Youth and Sexuality: An Interview and Collated Analysis of Human DevelopmentKapri BoydSpartanburg Community CollegeYouth and Sexuality: An Interview and Collated Analysis of Human Development human developmentPART ONEThis part covers personal interviews using semi-guided questions with two young people whose real names have been changed for reasons of anonymity. The interviews lasted approximately less than an hour and, declining voice recording due to the sensitivity of the topic, the researcher opted for notes instead. Item no. 1: Martina Enriquez Age: 17 Question no. 1st answer: How did you deal with the moment when puberty began? Have you asked others for help? Just like a normal teenager, Martina's puberty began when she was around 12 years old. Surrounded by many women, Martina should have less confusion about the onset of her puberty. However, having grown up in a Latino community where sexual roles are defined, she said it was difficult to deal with the changes in her young body. He shares, “It wasn't easy for me; when I was younger I was kind of a tomboy so the physical changes were pretty strange to me. I was so reluctant to ask, even my mother. In fact, I lived in a community full of women and we are closely related, but there is this certain feeling as if anything physical or sexual seems taboo.” Martine adds that her carefree character suffers a little, especially during her first menstruation. He remembers: “I couldn't do many things, like riding a bicycle or simply running. It's as if even my grandmother told me that physical activities are not entirely feminine." Question no. 2 and answer: How do you manage your sexual identity? Do you feel comfortable? As mentioned above, Martina grew up in a Lat...... middle of paper ......can imply practical public policy solutions geared towards the well-being of young people. However, it is worth noting that there are some young people who may not fully experience these difficulties, like those I interviewed. Meanwhile, the importance of developmental stages introduced by psychologists like Erikson prove useful for better understanding people. Finally, I would consider the experience I got interviewing two young people to be educational, entertaining and informative – and I truly respect and admire the fact that they allow me to share personal and sensitive issues such as their sexuality. It is from them that I learned that every young person can have different needs and experiences and that we need to provide young people with the correct knowledge about sex during the period in which they seem most challenged: the adolescent phase..