INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Before removing the pessary, you should wash your hands with mild soap and hot water. Dry them thoroughly with clean paper towels. Position your legs apart while standing, lying down, or sitting. You should be able to use the same position used while inserting the pessary. Remember to keep the legs apart and the knees bent. If standing, place your non-dominant foot on a stool and lean over that leg during the removal process. Insert your index finger into your vagina and locate the rim of the pessary. Hook your fingertip under or over the rim.  More precisely, you should locate the knob, notch, or opening along the rim and hook your finger into that. Note that the pessary should be just beneath the pubic bone. Use your finger to tilt the pessary slightly, then gently pull it down until it slides out of the vagina.  You should only need to tilt the pessary by about 30 degrees. Folding the pessary may help you remove it, but it will not fold as completely as it did during insertion. The vaginal walls should usually stretch adequately well for you to remove the device even without folding it, however. If you have difficulty sliding it out, bear down as though you are having a bowel movement. This action can help push the rim of the pessary forward, making it easy to grab and pull out. After removing the pessary, you should wash your hands again using hot water and soap. Dry well.  Clean or discard the pessary as needed after removing it. This step completes the removal portion of the process.

SUMMARY: Wash your hands. Hold your legs apart. Insert your finger. Tilt and pull down. Wash your hands again.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Take a few inches of ribbon and fold it in half to make a loop. Tie the two ends into a knot to keep them together. Turn the clock over so that you can see the back. Put a drop of hot glue close to the top. Press the ribbon down onto it and let it dry.  Glue guns can get very hot. Ask an adult to help you with this step. You can also staple the ribbon to the plate instead. Cut a long, skinny rectangle out of some yellow paper. Cut a circle out of the same paper and glue it to the bottom of the rectangle. Wait for the glue to dry, then poke a hole near the top of the rectangle. Turn the clock over so that the back is facing you, and open up the brad. Slip the prongs through the hole in the rectangle, then flatten them again. Turn your clock back over and swing the pendulum. Be careful not to get any glue onto the brad, or you may not be able to turn the arrows anymore. Cut a wave-like shape around the edges of the brown paper, and pin it to your wall. Your clock will look like a grandfather clock! Consider combining this with the swinging pendulum. If you want the paint the clock after you have written the numbers, you may need to re-write them. Some paint is translucent, and some paint is opaque. If you cannot find any glitter glue, then draw on the clock with some regular glue, and cover it with glitter. Tap the excess glitter off onto a sheet of paper. Use the paper to funnel the glitter back into its container. You can write "hour" on the little hand, and "minutes" on the big hand. You can also cut the hands out of two different colors, to make them easier to tell apart. You don't have to write the numbers using marker. Try using stickers or foam letters instead. You can also try using a silver or gold permanent marker. Consider using the Roman numbers instead: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, and XII. Start at the 1 o'clock position with the "I" and continue around the rim. The XII should be at the top of the clock, where the 12 would be.

SUMMARY: Hot glue a piece of ribbon to the back of the clock so you can hang it. Add a swinging pendulum to your clock. Glue the clock onto a large sheet of brown paper. Paint the clock face before you write the numbers down. Outline the clock and arrows with some glitter glue. Label the two clock hands, or make them different colors. Decorate the numbers.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Your behavior is not at fault if someone else is bullying you, even if the gossip that she is spreading about you is technically true. Other people make their own choices about how to treat you, and no one is ever justified in making you feel worthless or outcast. Even if you have had more sexual experience than other girls, no one is ever justified in calling you names or trying to hurt you. You do not deserve to be treated that way. You have value! It might be small comfort, but the fact is that most bullies are hurting inside. Bullying is a learned behavior, and there are many reasons why people would engage in this behavior. Studies show that bullies often lack close relationships and feel rejected by society. They take out their feelings on others by trying to make everyone else feel rejected, too.  Bullies tend to be manipulative, jealous, and lacking empathy for others.  Everyone has the basic need for acceptance, belonging, control, and meaning in their lives; unfortunately, bullies often lack all of these. They may bully people who seem unhappy and thus "easy targets," or they may go after people who seem to have the things they lack, like loving relationships, good grades, or successful jobs. The bully may be trying take the focus off of herself so that she is not a target herself; she may be trying to fit in; she may be bullied at home; or, it could be that the bully lacks a way to regulate her own anger and expresses it in unproductive ways. It is not a coincidence that the word "slut" is used against girls and women in a derogatory way. In fact, women have been targeted this way for a major portion of recorded history!  At least since the Victorian era, western society has focused on what some scholars call the Madonna-whore distinction.  This is the idea that women are all either good, pure, innocent virgins, or sleazy, scummy, and sexually active.  Of course, this is a ridiculous way to view humans, who are naturally sexual beings, but it is an idea that took hold in many cultures and still affects how we view and treat women today. While terms that focus on women's sexuality like slut, ho, or whore are often used to degrade women, there's usually a deeper, more sinister meaning that doesn't have much to do with sex.  When someone is called one of these things, it's a way of saying that they are not a good girl or woman. They don't fit society's mold in some major way. The term is a way of showing complete rejection for that person. You can fight back against this treatment of women by never using gender-specific insults, not even in jest. Don't let anyone label you or stop you from doing what you like.If you enjoy sexual relations and if that makes you happy,please go ahead.If anyone who judges you based on what you're doing speaks volumes about them.Not you.

SUMMARY:
Know it is not your fault. Know that she is probably hurting, too. Understand why bullies target girls' and women's sexuality. Know that it isn't just about sex. You know yourself the best.