Publications
Dannenbeck, Clemens/Mayr, Martina/Stich, Jutta: Sexualität lernen: Zeit brauchen, Zeit lassen, Zeit haben. In: DISKURS, vol. 1/1999.Stich, Jutta/Dannenbeck, Clemens: Peers und sexuelle Lernprozesse. In: DJI Bulletin, vol. 49/1999, p. 3.
Stich, Jutta/Dannenbeck, Clemens: A Life-history Research Project. Peers and Sexual Learning Processes. In: DJI Bulletin, Special English Edition 2000, p.6
More than ever before, young people can approach sexuality in their own personal way. This process takes place in a phase lasting several years, in which most girls and boys gradually accumulate new experiences. A higher degree of general sexual freedom requires young people to be more and more independent and responsible not only in terms of getting oriented but also in terms of decision-making. This also applies to the way they behave in relationships or with initial contacts. Moreover, evident, unquestioned sexual norms are fading, as are clearly defined female and male role models. Hence, young people are now facing new insecurities in their sexual development.