A: No, you are not right at all. Alas, it is quite easy for a boy of 14 to become a father.

Q: I am a 21-year-old woman and recently when I was in bed with my boyfriend, I found that I had drenched the sheet when I discharged.

I almost fainted with shock. Trust me, you can only imagine how embarrassed I was!

What could be the cause of this heavy vaginal discharge?

I went to a doctor, but he assured me that nothing was wrong.

A: The doctor was right. This was NOT a 'vaginal discharge'. What you experienced was the phenomenon of 'female ejaculation'. This occurs in a minority of women, many of whom are quite highly sexed.

The fluid which emerges when they orgasm is thought to originate in little glands located just in front of the vagina. They are the equivalent of a guy's prostate gland.

So what happened to you is actually NORMAL for a substantial minority of women. There is nothing you can do to change it or stop it from happening.

Please bear in mind that a lot of men actually LIKE it when this ejaculation happens. They think it is a tribute to their skill and virility.

You can find out a lot more about this common phenomenon if you just tap the words 'female ejaculation' into Google or Wikipedia.

Q: I penetrated a girl for about two seconds last month. Now she is saying that she is pregnant and I am the father. Is this possible?

A: Yes, I am afraid so. Even a penetration that lasted around two seconds could be enough to get a girl pregnant.

However, if you did not discharge, that certainly does reduce the chances that you are the father.

Q: I am a 15-year-old student and I have some unanswered questions about my body. I am a virgin.

For the last six months, I have been seeing a mucus-like substance on my underwear. I have no idea what this is.

Could I possibly have caught a cold in my vagina? I have heard people say that this can happen.

A: No, there is no such thing as a 'cold in the vagina'. It sounds as though what you are seeing is probably the normal vaginal secretions, which most girls see from early teenage years onwards. It usually creates a sort of 'snail-track' appearance on the gusset of the girl's pants. It increases in volume if you think about sex. Also, it varies in amount and texture at different times of the menstrual cycle.

I think it would be a good idea if you saw a doc for a quick check-up to make sure that this really is just a normal secretion. But I feel certain she will tell you that all is well.

Q. A boy I have just met tells me that he is 'sterile'. Can I believe him?

A: Probably not. Young men often pretend to be sterile in order to get girls to sleep with them.

Q: I am a bit worried about my girlfriend, who is what I think they call an 'exhibitionist'.

We are both at university and we have been going steady for about a year. Our sex life is good. She is on the Pill. Neither of us plays away from home.

But recently, she has been saying that she wants more excitement in our love life. Eventually, it transpired that what she meant was that she wants us to make love in 'risky' places - particularly around the campus.

Apparently, she is enormously turned on by the idea that other people might see us while we are having sex. I am not at all sure about this.

However, I have tried to comply with her desires because I love her. So, in the last few weeks, we have had intercourse several times in the open air. On the most recent occasion, I realised that someone was watching us from behind the bushes. I was really scared by this, but my girlfriend was ecstatic about it. Afterwards, she told me that she had her best climax ever.

Should I go along with what she wants? Or do you feel she is a little crazy?

A: Your girlfriend is an 'exhibitionist'. People who have this particular characteristic think that it is real exciting to have a third party watch them while they are making love. This seems to give them a special thrill.

To be frank, it seems to me that what your lady friend is getting you to do is pretty dangerous. After all, some of the people who are wandering about in the bushes at night could be criminals. I have known of cases where young couples having open-air sex are attacked and robbed. In some instances, the girls are gang-raped.

Also, you have to bear in mind that both of you could get in trouble with the police, or the university authorities.

Why does your partner have these urges to be observed while making love? My guess is that it is something slightly unusual in her personality. Does she enjoy 'showing off?' Does she like to be the centre of attention?

I am not saying that she is psychologically ill but it seems probable that she has a slightly unusual sort of personality, with strong 'look-at-me' elements.

You say you love this young woman, so presumably you want to stay with her. However, I don't think that this means you have to continue having sex in dangerous places.

Some young couples do get quite a thrill from making love in a safe place indoors, such as near a window. This gives them the feeling that they just MIGHT be partially observed by a keen passer-by.

However, if you do this, I would urge you to make sure that only your heads are visible to anyone outside. I certainly do NOT recommend that you get close enough to the window to let people see your bodies. Remember, that could be deeply offensive to neighbours.

I remember treating a young female patient who liked to do that kind of thing. She had positioned the head of her bed near her window, and she used to wave to her friends as they passed by on a footpath about 30 yards away. What they did not realise was that her lover was out of sight.

She eventually grew out of these exhibitionist tendencies. Maybe your girl friend will too. But in the meantime, please take great care!

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