Adolescent Development

the process through which adolescents are exposed to and educated about sexuality

societies in which adolescents are pressured to refrain from sexual activity until they have married or undergone a formal rite of passage into adulthood

societies in which pressures against adolescents sexual activity exist but are not vigilantly enforced

societies in which sexual activities during childhood and adolescence is not greatly restrained

sexual behavior that is experienced alone, such as masturbation or sexual fantasizing

one of the sex hormones secreted by the gonads found in both sexes but in higher levels amoung males

factors that increase the likelihood of some behavior or condition

an individual's orientation toward same- or other-sex sex partners

behavior that is consistent with prevailing expectations for how individuals of a given sex are to behave

the gender an individual identifies with

being forced by a date to have sex against one's will

any of a group of infections - including gonorrhea, herpes, chlamydia, and AIDs - passed on through sexual contact

programs that not oly provide information about contraception, STDs, and pregnancy but also teach teens how to refuse unwanted sex and avoid unintended sex, increase their motivation to engage in sage sex, and change perceptions about peer norms and attitudes

programs that encourage teens to avoid sexual activity but that do not provide information about safe sex