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The adolescent and the gynecologist: our experience
To evaluate adolescents' knowledge about sex, we conducted a study divided in two parts: 1) Distribution of a questionnaire; 2) Impromptu conversation with adolescents.The sample consisted of 205 questionnaires and 115 talks with students at a high school. The gathered data let us deduce that the relationship with parents was regarded as pleasant and good. As was expected the whole emotional sphere was related to friends. In order to understand which structures can help adolescents our data revealed that the mother holds first place, followed by the school and by friends. Sex education during adolescence should be carried out by other institutions so that a relationship free from conflicts can be established. In this way the figure of the expert takes shape - someone who can communicate within the structure of the school and the family and beyond - the limits of the information given by friends.