Body Image: Appearance, Self-Perception, and Sexual Confidence
Body image is how a person perceives, thinks, and feels about their body, including appearance, physical characteristics, abilities, changes, and sexual confidence.
Body image is how a person perceives, thinks, and feels about their body, including appearance, physical characteristics, abilities, changes, and sexual confidence.
Embodiment is the lived experience of the body, including sensation, movement, body image, sexuality, identity, pleasure, discomfort, and bodily awareness.
Neurodiversity recognizes natural differences in how brains develop and function and can influence communication, sensory experience, relationships, identity, and sexual health.
Child sexual development is the age-related process of learning about bodies, gender, privacy, boundaries, relationships, reproduction, and personal safety.
Gender literacy is the ability to understand and communicate about gender identity, expression, roles, stereotypes, diversity, and their relationship to sexuality and society.
Inclusive sex education provides accurate, age-appropriate sexuality information that reflects diverse genders, orientations, bodies, abilities, relationships, and experiences.
Menstrual suppression means intentionally reducing or stopping periods, usually with hormonal methods, for health, contraception, comfort, or gender affirmation.
Menstrual stigma is the shame, secrecy, discrimination, or negative judgment associated with menstruation and can affect health, education, relationships, and dignity.
Period underwear is reusable absorbent underwear designed to collect menstrual blood and may be worn alone or as backup with other menstrual products.
Menstrual health covers physical, emotional, and social well-being related to menstruation, including cycle knowledge, hygiene, symptom care, and access to resources.