From the inclusion and dependency on the family of origin, to the slow process of maturity, to the confidence and the desire to establish an intimate bond with another person and the formation of a family unit of choice, usually much like the one that they were raised in. ... Historically girls were expected to be non-sexual in childhood and adolescence, and sexual interest and especially sexual experience caused them to be devalued and tainted by there family and there peer groups alike. ... It may well be that the security needs formerly met at home are being shifted in mid adolescence towar...

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It is a chemical that is existent in mammalian brains and can sometimes promote bonding between males and females of the same species and females and their offspring. ... It is this quality that is shared with humans as well as certain animals that leads to family units, packs, pods whatever they are called they all share a common goal: to provide a better chance of survival and strengthen the species as a whole. ...

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Sex Hormones, Gender Differences, and Behavior Abstract Behavior is intricately woven of genetics, environment, and hormones. The interplay of the nervous and endocrine systems and the influence of sex hormones on behavior are examined here in depth. Hormones are intimately tied to sex characteristics and to behavior. The behavioral implications of the presence or lack of certain hormones at critical periods of development is explored. Hormonal influence on female cycles, reproduction, nursing, sexual behavior and sex differences are also examined. ...

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Consequently, according to Liebowitz, "as most adults feel some anxiety when separated from important figures in their lives, and some sense of increased security when their closest relationships seem stable ", attachment, as in the form of a human chemical bond, is mediated internally by the release of endorphins in the brain. ...

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