CHICAGO (Reuters) - One in five U.S. teenagers say they have engaged in oral sex, an activity that some adolescents view as not sex at all and certainly less risky than intercourse, a report released Monday said.



The survey of 580 children with a mean age of 14-1/2 found 20 percent said they had engaged in oral sex, compared to 14 percent who said they had engaged in sexual intercourse.


In addition, one-third of the multi-ethnic 9th graders surveyed said they intended to have oral sex within the next six months and nearly one-fourth planned to have intercourse during the period. It was more common for boys to have performed oral sex on girls than vice versa, the report said.


Previous studies and numerous campaigns aimed at deterring teenaged sex have focused on intercourse, but as many as half of adolescents experience oral sex first, the report said.


The risk of transmitting infections, including HIV, is significantly less with oral sex than with intercourse but is likely underestimated by teenagers, said the report in the journal Pediatrics.


Youngsters who engage in oral sex rarely used condoms or dental dams, even though herpes, hepatitis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis as well as the virus that causes AIDS can all be transmitted orally, it added.


"Given the suggestion that adolescents do not view oral sex as sex and see oral sex as a way of preserving their virginity while still gaining intimacy and sexual pleasure, they are likely to interpret sexual health messages as referring to vaginal sex," wrote lead author Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, a pediatrician at the University of California, San Francisco.


"Adolescents also believed that oral sex is more acceptable than vaginal sex for adolescents their own age in both dating and non-dating situations, oral sex is less of a threat to their values and beliefs, and more of their peers will have oral sex than vaginal sex in the near future," she wrote.

i consider a tongue in the vagina to be sex!

Mazerati said:

you dont have pre teen or teenage kids do you ?

Even people from my generation (especially the ones from overseas) seem to think oral sex is not such a big deal. The younger ones are even more fucked up.

Mach said:

no i dont thats because i used my tongue and not Wilbur

Mazerati said:

Mazerati said:

Yes, oral sex is sex and is a big deal.

Mazerati said:

What about a tongue on the clitoris?

I can't stand all these disgusting teens, most of which I must attend school with...they make everyone else look bad...then they think they're all cool because they do it and people like me get ridiculed...

Ace said:

yes thats also good but just remember while licking the clit... keep your finger inside on the g-spot. Move it around a little. . It is then important that you make a Come here motion with you finger.. (f your girl can take it... you can put 2 fingers in).. Anyways Make a come here motion with your finger. Make sure your fingers are still hitting the G-spot(That rigid Area) Still maintain licking the clit..YOU CAN SPEED UP THE FINGERS SLOWLY AND GO IN AND OUT WITH THEM BUT YOU GOTTA FEEL THE GIRL OUT... ALSO ASK HER WHAT SHE LIKES..ASK HER IF ITS THE RIGHT SPEED.. MAKE HER RELAX
[Edited 4/4/05 8:08am]

RazzBeret said:

not by me

Mach said:

Oral sex is less risky. Saliva neautralizes the germ that causes HIV. Only way u get it through oral is through cut in your mouth and it comes contact with infected blood and if the cut on penis too or bad gums. Cause blood drips from there or infected blood gets in stream that way. As far as the other std's yes it can be caused and get your liver checked to see if you have anything. I know cause i was checked already during my depression which i am still in but not as bad.

Phew! Now at least I can say I've never had sex with a man! Thanks US teens!

ReturnOfDOOK said:

You've never had sex with a man YET

Ace said:

Better yet:

Mazerati said:

Depends on how good it is.

Mach said:

That's like on that Lifetime movie that just aired... "Mom at 16". What's more annoying is that the teens are like clones....with no minds of their own, who only "do it" to please boys or to not look like a loser. (I personally don't think those who wait are losers) And in the movie they were talking about those bracelets, the colored "jelly" ones which indicate what sexual activity you'll perform on the boy...like oral,anal, and full intercourse. Even though I'm not that much older than high schools teens...it kinda annoys me. And you know Lifetime movies are pretty accurate, so the whole time I'm watching this movie, I'm goin' "I would lose it if my 15 year old daughter walked around with an arm full of those sex bracelets!". I guess your view on teens change when you get older. And I should be used to this, since girls are having babies at 13 these day. My hometown at one point was ranked #1 in the state for most teen pregnacies It's almost abnormal for a person my age to not have kids here.

Where can I find these teens that are giving up the oral?

Where were all these oral sexing teen girls when I was at school

bkw said:

Obviously having oral sex with the rest of the school.

althom said:

Dirty!

Mach said:

am i the only one having trouble believing this part???

all "oral sex isn't really sex" stories i have read or reports on tv say that it's the other way around. girls doing it in a twisted search for love and attention.

emm said:

yeah ... made me raise an eyebrow for sure... but my "teen" days were 20 + yrs ago... so maybe things have changed ?

emm said:

Not love, just attention and acceptation by their peers.
[Edited 4/4/05 17:52pm]

Mazerati said:

Gotdamn, can I be YOUR friend?

TheOrgerFormerlyKnownAs said:

for real. I'm gettin' aroused just reading that.

AnckSuNamun said:

Yeah...that's how it is at my school...you are considered "gay" if you like different things; music clothing, have a different personality, don't pick on people, don't fall into a popular stereotype ("punk," "gangsta"). First of all, there's nothing wrong with being gay(even though I am not), second of all, there's nothing wrong with being your own person and an individual...well...there shouldn't be...