"protecting the developing penis in utero,
"or enhancing sexual pleasure
"due to the presence of nerve receptors."
Foreskins are great.
I think we've talked about genitals quite enough, don't you?
No, it's never enough.
Always talk about genitals, it's great.
Thank you, guys, for tweeting me those responses
that are super helpful
and even led me to do some of my own Googling
of ingrown hair and foreskins.
So you know, everyone's a winner today.
Like I said, this video is sponsored by NHS Go
which is a free app that you can download,
and there'll be a link in the description
where you can download it.
And it's got loads of stuff and covers all the things
that we've been talking about.
So it's got a section on sex and relationships,
a section on LGBT, and a section on puberty.
And it's also got loads of other things on there,
just like general health, mental health.
Each of these sections has loads of FAQs
and different bits of advice and loads of sections.
It covers everything.
So if you have any questions
and you are not quite ready to go to a doctor
or see another medical professional about it
because you're too nervous,
then definitely check out this app,
because there is all of the information
that you could want on there,
and then you can make an informed decision
about whether or not you need to go see a doctor.
And then if you do need to go see a doctor,
it has this services bit
where you just put in your postcode
and you can see all of your local services,
from GP to sexual health clinic
to other clinics.
And then it also has a section about your rights,
as in what rights that you have through the NHS.
Genuinely, I have been a very ill girl most of my life
and I've stayed in hospitals a lot.
I love the NHS,
and I love that the NHS have an app for young people.
I'm all about it.
Yeah, so definitely download the NHS Go app,
and you can check out their website, nhsgo.uk.
And, oh, just leftover bit of condom wrapper.
Great. Thank you for watching.
I hope you enjoyed this video.
Please give it a thumbs up if you did.
And let me know in the comments if I missed any things
that you wish that you had learnt when you were younger,
because I just feel like there's just
so much more out there that we just missed.
Don't forget to subscribe,
because I make new videos every week, and I'll see you soon.
Bye!
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