Sexual contact between adults and children is illegal in every state. There are a number of terms used to describe sexual assault against children. These include statutory rape, sexual abuse, sexual molestation, pedophilia, incest, and “impairing the morals of a minor.” One of every four girls in our country is sexually molested by an older [...]
There are 90 different human papilloma {pap-ill-LOW-mah) viruses. They cause a variety of warts and other conditions. A few HPVs cause genital warts, but most genital HPV infections are not visible and have no symptoms. Some of these are associated with cancer of the cervix, vulva, or penis. Every year, about 1 million Americans are [...]
There are few studies of sexual behavior in marriage which meet even minimal criteria for scientific acceptability. The most important attempts to get a representative picture of sexual behavior in the United States were those of Kinsey and others. Two more recent large-scale surveys (Hunt; Tavris and Sadd) have looked at marital sexual behavior, and [...]
Encounters involving sexual intimacy between child and adult can be overhearing adult sex talk, innocent and accidental encounters, loving and affectionate relations, or sensationally aggressive and violent child molestation. It is common in the United States to debase non-marital sexual activity, especially that involving adults and children. Incest, pedophilia, exhibitionism, and child-molestation have become pejorative [...]
Dating experiences Some scholars have hypothesized that homosexuality simply reflects ineptitude at the “dating and mating game.” According to this view, a boy who is relatively uninvolved with others of either sex may feel afraid or unwilling to compete for girls’ attentions. Similarly, physically unattractive boys may fear or experience rejection by girls. Successful participation [...]