Key Takeaways

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Children can masturbate in infancy and will exhibit normal sexual behaviors. • Sexual activity in children becomes more private after the age of five years. • There are certain problem behaviors in children that indicate possible sexual abuse. • Adolescents are charged with finding their sexual identity during adolescence. • While many schools offer sex education, programs that promote abstinence rarely are successful. • The older adult will have a longer time to sexual arousal and some decrease in sexual interest, although many remain sexually active throughout life. • Older men tend to be more sexually active than older women. • Disabled people are often marginalized and thought not to be sexual at all. • People with intellectual disabilities have an increased chance of sexual victimization.