The "Cultural Focus" box in Chapter 9 discusses sexuality in the Netherlands. Compare and contrast the sexual attitudes of the Netherlands and the United States

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The Netherlands o considerably more liberal than U.S. o much more tolerant of sexual involvement by late adolescence and emerging adulthood o liberal attitudes have limits and peers tend to have double standards applied to the behavior of boys and girls o more permissive o communication between parents and children seem to be the same as in the United States -- it is fraught with ambiguity • United States o considerably more conservative than the Netherlands o less tolerant of sexual involvements by late adolescence and emerging adulthood o less permissive o communication between parents and children seem to be the same as in the Netherlands -- it is fraught with ambiguity o young people also must deal with the double standard of peers regarding males' and females' sexual behavior

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