Talk:Child sexuality
I have reverted the parts of the article which were vandalized by another user, and I have included references when appropriate to Wikipedia articles as instructed to by Etenne. I would appreciate if articles I create would no longer be vandalized by that user. User4 (talk) 23:35, 2 May 2015 (UTC)
Citation needed
Where it says, "research has demonstrated" this requires a source. --Etenne (talk) 09:40, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
"A child's sexuality primarily surfaces during and after puberty, though some elements of it may appear before"
This is a very poorly written sentence. From a child development POV, children are born "sexual" which is what allows them to bond with the parent. Babies need close physical contact with their primary care giver or it could lead to attachment disorders later in life. Sex play with other children and sometimes even adults (which is also now labeled as abuse) is also a normal and natural part of childhood development.http://www.ncsby.org/content/overview-and-definitions What most people fail to understand when talking about childhood sexuality is that it doesn't necessarily equate to what adults consider as sex. Or in other words, the sex that they have is age appropriate. The studies and literature of the pre-sexual hysteria era esp. of the late 1960s and 70s are more insightful and less biased then the current studies that must adhere to today's political/sexual standards or face significant sanctions and repercussions. I would also include what is normal for girls vs. boys because their sexual desires become very divergent beginning in early childhood i.e what little boys want and what little girls want are two very different things. Another point to consider is that children are not made with a cookie cutter and what is normal for one may not be for another. Childhood sexuality and preferences varies as much as adult sexuality. There is no one size fits all and you can really only talk about ranges of sexual behavior and even then, some behaviors at the extreme ends of the spectrum may be normative for that person. --Etenne 
22:12, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
