TRADITIONALIZM AND THE ELEMENTS OF MODERNITY IN THE SEXUAL IDENTITY OF THE YOUNG EDUCATED PEOPLE IN A BIG URBAN COMMUNITY
TRADITIONALIZM AND THE ELEMENTS OF MODERNITY IN THE SEXUAL IDENTITY OF THE YOUNG EDUCATED PEOPLE IN A BIG URBAN COMMUNITY

Summary/Abstract: One of the essential features of the period of adolescence is the search for one's own identity whose inseparable and very significant dimension is sexual identity. The initial formation of this identity is accompanied, to a greater or lesser extent, by confusion and insecurity, often by impulsiveness, frank curiosity, sometimes filled with fear of the unknown or repressed by upbringing, immaturity in establishing criteria, inexperience in making decisions, ignorance of sexual strategies, misdirection to only one person, in some cases to only one sex, the feeling that everything is still possible and that a lot is permissible. That is the time when new social and early sexual ties and relations are established, most frequently temporary relations, at times simply random ones and experimental or as trophies, the time of discovery of various responses to new bodily challenges, the confirmation of new aspects of personality, the end of innocence and protection of childhood and the confrontation with the first challenges and responsibilities of adults.

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