When teachers or parents avoid children's questions about sex or appear embarrassed or evasive, they reinforce children's ideas that ____

a. sex is secret, mysterious, and bad
b. bearing children out of wedlock is likely to have harmful consequences for the child, the child's parents, and society
c. abstinence from sexual activity is wrong
d. sexual activity is likely to have beneficial psychological and physical effects


A

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A) bisexuality
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C) heterosexuality
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