New Study on Teen Sexual Behavior
Apparently, teens in America are getting crazy action these days:
Slightly more than half of American teenagers, ages 15 to 19, have engaged in oral sex, with females and males reporting similar levels of experience, according to the most comprehensive national survey of sexual behaviors ever released by the federal government.
The report today by the National Center for Health Statistics shows that the figure increases to about 70 percent of 18- and 19-year-olds.
The survey, according to those who work with young people, offers one more sign that young women are more sexually confident than they used to be. A release by the center six months ago, based on the same survey results, showed that slightly more girls than boys have intercourse before they turn 20. In addition, other national data indicate that the same proportion of high school girls and boys have sex only one time with a particular person or have relationships with others that they are not romantically involved with.
I wouldn't be surprised if those oral sex percentages were even higher than 50%, because as the article says:
The data also underscore the fact that, unlike their parents' generation, many young people -- particularly those from middle- and upper-income white families -- simply do not consider oral sex a big deal.
Of course, it should be considered something of a big deal, because you can still transmit diseases through oral sex. Not to mention the psychological and emotional issues that any type of sex involves. But then, this is also the same age group that thinks ANAL SEX is a safer, virginity-pledge-safe alternative to vaginal intercourse, so what can you really expect?
I wish the people pushing these "abstinence-only education" could start facing reality - KIDS ARE HAVING MORE SEX THAN EVER, engaging in riskier behavior than ever, more ignorant than ever, etc. Everything they say they're working towards ending is getting worse and worse each year.
Slightly more than half of American teenagers, ages 15 to 19, have engaged in oral sex, with females and males reporting similar levels of experience, according to the most comprehensive national survey of sexual behaviors ever released by the federal government.
The report today by the National Center for Health Statistics shows that the figure increases to about 70 percent of 18- and 19-year-olds.
The survey, according to those who work with young people, offers one more sign that young women are more sexually confident than they used to be. A release by the center six months ago, based on the same survey results, showed that slightly more girls than boys have intercourse before they turn 20. In addition, other national data indicate that the same proportion of high school girls and boys have sex only one time with a particular person or have relationships with others that they are not romantically involved with.
I wouldn't be surprised if those oral sex percentages were even higher than 50%, because as the article says:
The data also underscore the fact that, unlike their parents' generation, many young people -- particularly those from middle- and upper-income white families -- simply do not consider oral sex a big deal.
Of course, it should be considered something of a big deal, because you can still transmit diseases through oral sex. Not to mention the psychological and emotional issues that any type of sex involves. But then, this is also the same age group that thinks ANAL SEX is a safer, virginity-pledge-safe alternative to vaginal intercourse, so what can you really expect?
I wish the people pushing these "abstinence-only education" could start facing reality - KIDS ARE HAVING MORE SEX THAN EVER, engaging in riskier behavior than ever, more ignorant than ever, etc. Everything they say they're working towards ending is getting worse and worse each year.