, and sexual abuse, and lack of support networks, manifests differently in females (Fejes-Mendoza, et al, 1995).
Due to what they are seeing and experiencing all around them and because of the lack of appropriate role models homegirls, in an effort to gain acceptance, a sense of intimacy and connectedness, give in to the desires and pressures of their boyfriends. These young girls will do this repeatedly because they mistake sex for intimacy and love. They have no one who they can respect, and trust to guide, and teach them. They don't have appropriate role models. Their mothers went through another version of the same sort of thing they are experiencing and these are t
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