Article: Big increase in oral sex among teens may be myth

RUTH PADAWER, STAFF WRITER
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
09-16-2005

Big increase in oral sex among teens may be myth -- Survey hints rates unchanged since '95
By RUTH PADAWER, STAFF WRITER
Date: 09-16-2005, Friday
Section: NEWS
Edtion: All Editions

Half of all girls ages 15 to 19 have had oral sex, according to a long-awaited report released Thursday, the first time any federal government survey has broached the topic.

Unlike girls, teenage boys were asked about oral sex once before in a government-financed study in 1995. Thursday's report revisited the question and its findings were staggering. Despite widespread claims that such activity exploded over the last decade, the survey suggests ...

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