<p>Dear Dr. Torres,                          </p><p>Please find enclosed the manuscript: “Development of sexual assertiveness and its function for human sexuality: a literature review” that we would like to submit for possible publication in the Interamerican Journal of Psychology. The main manuscript consist of 16 pages and 7182 words, but as it is common practice to add an overview of all studies in a table in a review, thus we add also an extra document that entails an extra 15 pages (3826 words). We believe this table adds clarity to our study and hope you would agree on that point. We believe this review is timely due to the #metoo-campaign that has been promoted during the last year as we believe that sexual assertiveness is linked to this kind of violence. The presented review is also new because it not only addressed the function of sexual assertiveness (as done by Santos-Iglesias &amp; Sierra, 2010) but also the development and associated factors related to its development.</p><p>All co-authors have substantially contributed to the drafting and critically revising of the article and had approved its final version and agree with the contents of the manuscript. We certify the originality of the research and that the manuscript has not been published in another journal. We also certify that the information enclosed has not been presented in any scientific session previously.</p><p> </p><p>Confident about the fact that with this article we meet important goals – present a literature review about sexual assertiveness (SA), about factors and life experiences that are associated with its development, and about its function in human sexuality – we sincerely hope that our manuscript may retain the attention of the editorial board, and hope it will be considered to be reviewed.</p><p> </p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p> </p><p>Silvia López</p><p> </p><p>Also on behalf of:</p><p>Dr. Hanna Van Parys</p><p>Dr. Elena Jerves</p><p>Prof. Dr. Paul Enzlin</p>