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Sexuality weaves its way through our lives and our views and behaviors change as our life paths and experiences do. Thus sexuality education is essential to equip individuals to make informed choices about sexual initiation, behaviors, and relationships. Opportunities to address sexual issues arise throughout childhood and adolescence. Adults should utilize these opportunities to facilitate discussion about sex. However, adolescence and early adulthood are often times of curiosity and experimentation, mixed with peer pressure and the desires to belong and to be loved. As we enter adulthood, with greater experience and understanding, we develop a potentially mature sexuality. We establish our sexual orientation, integrate love and sexuality, forge intimate connections and make commitments, make decisions regarding our fertility, and develop coherent sexual philosophies.