14 years: Prefrontal-lobe lower layers function {brain development, 14 years}. Cortex layers one and two function, except in prefrontal lobe. These layers affect association areas and short-and-long circuit reorganizations. Waking and sleeping EEGs show sudden transitions.
14 to 16 years: Boys experience first seminal-fluid discharge, either through masturbation or through spontaneous nocturnal emission {sex development, 14 to 16 years}. Adolescent girls rarely experience spontaneous orgasm during sleep. Many adolescent girls do not masturbate or feel need.
culture
Reading, adults, and peer groups typically provide information about orgasm and sexual arousal. Dating begins. Sexual consciousness and interest in opposite sex rise.
Boys' sexual interest focuses on overt sexual activity earlier than, and more than, girls' interest. Western society encourages adolescent males to be overtly sexual. It encourages adolescent females to be socially attractive but not overtly sexual.
homosexuality
Homosexual fantasies and/or physical contact can happen, in boys and girls. Boys are more likely to be sexually attracted to younger boys. Girls are more likely to be sexually attracted to older girls. Having juvenile overt physical or sexual homosexual contact does not affect adult homosexual or bisexual behavior.
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