Psychology 2075 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9-12: Extramarital Sex, Sex Education, Premarital Sex
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Sexuality across the life span and sexual-health education. Sexuality begins to develop in the womb and continues throughout childhood. No studies on this includes one reason is the cultural belief that children are sexually innocent and that this innocence should be protected. More attention to the impact of child sexual abuse than to the course of normal child development. Not all children develop at the same pace. The assumption that beginning in early childhood, the sequential acquisition of increasingly sophisticated knowledge and skills related to sexuality if beneficial. Social with larger networks of friends and sex segregated groups. Pressure from their peers to conform to dress codes. Slang words, norms concerning sex and drugs. Some girls and a few boys begin physical change associated with puberty before age 13. Children may show their genitals to one another and touch one another genitals and rare cases masturbate together. Same sex play may be more common at this age.