Sexual Pleasure

Sexual pleasure is the enjoyable sensations you feel on different parts of your body during sexual activity.

You can give yourself or your partner sexual pleasure through lots of different types of touch.

Pornography is any photo, video or writing that mentions or is about sexual activity. Pornography is usually made to make the reader or viewer feel sexy. Pornography is sometimes called porn. Some porn is legal and some porn is illegal. Watching or looking at porn is a private behaviour that must happen in a private place.

Sexual activity can include lots of different things.

It can mean any kind of sexual touch including hand jobs, fingering, oral sex, anal sex, vaginal sex, genital to genital contact, using sex toys with partners, sexual intercourse and other things too. Sex is with another person or persons. Sex needs to be consensual, meaning you both want to do it. You can stop having sex at any time. Sex should feel good for both partners.

Masturbation is a type of sexual pleasure that you give to yourself. It could involve touching your genitals, your breasts or chest, or any other form of touch that gives you a pleasurable, sexy feeling. Masturbation is a private behaviour that must happen in a private place. It is against the law to masturbate in public.

Private things can be places, behaviour, talk, body parts, and types of touch. Private places are where no one can see or hear you.

Some examples of private places are your bedroom (if there is no one in it, and the door and blinds are shut) or the toilet at home when the door is shut. You can do private behaviours in these places such as masturbate, have sex, or look at pornography. You can only do private behaviours in private places otherwise there are legal consequences.