Compares the sexual learning experiences of 39 visually impaired women with a matched group of sighted women. Visually impaired women had significantly lower sex knowledge scores, and obtained their information at a somewhat later age. The visually impaired women followed a sexual behavior development pattern similar to that of the sighted women, except for a later age of experience with sexual inter-course, despite the fact that totally blind women reached puberty at an earlier age than the other women. Includes participants’ recommendations for improving sex education for visually impaired people.
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