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Adolescent sexuality and childhood Flashcards

Chapter 10 and 11

1
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What are three problems to surveying childhood sexual behaviour?

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  • Legal/ethical issues
  • Older people can’t accurately recall sexual behaviour at childhood
  • Talking computer interviews don’t help these two points
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What are six sexual things associated with infancy (0 to 2 years)

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  • Erections
  • Masturbation normal
  • Sexual infant encounters such as gazing and kissing
  • Non-genital sensual experiences like bathing and cuddling
  • Attachment between infant and caregivers
  • Knowing about boy/girl differences
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What are 4 sexual things associated with early childhood (2 to 8 years)?

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  • Masturbation (pleasurable and normal, but learned to be private)
  • Same-sex behaviour (sexual play)
  • Some other sex play (eg. play doctor)
  • Crushes
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What is different about masturbation at early childhood compared to infancy?

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It is learned to be private in early childhood

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What are four sexual things associated with preadolescence (8 to 12 years)?

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  • Puberty begins
  • May experience first sexual attraction
  • Sexual questioning for LGBT individuals
  • Boys and girls learn about masturbation in different ways
  • Dating
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6
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Current data suggests that today’s youth masturbate early or later that Kinsey’s time youth?

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About two years earlier

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How do men and women differ in terms of starting to masturbate to orgasm?

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Men all begin roughly around the same time, women ‘discover’ this at varying times throughout life

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Why do preadolescence begin dating more than earlier?

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Mixed gender groups become a thing

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9
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In which age group is non-homosexual same-sex behaviour most commonly seen?

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Preadolescence

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10
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What are three sexual things that are associated with adolescence (13 to 19 years)?

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  • The influence of mass media on reinforces stereotype views of sexual behaviour and relationships
  • Sexualization of girls
  • Sexualization of men
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11
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What percent of adolescents participate in same sex sexual experiences at least once?

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10%

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What is a difference between participation rates in sexual behaviour between boys and girls in grade 7 and 11

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In grade 7, more boys have had sex,

in grade 11, more girls have had sex

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13
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By grade 11, how many teens have had sex?

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About haf

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14
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Do boys, or girls have sexual intercourse first on average?

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Girls

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15
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What are some trends about first sexual intercourse in males and females?

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  • Gap closing between first experience in males and females

- In most countries teens are having more sex

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Is there variation between countries in terms of agao of first sexual intercourse?

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Yes, large variation

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What are four kinds of attitudes towards adolescent intercourse?

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  • Abstinence
  • Permissiveness with affection (love and commitment)
  • Permissiveness without affection Intercourse ok based on physical attraction)
  • Double standard (acceptable for males but not females to have sex)
18
Q

What attitude towards adolescent intercourse has Canada historically held?

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Abstinence or the double standard

19
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What adolescent intercourse attitude to today’s youth hold?

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Permissiveness with affection

20
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Is dating and commitment occurring at younger or older ages?

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Younger. These relationships not legitimize sexual activity

21
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What is it called when partners in a relationship are monogamous but move on to other partners at relationships end?

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Serial monogamy

22
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What are two alternative forms of relationships?

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  • Friends with benefits

- Hooking up

23
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How does society send a double message to adolescents in terms of sexuality?

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  • Many permissive messages (eg. everyone is having sex)

- Many restrictive messages

24
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Does condom use with first time sex increase with age or decrease?

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Decrease

25
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When is condom use most frequent?

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Casual sex or at the beginning of a relationship

26
Q

Are you more likely to engage in unsafe sex if you’re drinking?

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Yes, duh

27
Q

What are two forms of technology which have implications with sex?

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  • Facebook (relationship status)

- Sexting

28
Q

What ares of Canda have the highest rates of teen pregnancy?

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  • Quebec
  • Prairie provinces
  • Territories
29
Q

Does more talk among young people about sex lead to more understanding?

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No, this is why sex education for younger people is important despite taboo. The taboo contributes to educational silence

30
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What are four current states of sex education?

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  • Highly variable among schools
  • Gradually improving
  • Sex educators are more likely to see sex as benign rather than negative
  • Majority of students still rate their sex ed as poor or non-existent
31
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Are schools more likely to align with liberal or restrictive ideologies? Why?

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Restrictive, it is far better to be accused of ignoring the sexual health needs of youth than corrupting the morals of a minor

32
Q

What percent of parents want sexual education in schools? Students?

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85% of parents

92% of students

33
Q

What are four common topics for sex ed?

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  • Puberty
  • Reproduction
  • Sexual orientation
  • Relationships
34
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When does sexualization of girls begin (what life stage)?

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Preadolescence

35
Q

What is one of the biggest biological factors for the emergence of sexuality in adolescence?

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Testosterone production in both males and females

36
Q

Does the progression of sexual experience tend to follow a sexual script? (eg. deep kissing, touching above waist, touching below waist, oral sex, intercourse)

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Yes

37
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What is the order of sexual experience most commonly seen? (5 sexual acts)

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  • deep kissing
  • touching above the waist
  • touching below the waist
  • oral sex
  • intercourse
38
Q

Do immigrants in Canada have sex earlier or later than non-immigrants (on average)?

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Later

39
Q

What are some motives for having sexual intercourse?

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  • Expressing love or devotion for partner
  • Experiencing physical arousal or desire
  • Wanting to please the partner
  • Feeling pressure from peers
  • Wanting physical pleasure
40
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What are five factors that make teen pregnancies less likely?

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  • Higher rate of contraceptive use
  • Poor and disadvantaged families
  • National programs that support transition into adult economic roles and parenthood reduce teen pregnancy rates
  • Teenagers with access to info and services are less likely to get pregnant

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