Talk:Adolescent sexuality

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"Prevalence of sexually-experienced 15-year-olds"

Even more relevant in this context is information on how many births per 1,000 population there are in the national groups age 15- to 19. It's the only valid NPOV data to judge the national policies on the subject of sex ed. --Nemissimo (talk) 12:38, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

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I was surprised that the survey data on adolescent sexuality did not include any mention of homosesual activity. In some cultures, especially those where girls are "off limits," homosexual activity among boys is common to the point of being conventional. It would probably be related to the data presented, in that in some countries, the rates of sexual experience for boys and girls are relatively equal, while in some others, the rates for girls are low while the rates for boys are high. Homosexual activity among the boys would explain this, but only if homosexual experience was included in the research. In any case, this article would benefit from a lot more information. --Janice Vian, Ph.D. (talk) 16:07, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

"Juveniles Who Commit Sexual Crimes"

When discussing juvenile sexuality, it is pertinent to gain a comprehensive understanding of juvenile sexual offenses. Upon doing an extensive search on juvenile sexual offenders on Wikipedia, it was surprising to note the lack of evidenced based information on this topic. This may be because this topic is not well known or studied within the field of social work. Additionally, it is a topic that evokes ubiquitous responses in American society, often provoking stigma and taboo. However, it is essential for society to understand prevalence, correlates, and evidenced based interventions to further assess and understand these often mis-represented youth. Thus, a short educational excerpt will be added to Wikipedia for the purposes of understanding the —Preceding unsigned comment added by JamieRae22 (talk • contribs) 16:40, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Statistics

I know all these things are affected by the questions asked, the social mores of the peopel asked and the attitudes and interpretations of the auhrors of the reports, but di dno-one spot the following - in the chart of sexually experienced 15 year old by country, how is it possible that 34% of Macedonian males have have sexual experience, while only 2.7% of 15 year old Macedonain females have had similr experiences? There are similar disparities in other contries, though none tabulated have such a dissimilar percentage. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alphonsus (talk • contribs) 23:53, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

I'm not sure since I'm not all that familiar with Macedonian culture but the simple explanation is that the age of men at sexual initiation in these societies is at lower ages than that of women. In layman's terms that basically means young men are more encouraged to gain experience with older women or prostitutes prior to marriage with usually virginal females, but I could be wrong.70.160.99.253 (talk) 18:33, 7 November 2010 (UTC)Rodiggidy

Financially self sufficient?

The quote in the begining of the article saying Adolescents aren't financiall self-sufficient has to go. Being financially self sufficient has no factor in sexuality other than being able to buy more sex toys. A Word Of Advice From A Beast: Don't Be Silly, Wrap Your Willy! 22:39, 1 December 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Beastly21 (talk • contribs)

Some people who have sex consider planning for the cost of raising a baby. Others look at the cost of contraception so as not to have to have to raise a baby just now. Seems relevant to me. Dylan Flaherty 23:50, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

removal of bias/unreferenced statements

i removed two unrefranced/bias/false/idiotic/unsorced/discriminatory statments, witch were ageist and bias. if it was sorced, and i mistakenly missed it, please revert my removel, and tell me the sorce on my talk page. Jake1993811 (talk) 08:45, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

This, which I reverted, is not unsourced. It is clearly attributed to a source at the end of paragraph. Flyer22 (talk) 11:50, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

I also just made a tweak to the line. You can't access the whole source unless you follow the instructions to do so...because the source is an abstract (meaning that only part of it is displayed until you access the whole thing). But, basically, just because there is something in an article that you don't like...it does not mean that it is biased. If it is fact, it is just fact. Flyer22 (talk) 11:58, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

I made another tweak to balance/neutralize things a bit. I changed "adolescents" to "young adolescents," like the first part of the paragraph, since it is only prepubescent children and young adolescents whose brains are significantly different than legal or older adults cognitively-wise, I added a line about how late adolescents' brains are fairly mature, and I changed "most" to "generally." Flyer22 (talk) 12:43, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

The media section, as usual, needs work. Changed statement that opened it to what the cited ACTUALLY said, not what the wikieditor had wished it said. The next line didn't flow from either of the cited sources on either side of it, so was removed. Also the section is POV as written and needs balance. Lawrence Steinberg's 2010 article on media and sexuality in Developmental Psychology would likely do it, I just need a bit more time to grab it and add it to this section. 69.91.76.238 (talk) 13:18, 27 February 2012 (UTC)MVGuy

Also the sections "in Britain" "in India", etc. that come as subheadings under media seem to have nothing to do with media. I'm guessing those need to be put under a different main heading? 69.91.76.238 (talk) 13:46, 27 February 2012 (UTC)MVGuy