BØRNS SEKSUALITET

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Abstract

The subject of child sexuality is regarded as both a general and scientifically difficult and precarious area. This is stressed by the lack of knowledge in the theoretical as well as empirical literature available today. In the article the classic psychoanalytic perspective is compared to a newer cognitive perspective as both are focused on concepts essential to the understanding of child sexuality. Furthermore the article presents and discusses selected empirical material concerning the sexual behavior, and knowledge, of children. Through critical reflection upon the survey's results the
authors conclude that culturally specific conditions in the interplay between children and adults define the limits of the sexual expressions of children.