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b. Unsafe sexual behaviour
In adolescence, there is rapid development of sex organs due to secretion of hormones.
Even there is the increase in desire of sexual activities due to secretion of sex hormones.
There is increase of infatuation. They start to remain in love affair. In many conditions,
they may get involved into unsafe sexual intercourse. This activity may lead towards early
pregnancy, increase of conflict, quarrels, transmission of STIs like syphilis, gonorrhoea,
HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, etc. Actually, the premarital sexual relationship is
socially unaccepted.

c. Nocturnal emission
Nocturnal emission means night fall or wet dream. It is the ejaculation of semen during
sleep. During adolescence, adolescents have rapid development of sex organs and strong
desire of getting involved into sexual activities as well as sexual relationship. They
imagine about various sexual activities which they sometimes dream during sleep. In
the dreams, there is ejaculation of sperms in males and vaginal fluids in females. These
emissions provide sexual satisfaction to both males and females. But, adolescents may
think the emission in negative way and worry whether they have some physical problem
in their body. This creates a lot of stress in them.

d. Sexual abuse/Sexual violence

Due to development of sex organs and hormonal
secretions, adolescents have intense desire of
sexual activities and they tend to fulfill those
desires either physically or verbally. Sometimes,
boys speak vulgar words in front of girls. They
want to touch the body parts, sensitive organs
in crowd or in the vehicles. Even there is sexual
harassment and rape as well. Generally, sexual
abuses are done in home, college, school, roads, Fig: 12
market, fairs, concerts, functions, work place, etc. The sexual abuses cause frustration,
anxiety, depression, distraction from study and work and sometimes committing suicides
as well. Hence, the adolescent girls should be very much careful about sexual abuses.

e. Peer pressure
During adolescence, adolescents like to remain out
of home as a matter of social change. They like to
remain in friends’ circle. There is great influence of
friends’ attitudes, behaviours, interest and speech on
them. While remaining in a group, when someone
starts any thing others copy it or they are forced
to do so. Hence, there is high chance that they get
involved into various bad activities like gambling, Fig: 13
smoking, drinking alcohol, taking drugs, prostitution, involving in social crime, sexual
violence, etc. In many cases, they know whatever they are doing is wrong. But they cannot
avoid those activities. These all activities create a lot of mental stress in them.

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