Chapter Ten

CHAPTER TEN

1. Answer: d. The sexualization of children is different from healthy sexual development and is a more recent phenomenon promoted by access to media.

It can be harmful for a child’s self-esteem and overall healthy sexual and emotional development. 2. Answer: c. Sexual self-touch and masturbation are considered normative sexual behavior in children. The other choices are considered abnormal sexual behaviors in children prior to puberty. 3. Answer: b. As children learn more about privacy issues and modesty, the incidence of overt sexual behaviors decreases after about five years of age. 4. Answer: d. Each of these is seen in a high degree among children with problem sexual behaviors except for obsessive-compulsive disorder. 5. Answer: d. The most common form of birth control practiced by adolescent females is a combination of estrogen and progestin birth control pills. 6. Answer: b. Progestin in particular in oral or non-oral contraception greatly increases the risk of depression in teen girls. 7. Answer: d. Each of these is true of STIs and adolescents except for the fact that they do have the highest incidence and prevalence of STIs compared to other age groups. 8. Answer: b. The age of consent varies in different parts of the world but is on average about 16 years of age. This may or may not be the same as the age of marriageability or the age of majority. 9. Answer: d. Each of these is true of sexual activity among older men and women, except that sexual desire of all types is greater in men than in women who are older.

10. What is not true of sexual arousal in older individuals?

i. Most older people do not have sexual dreams. j. Most older people still masturbate k. Most older people say it takes longer to be sexually aroused. l. Most older men say they have decreased ejaculatory volume.

Answer: b. Each of these is true except that more than 95 percent of older adults do not masturbate at all.