Research on how gender stereotypes affect adolescent sexuality is important because researchers believe it can show sexual health educators how they can improve their programming to more accurately attend to the needs of adolescents.
This causes them to often see their own bodies as others see it, which causes them to feel a sense of detachment from their bodies and their sexualities.
They found that students, especially girls, who were verbally abused by teachers or rejected by their peers were more likely than other students to have sex by the end of the Grade 7.