Many teens are having oral sex, and don't realize the risks they run.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  October 3, 2002 ;     700+ words ......are engaging in oral sex more than previous...Seventeen magazine, 23 percent of students questioned...said they had had oral sex. In 11th and 12th...increased to 42 percent. The survey also found that 38 percent of teens did not think oral sex was as big a ...

Many teens are having oral sex, and don't realize the risks they run.(St....

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  October 29, 2002 ;     700+ words ......are engaging in oral sex more than previous...Seventeen magazine, 23 percent of students questioned...said they had had oral sex. In 11th and 12th...increased to 42 percent. The survey also found that 38 percent of teens did not think oral sex was as big a ...

Big increase in oral sex among teens may be myth

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  September 16, 2005 ;     700+ words ......90 percent of men and 88 percent of women had oral sex with an opposite-sex partner...percent had intercourse, 44 percent had oral sex, 8 percent had anal sex with a female...vaginal intercourse, 42 percent had oral sex, less than 6 ...

The new third base More teens are having oral sex, saying they don't...

Chicago Sun-Times;  March 25, 2004 ;     700+ words ......in 1991 to 45.6 percent in 2001, according...say they've had oral sex. That figure comes...S. teens believe oral sex doesn't matter as...same survey, 63 percent of all 15- to 17...it," with boys 6 percentage points more likely...these girls giving oral sex, it's ...

A genealogy of the genital kiss: oral sex in the twentieth century.

The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality;  June 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Abstract: In recent years oral sex has been the subject of increasing media...article is to present a modern genealogy of oral sex. We explore the evolving contexts and discourses concerning oral sex that have occurred from the early 20th century...

Study confirms that teens are having oral sex

Daily Breeze;  September 16, 2005 ;     700+ words ......having given or received oral sex, while 49 percent of the boys and 53...intercourse have also had oral sex: among sexually experienced teens, 88 percent of the boys and 83 percent of the girls have had oral sex. "A very significant...

Oral sex among teenagers: research, discourse, and education.(SIECCAN...

The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality;  September 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ...The issue of teens and oral sex has appeared on the radar screens of...may ask whether all the talk about oral sex among teens reflects a recent major...reports in the media about an outbreak of oral sex among teens, and especially young teens...

Oral sex jumps among young: Study in city shows percentage more than...

Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD);  May 10, 2006 ;     700 words ......clinics who reported having oral sex. Among males ages 12 to 25, the percentage who acknowledged having oral sex jumped from 16 percent to 32 percent over the...More teens are having oral sex than sexual intercourse...last year found that 55 percent of all ...

A Debunking on Teenagers and 'Technical Virginity'; Researchers Find That...

The Washington Post;  May 20, 2008 ;     700+ words ......said they also had had oral sex, compared with 26 percent of the virgins. Among...three years earlier, 92 percent had engaged in oral sex. Jones noted that the...who reported engaging in oral sex, 67 percent had only one partner...

Teens: Intercourse Riskier Than Oral Sex

AP Online;  April 4, 2005 ;     464 words ......in five ninth-graders report having had oral sex and almost one-third say they intend to...whose average age was 14 1/2, also say oral sex is less risky, more common and more acceptable...similar experiences and opinions about oral sex, which surprised the study's lead author...

Study: Teens View Oral Sex As Less Risky

AP Online;  April 5, 2005 ;     464 words ......in five ninth-graders report having had oral sex and almost one-third say they intend to...whose average age was 14 1/2, also say oral sex is less risky, more common and more acceptable...similar experiences and opinions about oral sex, which surprised the study's lead author...

Concern as most American teens have had oral sex.(News)

The Boston Herald;  September 16, 2005 ;     700+ words ......percent of males and 10 percent of females had had heterosexual oral sex but not vaginal intercourse...vaginal intercourse, 90 percent have had oral sex with a female, and...Are you surprised 50 percent of teens have had oral sex, and do you consider...

Oral Sex Prevalent Among Teens; Majority of Those 15-19 Engage in...

The Washington Post;  September 16, 2005 ;     700+ words ......have engaged in oral sex, with females and...age to about 70 percent of all 18- and 19-year-...do not consider oral sex to be as significant...generation does. "Oral sex is far less intimate...Francisco. "At 50 percent, we're talking about...base and so on. Oral ...

Oral sex not free from HIV risk, study shows

Chicago Sun-Times;  February 2, 2000 ;     307 words ......FRANCISCO At least 8 percent of all cases of...infection result from oral sex, according to researchers...have been caused by oral sex, the actual percentage may be higher than 8 percent, she noted. Both partners are at risk in oral sex. The report follows...

ORAL SEX INVADES TEEN SCENE.(Opinion)(Column)

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  May 12, 2002 ;     691 words ......She was allegedly having oral sex with them in some of the...middle school, who are having oral sex - sometimes with groups...show on what they deemed an oral sex epidemic among 13- and 14-year-...younger. There are even oral sex parties among that group...Foundation ...