Sexuality Across the Lifespan Quiz

Sexuality Across the Lifespan

• Americans learn about sex later in life.
• Sexual behavior begins in the womb.
• Girls often have negative feelings about normal sexual behaviors.
• Many girls experience sexual contact with adults before 18.
• Most child sexual abuse involves adults touching child's genitals.
• Girls are more likely abused by relatives, boys by friends.
• Preadolescence (tweens): increased sexual feelings and behaviors.
• Children learn about sex mainly in all-male or all-female groups.
• Teenagers (ages 13-20): increased sexual feelings and behaviors.
• Early sexual intercourse common in some teens.
• Puberty is marked by sexual feelings/behavior increase.
• Hormone levels (testosterone) predict partner sex engagement.
• First partnered sex typically around ages 16-18.
• First coitus in teens is often in coeducated groups.
• Education decreases age of first coitus and increases contraceptive use.
• Higher education, religiousness, and affluence correlate with lower first coitus age.
• Masturbation typical among teens, specifically boys.
• Frequency of masturbation typically increases in the teen years.
• African American teens are more likely to be sexually active and Asian American teens are less likely .
• Childbirth in 15-year-old females dropped from 25% in 1991 to 6% in 2021.

Cohabitation and Relationships

• Cohabitation refers to living together in a sexual relationship without marriage.
• Cohabitation rates increase until the mid-30s/40s.
• Most Americans are married by their mid-30s/40s.
• Bigamy is illegal if a person is married to someone else when getting married.
• Familiarity in relationships can lessen sexual interest/passion.
• Sexual activity decrease in older adults (around age 50).
• A significant number of older adults experience sexual problems.