CFD 135 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Safe Sex, Pus, Relationship Counseling
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With whom we can engage in sexual relations. Cultural scenarios-recognize influences such as family or origin communities. Interpersonal scenarios-recognize how different people interact and relate. Intrapsychic scripts-account for individual desires, fantasies, emotions and intentions. Infancy (birth to 2 years) -newborns have no ability to respond sexually. Early childhood- attachment bond assists in beginning of gender development. Adolescence- sexual maturation occurs , menstruation occurs for girls, seminal emissions occur for boys, hormone levels increase. Early adulthood- a time of exploration through dating relationships. Middle adulthood- 30s and 40s married couples enjoy sex, between 40 and 60 women experience menopause, males experience a decrease in testosterone. 63% have had sex by their 18th birthday. 47% have had sex in the last month. 70% of sexually active teens have had more than one partner in the period of a year. Of all stis are found in young adults under the age of 25.
