You Are in the Midst of an Individual Meeting with Gloria

question 8

Essay

You are in the midst of an individual meeting with Gloria, a teenage member of the Smith family.She confides to you that although she is sexually active with her boyfriend, she often fantasizes about another person.As she says that, she looks deeply into your eyes, blushes, and then looks away in what appears to be an embarrassed reaction.You suspect that she has had sexual fantasies about you.You know that it would be quite consistent with your contract to discuss this directly.What would you say while responding with immediacy to the teenager's expression?

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Definitions:

Birth Control

Methods, techniques, and devices used to prevent pregnancy as a component of reproductive rights and health.

Recently Acquired Right

Rights or privileges that have been established or recognized in the near past.

Heterosexuality

A sexual orientation characterized by attraction to individuals of the opposite sex.

Heterosexism

Institutional structures that define heterosexuality as the only social legitimate sexual orientation.