I. CHILDREN ARE SEXUAL

A. ADULT RESPONSE AFFECTS CHILD

• ACCEPTANCE
• SHAME

B. PARENTS ARE OFTEN ANXIOUS

• AVOIDANCE
• TEACH WHAT WAS LEARNED AS CHILD

C. SIECUS GUIDELINES

• SEXUALITY NORMAL
• CHILDREN SHOULD BE RESPECTED
• RELATIONSHIPS SHOULD NEVER BE COERCIVE
• RISKS/POSITIVE/DIVERSITY SHOULD BE COMMUNICATE

A. INFANT MASTURBATION

• KINSEY - 32% BOYS < 1YR.; GIRLS 23 < 3YRS.
• GOOD MOTHER-CHILD RELATION; MORE LIKELY
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B. GENITAL EXPLORATION - GIRLS BY 16 MOS. CURIOUS

C. SEXUAL EXPERIMENTATION

• AGE 4-5 - SOME HETEROSEXUAL PLAY: DOCTOR
• AGE 8-12 - KISSING, SEX JOKES, PEEP SHOWS, ROUGH PLAY, BATHROOM
• HOMOSEXUAL 4-14YRS; 52% BOYS, 35% GIRLS
  • BOYS-GROUP MASTURBATION
• LEARNING ABOUT SEX MAY BE SHOCK

D. CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE - 33% GIRLS; 10% BOYS

E. INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL BEHAVIORS

• INTRUSIVE/PAINFUL CHILD-CHILD
• SELF-INFLICTED PAINFUL
• ORAL-GENITAL CHILD PLAY
• SIMULATED, OR ACTUAL INTERCOURSE
• FORCED PENETRATION WITH OBJECT OR FINGER OF CHILD

F. GAY AND LESBIAN CHILDREN

G. PARENTAL REACTION

• SETS TONE
• AFFECTION
• PARENTS ARE ROLE MODELS
• FEELING LOVED

H. EROTIC MATERIAL IS MISINFORMED

A. ONSET OF PUBERTY TO ADULTHOOD (~12-20YRS.)

B. PUBERTY - FUNCTIONALLY CAPABLE OF REPRODUCTION

• GIRLS 9-13
• BOYS12-16

C. GIRLS-ONSET RELATED TO BODY WEIGHT AND FAT DEPOSITION

• 1830-NORWAY, AGE 17+; U.S. TODAY-~AGE 12
• ATHLETIC GIRLS MAY BE LATER
• MOST-BEGINS 9-13
• CHANGES
  1. BROADENING OF HIPS
  2. ENLARGEMENT OF BREASTS
  3. PUBIC HAIR
• GROWTH OF UTERUS(2X), TUBES, VAGINA, LABIA
• 2 YRS LATER - UNDERARM HAIR
• 1-2YRS AFTER HIP BROADENING, MENARCHE

D. SOCIAL MEANING

1. GIRLS - EARLY DEV.

• SEEN AS MORE SEXUAL
• "BAD"
• POPULAR
• MAY NOT BE READY FOR ADDED RESPONSIBILITY

2. GIRLS - LATE DEV.

• ANXIETY
  
• LEFT OUT OF DATING

E. BOYS MATURE SLOWER

A. CAUSES

• NO THEORY HAS BEEN PROVEN
• HOMOSEXUALITY IS NOT A DISORDER
• ACCEPTANCE OF HOMOSEXUALITY VARIES ACROSS CULTURES
• GENDER ROLES DO NOT PREDICT HOMOSEXUALITY

B. LESBIAN AND GAY YOUTH

1. D'AUGELLI (1993); 200 LGB YOUTH, 15-21 YRS

• MOST AWARE OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION AT AGE 10

AGE 15: FIRST SAME-SEX EXPERIENCE

CAME OUT: AGE 16

• ONLY 1 IN 4 TOLD FAMILY MEMBER
• MANY WERE DISTRESSED
  • 50% WERE DEPRESSED; ANXIOUS
• MUCH EVIDENCE OF SUICIDALITY

  60% HAD CONTEMPLATED

• 42% PAST SUICIDE ATTEMPT (COMPARED WITH 6-13% OF NONGAY YOUTH)
• YOUNGER THE AGE OF COMING OUT, MORE PROBLEMS

2. HARASSMENT/VIOLENCE

• 80% VERBAL HARASSMENT
• 44% THREATENED WITH PHYSICAL VIOLENCE
• 17% BEATEN UP B/C LESBIAN/GAY/BI

A. SEXUAL FANTASIES

B. SEX BEHAVIOR

• MASTURBATIONGIRLS - ACCIDENTAL SELF-DISCOVERY
• HOMOSEXUAL - SOME EXPERIMENTATION
• HETERO - 4+ YEARS- KISSING TO INTERCOURSE+

C. FIRST INTERCOURSE

1. ATTITUDES

• ABSTINENCE
• PERMISSIVENESS WITH AFFECTION*CURRENT
• PERMISSIVENESS WITHOUT AFFECTION
• DOUBLE STANDARD (OK FOR MEN, NOT WOMEN)

2. 70% USE CONTRACEPTION

3. GIRLS 17, BOYS 16 YRS.

4. LESS PLEASANT FOR FEMALES

• THE BIG LIE
• PASSIVE NON-LABELING
• GOOD GIRL SYNDROME
• INFORMATION DEPENDENCE ON MEN

D. TIME OF CONFUSION FOR GAY/LESBIAN ADOL.

E. RELIABILITY OF DATA-UNDERSTANDING OF QUESTIONS

• LOSS OF VIRGINITY
• SEXUAL INTERCOURSE

A. ADOL PREGNANCY IN US IS HIGH

B. 54.7 LIVE BIRTHS PER 1,000 TEENS, AGE 15-19

C. PREVENTING ADOL PREG

• PEER PRESSURE
• PARENTAL DISAPPROVAL MAY LEAD TO INCREASED RISK
• LACK OF CONTRACEPTIVE KNOWLEDGE

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