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Oral and Anal Sex Acts Are Up Among Teens

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Posted on May 10, 2006

There has been a “significant increase” in the proportion of teens and young adults engaging in such acts during the last decade, according to STD clinics in Baltimore.

Reuters:

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - During the past decade, there has been a significant increase in the proportion of teenagers and young adults engaging in oral sex and, less commonly, having anal intercourse, according to data from STD clinics in Baltimore, Maryland.

The finding is not all that surprising, Dr. Emily Erbelding from Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore told Reuters Health.

She explained that “a few national surveys conducted recently have suggested that oral sex may be a behavior that teenagers are increasingly participating in. For example, in the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth, most teenagers reported having oral sex and many had not had intercourse.”

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By sex toys, August 26 at 4:24 am #

Our teens become more and more experienced.. year by year… It seems to me something is going wrong with our morality. Don’t you think so too?

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By charmaine, May 11, 2006 at 12:08 pm #
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yes i have a question.. my friend constantly complains to me about how bad she smells down there sometimes… she’s a virgin but says that for some reason she thinks she has an std.. so what do i tell her.. i told her to go see a doctor but she refuses.. how do i help her…

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