Sexual behavior in Ibero-American Youth: Review study

Abstract

Objective: Describe and analyze studies on sexual behavior in Ibero-American youngsters. Method: Bibliographic review of 150 references, taken from the databases Web of Science, Latindex, Scopus, ProQuest, Redaly, Scielo, Ebsco. Quality analysis was performed using the Mixed Methods Assessment Tool (MMAT) for 91 final articles. Results: There is bibliography on sexual behaviors of the corporal domain, little of the social domain; the average age of initiation of sexual activity in men was 15,8 years and 15,7 in women. Over the last ten years, the age of sexual debut has decreased in Chile (15,3), Colombia (16,95), Spain (17,97) and Mexico (16,97); it is relatively stable in Portugal (17,25) and Ecuador (16,43); it has increased in Brazil (15,3); in Cuba (14,85) and Peru (14,77) is unstable. Discussions: The need for an approach oriented to the enjoyment of the exercise of sexuality (responsible hedonism) away from the prevailing erotophobic paradigm is proposed. The limitation is the number of articles per region; the way is open to replicate the study with a larger sample, as well as to explore and generate data on erotic behaviors from the model of social bodily domains of Parra-Villarroel and Pérez-Villegas.