Sexuality and web in adolescents: considerations

Journal title RIVISTA DI SESSUOLOGIA CLINICA
Author/s Massimo Di Grazia, Stefano Bucci, Michele Rizzo, Carlo Trombetta
Publishing Year 2018 Issue 2018/1
Language Italian Pages 11 P. 36-46 File size 168 KB
DOI 10.3280/RSC2018-001002
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Over the last twentyfive years the Web has become our safe and friendly door to the life making the unreachable world more perceptible and accessible with such simplicity. The current spread of internet has created different problems related to its excessive use, in particular the correlation between Sex and Web and its de-pendence through adolescents, young adults and adults. People are looking for a satisfactory sexual experience, an alternative to a disappointed sexuality, a com-pensation to a solitude relationship, the free manifestation of different latent, unexpressed or socially unacceptable sexual orientations and the expression of a fluid affectivity. It is important to understand this phenomenon in order to be able to give answers to who enter in this virtual erotic loop producing an educational training program from the primary school also with families and the teaching staff.

Keywords: Sex, web, cybersex, sexual addiction

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Massimo Di Grazia, Stefano Bucci, Michele Rizzo, Carlo Trombetta, Sessualità e web negli adolescenti: riflessioni in "RIVISTA DI SESSUOLOGIA CLINICA" 1/2018, pp 36-46, DOI: 10.3280/RSC2018-001002