Teenage boys and young men may talk a lot about sex, but often the only ones listening are their peers.
Now, an online survey of 1,200 guys ages 15 to 22 gives them a clear voice.
"Everybody thinks they just want to have sex — that it's all about getting it on," says Ann Shoket, editor in chief of Seventeen magazine, which commissioned the survey in partnership with the non-profit National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy for the magazine's March issue, out next week.
Although the magazine's focus was on sexual respect, the online survey by TRU, a Chicago-based youth market research company, asked 42 questions about sex and relationships, including attitudes and sexual history.
Among the findings:
•45% said they were virgins.
•60% said they had lied about something related to sex; 30% lied about how far they have gone; 24% lied about their number of sexual partners; and 23% claimed not to be a virgin when they were.
•57% of sexually active respondents said they had had unprotected sex.
•78% agreed there was "way too much pressure" from society to have sex.
Source: USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-01-26-boysandsex_ST_N.htm
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