[ABSTRACT] This work comes from the stage of literature review of a Master thesis that aims to examine the sexual practices of adolescents. Adolescence is characterized as a critical period of development and identity formation ranging from 10 to 19 years old, a period that is permeated by the transition from childhood to adulthood, but also by the appearance of sexual characteristics and sexual initiation as a rite of passage. However, this transition has occurred unevenly across generations, s