Sexual and Romantic Development in Youth (7 Pages 2919 Words)

This paper explores the effects of ones context and biology on sexual and romantic development in youth and young adults. I find it perplexing that children mature very differently in terms of their sexuality. This brings to question whether nature or nurture controls ones sexuality and romantic relationships. Many authors debate over the importance of hormones and biological factors versus environmental factors in relation to sexual development. Despite Freuds notion, parental influence determines a childs sexual development, many instances show that even healthy parenting results in children with unhealthy sex lives. For this reason, authors seek evidence supporting the importance of...