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 More than a third of teens engage in oral sex by the time they reach 17, according to the CDC.
August 17th, 2012
10:41 AM ET
Fewer teens having oral sexFewer teens aged 15 to 17 are having oral sex now than in 2002, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, but the number remains high. The report, based on data from The National Survey of Family Growth, found that more than a third of teens had engaged in oral sex by the time they turned 17. That number climbed to almost 50% by age 19, and more than 80% for 24-year-olds. The study - based on computer surveys given to over 6,000 teens - also looked at the timing of first oral sex in relation to the timing of first vaginal intercourse. It found that the prevalence of having oral sex before vaginal intercourse was about the same as those having vaginal intercourse before oral sex. "This new CDC analysis debunks many myths about when young people are initiating oral sex," wrote Leslie Kantor, vice president for education at Planned Parenthood, a family planning advocacy group. "Although there has never been data to support it, there has been the perception that many teens engage in oral sex as a 'risk-free' alternative to intercourse. But the CDC analysis shows that sexually active young people are likely to engage in both activities," she wrote. But oral sex, like vaginal intercourse, is not risk-free. According to the CDC's website, "numerous studies have demonstrated that oral sex can result in the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted disease," not the least of which is Human Papillomavirus (HPV), the disease known to cause both cervical and some throat cancers. "It's widely accepted that there is an increased number of head and neck cancers today due to changes in sexual practices in the '60s, '70s and '80s," - specifically, an increase in oral sex, said Dr. Otis Brawley, the chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society. Regardless of whether teens have oral or vaginal sex first, Kantor says, it's imperative they have the knowledge to make an educated decision about their sexual health. "We need to make sure that young people have the skills to negotiate what they do and don’t want to do in sexual relationships, as well as education about and access to condoms and birth control so that they can protect themselves from STDs and pregnancy and remain healthy," she wrote.
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Hilarious! It doesn't mean children are being chaste. It means they're merely skipping the foreplay!
Lol, for most kids oral sex is the main event, not foreplay!
I'm in my late 20s and it's still my favorite main event ;p
Last I read well researched work, a large proportion of the population is not attracted to oral sex. Those who are not attracted apparently do not feel differently after trying it. Whether or not the partner is attracted to oral sex should be handled by words t before the couple has sex. There's no point in starting a relationship or even a one night stand if one partner likes and wants oral sex and the other is not attracted to it. Reluctant sexual partners who have to be talked into something will walk, often at the most inconvenient time.
This story makes me sad. Oral sex should be encouraged.
Umm, really? Have you tried it? I think you would lke it if you gave up your repressed ways...
There are only two things that smell like fish and one of them is fish.
What's the second thing?
I am a teen girl and Mike hunt is hot.
Hats off to those who can stand the real smelly ones long enough to have a taste. Yuk to you all.
Once you get past the smell, you've got it licked.
Vajajas are the grossiest things! Yuck!
Yes! Jesus is winning!
Jesus Sanchez?
what's he playing?
What a stupid topic, like you could really trust surveys about this.
I understand that scientists/doctors have recently been able to link oral sex with throat cancer.
Cripes! Im screwed! Love eating down at the Y.
I am thinking you just made that up/
I mean they** made that up.
Yes, they're linked in the same way that Mardi Gras is linked to Katrina. Just ask Pat Robertson.
It's true.
Who cares. People are just monkeys anyway. What to monkeys do when they get aroused? Where the heck do they get these numbers anyway? The health department? I'm pretty sure they aren't surveying our kids about it and if they are then Uncle same needs to be registered as an offender.
Penises are growing at astronomical speed due to black apes marrying white women and having half breeds with longer and fatter penises!
Penises are growing at warped speed due to black apes marrying white women and having half breeds with longer and fatter penises!
maybe it means something all together different
Am I the only person that's asking myself, why the hell is this even on the news? What's next? Fewer misquitos are biting humans?
this is the first test for a real long term girl freind..,
no blo???? no go.....
This test should and can also apply to those girls you will never ever consider for marrying.
you do'nt want those kind of lips kissing your children!!!!!!!!
Hmmm, let me get this straight who the hell gives a flying rats a$$ over this information. It's all about the human mating process because we as a species are driven to procreate. Just a waste of money because its not going to change any behavior that is already hard wired into us as a species...Just Saying...This is apart of our personal lives and has gone on since the beginning of mankind's haphazard MIS-adventures here on this blue planet our home in space.
they're skipping the oral traditions and going straight for the rectum. go kids of today!!!! yeyyyyy!!!
More teens lying about oral sex than ever before.
Mike Hunt, meet Mike Hock.
Mike Hock, meet Mike Humm.
Mike Hunt, meet Mike Hoochie.
Mike Hooter, meet Mike Lit.
Testing
Was the author being punished for something to write this?
White chicks love to give head.
Word.
Until the wedding...
Candy is a dandy, but oral sex won't rot your teeth!
What's in will eventually be out .In out-in-out-in-out-inoutinoutinout ...Choo chooooo!.
how on earth do they REALLY know this? If you're not there when it happens or doesn't happen then you really don't know do you? Another wasted study.
Teens today. Don't know what they're missing.
The study was given to 6000 teens yet they have data on 24 year olds. FAIL!
Drink to the bearded clam!
this is newsworthy to who?
This is liberal garbage reporting that at best aimed at teens with hormore issues.
It's true. Science and facts have a liberal bias.
Sounds to me like someone didn't get any. Little uptight? You should consider blowing off some steam... wink wink
Fewer teens having oral sex........What a damn shame !!!!!!!
why is this 'breaking news'????
If you jump up and down are you giving a protein shake?
"Any idiot, upon seeing the 1st automobile, could easily predict that it would revolutionize transportation. Only someone with exceptionally keen insight could have foreseen that it would also revolutionize the s¢x lives of teenagers." —Isaac Asimov (1920-1992), American science-fiction writer
"Fewer teens having oral sex" – What is wrong with young people these days? Is it because they're too lazy??? Get up off the couch and do something!
Once you find out it tastes like chicken the thrill is gone!
LMAO
The headline should be "More teenagers deny having oral sex"
Bunch of blowhards!
I guess they have the problem licked.
Did we SERIOUSLY have to read this?? CNN is a SAD and PATHETIC news company!
Well at least it's teen readers don't... as much...anymore... for now.
this is not good
Does this mean more teens are getting married? Think about it... think about it.... ok... now you got it!
Yep and taking LSD will make you look at the sun until you go blind.
What a bunch of Garbage. Remember, taking LSD will make you look at the sun until you go blind?
Well, they won't notice a difference when they get married, will they?
Hey religion=insanity:
Read those "stats" to my Christian daughter who married at 24 as a virgin. Maybe there is something she missed . . .
Here's a link:
http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/religions-link-to-teen-pregnancy/
Why do I need to know this!!!
Too many promises of "not coming in your mouth" led to this.
Like with any form of sex know your partners, and do it right, take precaution, no matter what. Not everyone is honest enough to tell you they have had sexual tranmitted diseases, may not be from themselves but from unprotected sex. It use to be people cared about themselves and if they were sick, they were concerned about the other person, now days, it's a game teenagers view sex as a game, or a challenge of conquering. Give yourself a break and grow up! If you can't understand the ramifications then where are you?
@Tommy, haha
How could this even be legally accurate? Good news though... oral is the most disgusting thing ever invented.
"We need to make sure that young people have the skills to negotiate what they do .....blah blah blah....."
Ok......then we need better teachers in school and make it required for everybody to pass test.
NO CHILD LEFT OR RIGHT BEHINDS !!
Aural sex.