title: [Sexual development in the light of socio-cultural changes].
abstract: This article briefly summarizes central components of theories of sexual development and outlines that these components depend largely on socio-cultural factors. A cultural change of human sexuality is reflected by several phenomena such as the public debate about sexual violence and its consequences, a diminuation of gender differences and a turn away from monosexuality, tremendous changes within the world of partner relationships and a mediatization of sexuality. This mediatization is paralleled by a public sexualization as well as a de-sexualization of the private sphere together with an increase of a loss of sexual desire reflecting well-known problems of human sexuality. Finally, it has to be stated that sexuality has experienced a demystification as a consequence of socio-cultural changes following the sexual liberalization.
authors.affiliation: Klinikum der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, BRD. bernhard.strauss@med.uni-jena.de
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Strauss
mesh_terms: D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D006801:Humans; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D046468:Sexual Development; D012922:Social Change