Romanticism as prevailing motivation at the start of sexual intercourse in adolescents and young women from a family planning clinic
Lucila Polanco Reyes, Thelma Canto de Cetina, Sandra Ruiz García, Manuel Ordóñez Luna.

SUMMARY

Objective: To determine the expectations and motivations at the onset of premarital sexual activity, as well as the existence of satisfaction obtained from it, in young women at a family planning clinic.

Design: Descriptive, transversal, prospective study.

Location: Family Planning Clinic at the University of Yucatán, Mexico.

Participants: Single women who, during a 12-month period, came to the clinic for a medical consultation and requested contraceptives, and whose ages were between 14 and 25 years old.

Main Measurements: Partner number with whom sexually activity begins, reasons and expectations behind the decision for engaging in this action, sources of satisfaction, genital infection history, and pregnancy and abortion record.

Results: Ninety-eight adolescent and young women were interviewed, and for which the median age at the beginning of sexual activity was 17 years. Fifty percent of them reported that they ally the boyfriend. The main motivation at the start of sexual practice was the desire to strengthen the affective bond; 67% only required the feeling of having company; and 12.3% had acquired the human papilloma virus.

Conclusions: he studied women started being sexually active for love and aimed to strengthen the bond with their partner. For the majority of these women their expectations have been accomplished and few feel disappointed or guilty for having had premarital sexual relations. Some of them acquire genital infections, of which the most severe is human papilloma virus.

KEY WORDS

Expectations, motivation, adolescence, premarital sex.