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  • You can only get Chlamydia if you are under 25?

    CORRECT! Chlamydia is an infection passed through sexual contact with an infected person. It is most common in 15 to 24 year olds but anyone can get it. Click here for more info.

    INCORRECT! Chlamydia is an infection passed through sexual contact with an infected person. It is most common in 15 to 24 year olds but anyone can get it. Click here for more info.

    True False

  • If you take emergency contraception too many times it can stop you getting pregnant in the future.

    CORRECT! Taking Emergency Hormonal Contraception (EHC) does not affect your long-term chances of having a baby, no matter how many times you take it.

    INCORRECT! Taking Emergency Hormonal Contraception (EHC) does not affect your long-term chances of having a baby, no matter how many times you take it.

    True False

  • More teenagers get pregnant over the Christmas period than any other time of year!?

    CORRECT! On average December is the month when most teenagers get pregnant. Click here for more info on sex, booze and drugs.

    INCORRECT! On average December is the month when most teenagers get pregnant. Click here for more info on sex, booze and drugs.

    True False

  • The brain is the sexiest part of your body?

    CORRECT! It is here that everything starts – feelings, sensations, hormonal releases and more.

    INCORRECT! It is here that everything starts – feelings, sensations, hormonal releases and more.

    True False

  • When a girl reaches puberty she will have up to 1 million eggs in her ovaries.

    CORRECT! But only between 400-500 of these will ever be released. Each egg is so small it is invisible to the naked eye.

    INCORRECT! But only between 400-500 of these will ever be released. Each egg is so small it is invisible to the naked eye.

    True False

  • 300 million sperm are contained in the average ejaculation?

    CORRECT! Large numbers of sperm are needed to make the journey into the vagina and towards the egg. Only one sperm is needed to fertilise the egg but most don’t get anywhere near.

    INCORRECT! Large numbers of sperm are needed to make the journey into the vagina and towards the egg. Only one sperm is needed to fertilise the egg but most don’t get anywhere near.

    True False

  • You can catch STIs from toilet seats if they are dirty.

    CORRECT! Sexually Transmitted Infections can only be passed on through close body contact with someone who is infected.

    INCORRECT! Sexually Transmitted Infections can only be passed on through close body contact with someone who is infected.

    True False

  • Sperm can stay inside a woman's body and fertilise an egg more than five days after sex.

    CORRECT! Sperm can live for up to 5 days on average inside the woman’s body but up to 7 days if the conditions are right.

    INCORRECT! Sperm can live for up to 5 days on average inside the woman’s body but up to 7 days if the conditions are right.

    True False

  • You can catch an STI from oral sex?

    CORRECT! You can catch Chlamydia, Gonorrhoea, Syphilis, Genital warts and Herpes through oral sex with an infected partner.

    INCORRECT! You can catch Chlamydia, Gonorrhoea, Syphilis, Genital warts and Herpes through oral sex with an infected partner.

    True False

  • Girls shouldn't wash their hair when they are on their period.

    CORRECT! This myth has been around for a long time but there is no reason whatsoever why girls or women cannot carry on with their normal routine.

    INCORRECT! This myth has been around for a long time but there is no reason whatsoever why girls or women cannot carry on with their normal routine.

    True False

  • If you haven't got a condom a plastic bag, crisp packet or cling film will do?

    CORRECT! Condoms are tested to a very high standard to make sure they are as effective as they can be at preventing pregnancy and STIs - plastic bags, crisp packets and cling film have not!

    INCORRECT! Condoms are tested to a very high standard to make sure they are as effective as they can be at preventing pregnancy and STIs - plastic bags, crisp packets and cling film have not!

    True False