Comments on: Most Teens Aren’t Sexually Active

By: Albert

Albert — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:05:12 +0000

The study, at least according to the linked article, didn’t count oral, anal, or other forms of sex when it said most teens weren’t having sex. If they had counted them…

The study seems to show that sexually active teens are afraid of getting pregnant.

By: JB in CA

JB in CA — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 09:02:25 +0000

Are you sure that’s not “40 percent of 17-year-old males imagined vaginal intercourse in the past year”?

It’s amusing that the study “caught” men exaggerating how much pleasure they give their partners (by about 20 percentage points), yet presented the self-reporting of sexual conquests by 17-year-old males (on an internet questionnaire, no less!) without any apparent attempt to determine the objective accuracy of those reports.

By: GeronimoRumplestiltskin

GeronimoRumplestiltskin — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 18:12:08 +0000

Wait…..You mean MTV’s portrayal (where nary a ‘normal’ teen who’s also a virgin is found) of teenage sexual conduct is…….inaccurate?

Geez…who can you trust these days?

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 17:38:50 +0000

How could someone be not active but use a condom? It doesn’t make sense for me.

By: mike

mike — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:52:05 +0000

The statement that the kids ‘are being responsible by abstaining or by using condoms’ was a little funny. Imagine there is a magic pill that lets people drink as much alcohol as they want without becoming addicted. The author would then say something like, the kids were very responsible about alcohol because they were either sober or drunk all the time but taking the magic pill!

Kudos to the abstainers. Your future spouses will appreciate your effort.