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« Miers in the balance | Main | Court Rules in Favor of Anonymous Blogger » October 06, 2005Teen Girls Leading Sexual Revolution"A study that began in 1943 and ended in 1999 shows that teenage girls are having sex at a younger age than ever before and are taking the lead in dismantling sexual taboos. "According to the study, the percentage of young girls who participate in premarital sex jumped from 12 to 79 percent, while the percentage of young men who participate in premarital sex jumped from 42 to 71 percent. "The average age teenage girls had sexual intercourse in 1999 was 15, according to the study. The average age during the 1950s and 1960s was 19. Overall, the percentage of sexually-actively teenage girls in 1999 was 50 percent, compared to 13 percent in 1943." Posted by Joshua Claybourn at October 6, 2005 02:16 PM CommentsThis would have been very, very exciting news for me back in high school. Either that, or made me feel like even more of a loser 'cuz I wasn't getting any. Posted by: Doug at October 6, 2005 02:44 PM | permalink One of the statistics that I found astonishing, but well evidenced, is that teenagers in the Netherlands start having sex, on average, 2 years later than teens in the US. Indeed, the rate of teen pregnancy and teen abortions in the Netherlands is a full seven times lower than the US. And this is a nation that has the world's most comprehensive sex education, complete with free and anonymous birth control and free and anonymous sexual health checkups. Posted by: Ed Brayton at October 6, 2005 05:04 PM | permalink Is this for real? Someone's only just discovered there's been a change in sexual mores since the 1940s? Why, if their study ended in 1999, is it just being reported now? Publish-or-perish sure leads to some desperate publications. Posted by: wahoofive at October 6, 2005 05:06 PM | permalink Post a comment |
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