Meanings of sexual initiation in English

Conclusions: Watching sex on TV predicts and may hasten adolescent sexual initiation.

Background: Early sexual initiation is an important social and health issue.

Ignorance, unhealthiness and a precocious sexual initiation prevail in all classes.

Information was collected on sexual initiation and use of contraceptive methods.

These friendships are mutually supportive yet also competitive particularly in matters of sexual initiation.

No doubt nearly every woman receives her sexual initiation from an older and more experienced man.

They recap an assimilation process that begins with a gentle welcome then proceeds through dehumanizing sexual initiation.

Diffusion processes were strongly related to sexual initiation and condom use even after controlling for changes in personal feelings.

Young women who had delayed sexual initiation and those who displayed self-efficacy were less likely than others to experience forced sex.

Banda's own sister was married at 11 to a man in his thirties, who had made her pregnant during a sexual initiation.

Banda said the priority now was to ensure the new law was enforced and to encourage village leaders to speak out against early sexual initiation.

A scarred and hurt and frightened child had as much right to a gentle sexual initiation as any beautiful, confident one, perhaps a greater right.

Purpose: To examine the relationship between country-level age norms for sexual initiation timing and early sexual initiation (ESI) among adolescent boys and girls.