HappyPlayTime

HappyPlayTime is a sex education app for young women. This includes learning about anatomy, sexual health, and female masturbation. Players will be instructed in how bodies work and how to have a good relationship with pleasure centers. While some parents might be uncomfortable with this type of sex education, studies have shown that developing a healthy relationship to sexuality--including masturbation--is important for young people's sense of self and future happiness. (For more on this, check out the HappyPlayTime website.)

Parents should note that the game does not cover sex education for transgender people; the HappyPlayTime website does point to some outside resources, however.

• Is it difficult for you to think about or talk about your body? Why is this?
• Do you know where or who you would go to for help if you had a problem or a question about sex or your body?
• Is it easier to confront these issues in an app like this than it might be with a parent?
• If you experienced discomfort with the notion of masturbation, what was it specifically that made you uncomfortable? What role do you think history and social norms surrounding female sexuality play in this discomfort?