You won’t believe this starling information and statistics! According to a groundbreaking study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Kaiser Family Foundation, In a study of teenagers attitudes, beliefs and behaviors regarding oral sex based on data collected in 2002 and released last month, found that many teenagers view oral sex so casually that they are engaging in the act at “parties,” school and even sometimes with multiple partners. In addition, many of the teen girls surveyed believed that although they had engaged in oral sex, giving and/or receiving, they believed that they were still a virgin because there was no “real intercourse”……WOW!! This is yet another reason why I am a proponent for comprehensive sex education programs!!! We must educate our youth on ALL the aspects of sex and sexuality NOT JUST ABSTINENCE because according to the numbers below many of them aren’t making that choice. So we MUST provide them safer sex tools. Miseducation and lack of education continue to put our teens at risk and unfortunately as a result many of them will suffer dire consequences. But how many of our kids have to parish for a lack of knowledge before we decide to educate our teens? Knowledge is power!
Here’s a summary of statistic below:
- Approximately 20% of the teenagers said that they had had oral sex, a significantly higher proportion than reported experience with vaginal intercourse (14%).
- The teenagers believed that if they engaged in oral sex instead of vaginal intercourse they would have less chance of becoming pregnant, contracting Chlamydia or HIV, jeopardizing their relationship or their reputation, getting into trouble, and feeling guilty about their behavior.
- A significantly greater proportion intended to have oral sex in the next six months than intended to have vaginal sex (32% vs. 26%).
- 36% of adolescents ages 15–17 (40% of males and 32% of females) reported having had oral sex.
- 66% of young adults ages 18–24 (73% of males and 58% of females) reported having had oral sex.
- 61% of white adolescents and young adults (ages 15–24), 41% of African- American adolescents and young adults, 47% of Latino adolescents and young adults, and 40% of Asian adolescents and young adults reported having had oral sex.
- 82% of adolescents and young adults (ages 15–24) who had engaged in sexual intercourse reported having had oral sex as did 12% of adolescents and young adults who had not had sexual intercourse.
- 38% of female participants and 54% of male participants ages 15–17 “strongly agree” or “somewhat agree” that oral sex is not as a big of a deal as sexual intercourse.
www.kff.org/youthhivstds/3218-index.cfm
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