Fewer Teens Having Oral Sex (CNN)

[Warfish]

Fewer teens having oral sex


Fewer teens aged 15 to 17 are having oral sex now than in 2002, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, but the number remains high.

The report, based on data from The National Survey of Family Growth, found that more than a third of teens had engaged in oral sex by the time they turned 17. That number climbed to almost 50% by age 19, and more than 80% for 24-year-olds.

The study - based on computer surveys given to over 6,000 teens - also looked at the timing of first oral sex in relation to the timing of first vaginal intercourse. It found that the prevalence of having oral sex before vaginal intercourse was about the same as those having vaginal intercourse before oral sex.

"This new CDC analysis debunks many myths about when young people are initiating oral sex," wrote Leslie Kantor, vice president for education at Planned Parenthood, a family planning advocacy group. "Although there has never been data to support it, there has been the perception that many teens engage in oral sex as a 'risk-free' alternative to intercourse. But the CDC analysis shows that sexually active young people are likely to engage in both activities," she wrote.

How Americans view teen sex

But oral sex, like vaginal intercourse, is not risk-free. According to the CDC's website, "numerous studies have demonstrated that oral sex can result in the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted disease," not the least of which is Human Papillomavirus (HPV), the disease known to cause both cervical and some throat cancers.

"It's widely accepted that there is an increased number of head and neck cancers today due to changes in sexual practices in the '60s, '70s and '80s," - specifically, an increase in oral sex, said Dr. Otis Brawley, the chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society.

Regardless of whether teens have oral or vaginal sex first, Kantor says, it's imperative they have the knowledge to make an educated decision about their sexual health.

"We need to make sure that young people have the skills to negotiate what they do and don’t want to do in sexual relationships, as well as education about and access to condoms and birth control so that they can protect themselves from STDs and pregnancy and remain healthy," she wrote.

Does this factor in Teacher-related oral sex tho?

[Borgoguy]

I had no oral, or any other sex, in my teens.

[DDNYjets]

Originally Posted by Warfish

Does this factor in Teacher-related oral sex tho?

My thoughts exactly.

Boys aren't asking the girls for it as much b.c they are getting it from their teachers.

[DDNYjets]

"It's widely accepted that there is an increased number of head and neck cancers today due to changes in sexual practices in the '60s, '70s and '80s," - specifically, an increase in oral sex, said Dr. Otis Brawley, the chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society.

GTFO

Blow jobs cause cancer

[2foolish197]

by teens they mean southside...

[jetswin]

Originally Posted by DDNYjets

GTFO

Blow jobs cause cancer

but cure morning sickness!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/ar....html?ITO=1490

[Jets Things]

I'd be more interested in a spitting vs. swallowing study.

[Borgoguy]

Originally Posted by 2foolish197

by teens they mean southside...

LMFAO. southside is getting destroyed this week.

[irishxmafia]

Originally Posted by Jets Things

I'd be more interested in a spitting vs. swallowing study.

+1

[JStokes]

Originally Posted by Jets Things

I'd be more interested in a spitting vs. swallowing study.

Or pre-marriage vs post-marriage.

_

[Borgoguy]

Originally Posted by JStokes

Or pre-marriage vs post-marriage.

_

Swallowing was/is never an issue. Frequency, that's another story.

Only dated one chick who would not swallow. Bugged the heck out of me, especially as I was enjoying her prodigious nectar with great abandon. She'd yank (no pun) me out of her mouth at the last moment so I'd release over her head and the inside of my car. (That brief fling cost me a fortune in Windex.)

[Big L]

Originally Posted by Borgoguy

Swallowing was/is never an issue. Frequency, that's another story.

Only dated one chick who would not swallow. Bugged the heck out of me, especially as I was enjoying her prodigious nectar with great abandon. She'd yank (no pun) me out of her mouth at the last moment so I'd release over her head and the inside of my car. (That brief fling cost me a fortune in Windex.)

Ha, I LOL'd

[Timmy®]

Originally Posted by Borgoguy

Swallowing was/is never an issue. Frequency, that's another story.

Only dated one chick who would not swallow. Bugged the heck out of me, especially as I was enjoying her prodigious nectar with great abandon. She'd yank (no pun) me out of her mouth at the last moment so I'd release over her head and the inside of my car. (That brief fling cost me a fortune in Windex.)

glad i didn't buy that car off craigslist.


can you imagine if a prospective buyer brought one of those blacklights used by NBC Nightline to identify spunk in hotel rooms?

[Borgoguy]

Originally Posted by Timmy®

glad i didn't buy that car off craigslist.


can you imagine if a prospective buyer brought one of those blacklights used by NBC Nightline to identify spunk in hotel rooms?

That back seat would light up like a xmas tree.

[Joe W. Namath]

I had no oral, or any other sex, in my teens.

What were you doing when you were a teen? Sadly, I was having more oral and sex in my teens then I am in my mid 30s.

My 20s were the anal years.

[Borgoguy]

Originally Posted by Joe W. Namath

What were you doing when you were a teen? Sadly, I was having more oral and sex in my teens then I am in my mid 30s.

My 20s were the anal years.

Any sphincter damage?

What can I tell you? I never got any sex until college. I was okay looking in high school, but chicks really started noticing me in my sophomore year of college.

[Timmy®]

Originally Posted by Borgoguy

That back seat would light up like a xmas tree.

If it was Southsides back seat, the guy would be banging the flashlight saying, "are you sure there are batteries in this?"

[Borgoguy]

Originally Posted by Timmy®

If it was Southsides back seat, the guy would be banging the flashlight saying, "are you sure there are batteries in this?"

LOL. Timmy, do you think it's all this "southside can't get laid business" is real or schtick?

[jetstream23]

Originally Posted by Borgoguy

I had no oral, or any other sex, in my teens.

I think you've more than made up for it since then though!

[Timmy®]

Originally Posted by Borgoguy

LOL. Timmy, do you think it's all this "southside can't get laid business" is real or schtick?

schtick - he's a good sport who threw out some curveballs for the Hampur to have fun with.

probably doesn't get laid a lot. on blue moons I'd say.