1st Edition

Childhood Sexuality Normal Sexual Behavior and Development

By Theo Sandfort Copyright 2000
142 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

142 Pages
by Routledge

What is “normal sexual behavior” in a child? Childhood sexuality is an often neglected field in sex research. There is very little literature about what one might call “normal child sexual behavior.” The existing literature on child sexuality gives the impression that the only way in which children figure in sexological research is as objects of sexual abuse. The... Read more
Contents
  • Introduction
  • Sexual Knowledge of Preschool Children
  • Young Children's Curiosity About Other People's Genitals
  • Studying Children's Sexuality from the Child's Perspective
  • The Association of Sexual Behavior with Externalizing Behaviors in a Community Sample of Prepubertal Children
  • Reactions of Inner-City Boys and Their Mothers to Research Interviews About Sex
  • Sexual Behavior in Dutch and Belgian Children as Observed by Their Mothers
  • Cultural Differences in Sexual Behavior: 2-6 Year Old Dutch and American Children
  • Index
  • Reference Notes Included

Biography

Theo Sandfort