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Understanding Sexuality: Beliefs, Behaviors, and Education in Modern Relationships

This overview highlights the multifaceted nature of sexuality, encompassing beliefs, values, and behaviors related to sexual identity and orientation, including heterosexuality, homosexuality, and bisexuality. It reflects on how cultural values influence perceptions of attractiveness and sexual relationships. The discussion also explores the impact of significant revolutions in sexual norms, such as the separation of sex from marriage and procreation. Finally, it emphasizes the importance of comprehensive sex education in fostering healthy relationships, addressing societal challenges like teen pregnancy and STD rates.

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Understanding Sexuality: Beliefs, Behaviors, and Education in Modern Relationships

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  1. Sexuality Involves… • Beliefs • Values • Behaviors • Sexual Identity or Orientation: • Heterosexual/Homosexual • Bisexual • Transgender

  2. Sexual Relationship Strengths Source: Adapted from Olson & Olson 2000

  3. Sexuality and Culture • Universally regulated • Influenced by cultural values and standards: • Attractiveness • Behaviors • Attitudes

  4. Marriage Revolutions • Companionate Revolution: Separating Home from Workplace • Fertility Revolution: Separating Sex from Procreation • Contraceptive Revolution: Separating Coitus from Contraception • Sexual Revolution: Separating Sex from Marriage • Reproductive Revolution: Separating Procreation from Marriage • Procreation Revolution: Separating Pregnancy from Parenthood

  5. Sexuality Education • Sexuality plays critical role in healthy couple relationships • Evidence that sexual attitudes and behaviors differ in other countries • US society talks more openly about sex

  6. The Hook-Up Culture • Only 4% of women between 18-23 in non-marital relationships NOT sexually involved with their partner • The idea of “traveling” before marriage • The higher the population of women, the higher the ratio of female sexual activity • Most emerging adults will not experience an unintended pregnancy or an STI, but have already and will continue to experience regrettable sex • Detaching sex from love

  7. American Views … • National poll by Kaiser Family Foundation/ABC • General Findings: • 81% of parents favor broad sexuality programs • Programs should teach abstinence, but also prepare adolescents to use birth control and practice safe sex

  8. Sex Education • Historically problematic in U.S. • High teen pregnancy rates • Irregular and ineffective use of contraception by teenagers • Limited parent-teen communication

  9. Sex Education Programs • Public support • Classes found in: • Public and private schools • Churches and synagogues • General agreement—sexuality education begins in home • Resistance or reluctance by parents often found however

  10. Current research • Within 2 years of having sex for the first time, half of teenage girls may be infected with an STD • A study of 386 urban girls between 14 and 17 years of age, one quarter had Chlamydia by 15 • Repeated infections were common • Group counseling reduced STD transmission • Group counseling increased partner testing for STDs • Girls (and boys) with active father figure postpone first sexual encounter and are less likely to become a teenage parent

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