Teen Sexuality

Today and like any other past and future generations in America, during adolescence, sex is the number one topic your child and their peers are asking non-valid sources their questions and curiosities. Which is asking one another questions and concerns based on the others experiences being highly uninformed the realities of adolescent sexuality, HIV/AIDS, STDS and teen pregnancy. This topic will always interfere with religious beliefs and whether or not the parent wants to be the primary teacher for their child’s sexuality concerns. In this article review, we will explain and answer the behavioral meaning of adolescent sexuality and the teen’s day-to-day challenges.
“The emerging sexuality that accompanies adolescence poses fundamental challenges for young people. These include adjusting to the altered appearance and functioning of a sexually maturing body, learning to deal with sexual desires, confronting sexual attitudes and values, experimenting with sexual behaviors, and integrating these feelings, attitudes, and experiences into a developing sense of self. The challenge is accentuated by the unfamiliar excitement of sexual arousal, the attention connected to being sexually attractive, and the new level of physical intimacy and psychological vulnerability created by sexual encounters” (Crockett, Moilanen & Raffaelli; 2003). Adolescence is a very challenging time in one’s life—they are struggling from their outward appearance, discovering their self and trying to identify who they are in society while challenging their sexual desires as sexual human beings. In this article I read to believe that adolescence to be the most difficult time in a person’s life because of the societal pressures: media, magazines, social networks (i.e. Instagram) etc. Today’s teens struggle with the unrealistic expectations to reach perfection with a filter, and post a picture to receive as many “likes” possible and or comments. This is not just a teen girl phenomena, guys are