Adolescence has many facets to its stormy nature, one of which is the little understood, widely controversial, adolescent sexuality. While talking about adolescent sexuality and its associated concerns, we have to distinguish between those arising out of innate biological drives and those that arise out of a conflict between the demands of these drives and their surrounding psychosocial forces. Biological Changes Variations in attaining pubertal land marks. These include menstruation and breast development in girls, facial hair, muscle development and deepening of the voice in boys and development of pubic hair in both. Nocturnal emissions Tendency to masturbate Acne.
Adolescents feel the urge to be attractive to the opposite sex.
Acne threatens the prospect. Hence the fear and resultant anxiety about it. It is during puberty that boys and girls feel the onset of adulthood. They question the sources of authority such as parents and teachers. They feel closer to people of their own age and interests, in other words, their peers.