Adolescence, Puberty, And Propensity For Sexual Activeness: Implication For Supportive Counselling Intervention
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DKG Expressions Publishers Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Adolescence as an season of life interesting to observe or
experience, is characterized by and synonymous to puberty;
beginning at the end ofchildhood, and spanning the entire teenage
years. At puberty, adolescence maturation indices falsely projects
adolescents as jit!ly maturated, ready to participate in rights
accorded adults, including sexual rights. On the contrary,
adolescence is better viewed as a growth period ofthe human sexual
01gans, and human sexuality, among othe1 s; in preparation toward
adulthood, rather than a developmental stage in lifespan when
teenagers' body should be cheaply sexually explored and exploited,
be./(Jre fit!! sexual rights are accorded its victim. Ironically, the
average adolescent already-saddled-with-conflicts, seeking to cope
with the psychological irnpact of the changes at that developmental
period is vulnerable to premature initiation into unwholesome sexual
activities, and sexual activeness, resulting into additional
cnmplexities. Resulting complexities tend to become perpetual distractions to life goal pursuits, among other effects. The
implication ofthis is adolescents' need ofsupportive counselling, and
counselling intervention by counselling professionals
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BF Psychology