Growing Up Sexually

ROMANIA (Europe)

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For a note on formal sexual education, see Grassel and Bach (1979:p295-6)[1]. In one early study on university students[2], 14.44% of males and 28.8% of females have received first information from home, 48.56% males, and 37.76% females got their first information from friends, relatives, or other sources; 33.28% males and 26.03% females at school. Most of the information was obtained at the ages 14 through 16. “Child marriage is common among some of Romania's diverse Romani communities. […] The practice of arranged marriages and underage (even pre-pubescent) brides, however, is generally tolerated by police and social welfare agencies. But they must now count on increased scrutiny by European observers as Romania continues to lay the groundwork for European Union accession”[3].

See further Romani

Janssen, D. F., Growing Up Sexually. Volume I. World Reference Atlas. 0.2 ed. 2004. Berlin: Magnus Hirschfeld Archive for Sexology

Last revised: Dec 2004