To fully understand late
adolescents' experiences of oral sex, we must consider both risk and normative
developmental perspectives. Sexual experiences include a range of behaviors,
but research on sexual behaviors and consequences focuses primarily on vaginal
sex. Oral sex occurs at rates similar to vaginal sex, and carries some, though
less, risk than vaginal sex.
The current study examined the event-level
prevalence and consequences of oral sex compared to vaginal sex with other-sex
partners in first-year college students. Daily data were from recently sexually
active first-year college students (N = 253 people, 834 days; M
age, 18.4 years; SD = 0.4; 56 % female; 31 %
Hispanic/Latino; 17 % African American, 14 % Asian American/Pacific
Islander, 25 % European American, 12 % multiracial) who reported on
sexual behaviors and consequences. Both positive (intimacy, physical
satisfaction) and negative (worrying about health, guilt) consequences were
less common for oral than vaginal sex.
Gender differences suggested that female
adolescents may find vaginal sex more rewarding than oral sex, whereas male
adolescents may find them equally rewarding.
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By: Lefkowitz ES1, Vasilenko SA2, Leavitt CE3.
- 1Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, 119 Health and Human Development Building, University Park, PA, 16802, USA. EXL20@psu.edu.
- 2Methodology Center, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA.
- 3Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, 119 Health and Human Development Building, University Park, PA, 16802, USA.
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