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发帖数: 610 | 1 Sex in the U.S.: New survey reveals our steamy secrets
Researchers say it's the most detailed look at Americans' sexual behavior
since 1994
NEW YORK — The male-female orgasm gap. The sex lives of 14-year-olds. An
intriguing breakdown of condom usage rates, by age and ethnicity, with teens
emerging as more safe-sex-conscious than boomers.
That's just a tiny sampling of the data being unveiled Monday in what the
researchers say is the largest, most comprehensive national survey of
Americans' sexual behavior since 1994.
Filling 130 pages of a special issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine, the
study offers detailed findings on how often Americans have sex, with whom,
and how they respond. In all, 5,865 people, ranging in age from 14 to 94,
participated in the survey.
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The lead researchers, from Indiana University's Center for Sexual Health
Promotion, said the study fills a void that has grown since the last
comparable endeavor — the National Health and Social Life Survey — was
published 16 years ago. Major changes since then include the spread of
sexually transmitted diseases, the types of sex education available to young
people, the advent of same-sex marriage, and the emergence of the Internet
as a tool for social interaction.
Don't worry — you're normal
Dr. Dennis Fortenberry, a pediatrics professor who was lead author of the
study's section about teen sex, said the overall findings of such a huge
survey should provide reassurance to Americans who are curious about how
their sex lives compare with others.
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"Unless, like al-Qaida, you feel there's something abnormal about the
American people, what these data say is, 'This is normal — everything in
there is normal.'"
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The researchers said they were struck by the variety of ways in which the
subjects engaged in sex — 41 different combinations of sexual acts were
tallied , encompassing vaginal and anal intercourse, oral sex, and partnered
masturbation.
Men are more likely to experience orgasm when vaginal intercourse is
involved, while women are more likely to reach orgasm when they engage in
variety of acts, including oral sex, said researcher Debra Herbenick, lead
author of the section about women's sex lives.
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She noted there was a gap in perceptions — 85 percent of the men said their
latest sexual partner had an orgasm, while only 64 percent of the women
reported having an orgasm in their most recent sexual event.
One-third of women experienced genital pain during their most recent sex,
compared to 5 percent of men, said Herbenick, citing this as an area
warranting further study.
The study, which began taking shape in 2007, was funded by Church & Dwight
Co., the manufacturer of Trojan condoms. Questions about condom usage
figured prominently in the study, but the researchers — during a
teleconference — insisted the integrity of their findings was not affected
by the corporate tie.
Condoms now the norm for teens
Among the findings was a high rate of condom usage among 14- to 17-year-olds
. Of the surveyed boys who had sexual intercourse, 79 percent reported using
a condom on the most recent occasion, compared to 25 percent for all the
men in the survey.
However, the sample for that particular question involved only 57 teens in
the 14-to-17 age range. That's far smaller than the thousands involved in
latest federal Youth Risk Behavior Survey last year which calculated condom
use among sexually active high school students at 61 percent
Fortenberry nonetheless found the new findings encouraging.
"There's been a major shift among young people in the role condoms have in
their sexual lives," he said. "Condoms have become normative."
Another intriguing finding — rates of condom usage among black and Hispanic
men were significantly higher than for whites. The researchers said this
suggested that HIV-AIDS awareness programs were now making headway in those
communities, which have relatively high rates of the disease.
The lowest condom usage rates were for men over 5 |
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