Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Reports of Oral Sex Epidemic May Have Been Greatly Exaggerated?

by Teresa

Here’s something for parents of teenagers to consider.

Newsweek is reporting on a new study that contradicts the idea that there’s an “epidemic” of teenagers having oral sex. 
The idea was brought into the spotlight, in part, by features on TV talk shows.  The theory was that many teens are deciding to have oral sex instead of intercourse, and that they are doing so with multiple partners, in a more casual way.  The new study contradicts all of those assumptions.

To read the whole article, and an interview with one of the authors of the study, click here and here.