Enfance et Adolescence

Children and adolescents as sexual beings: cross-cultural perspectives.

Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am . 2004;13 (3) :461-77, v-vi

Résumé

This article offers a broad perspective on child and adolescent behaviors, which are seen by different Western definitions as associated with sexual/erotic implications. This article also demonstrates that basic definitions or meanings that many modern Western societies consider important are viewed as unimportant in other societies. Topics such as masturbation, child-adult sexual activities or cross-generational marriages, same-sex activities, and sexual indoctrination are viewed differently among many groups.

Tous les articles