guess what! 12% of HS kids are having Oral Sex!

[pres2032]

and 13% are having intercourse!



just something for you parents to think about...

this is according to an NBC poll and a katie curic special

[JohnKleeb]

1. and I envy them damnit

Sigh, one of these days, Sigh one of these days. Ahh, I shouldn't let it get to me but damn its been a tough day.

[dorktv]

13. Bah...Just become celibate like me. Then you can be smug.

[JohnKleeb]

33. boring :)

[dorktv]

39. Well...You come out to Phoenix and then tell me that again.

[AuntiBush]

45. Second time around,

you crack me up! Notice you have my state bird there. :hi:

[Huckebein the Raven]

53. Come talk to me when you're 25

then complain

[NightTrain]

2. Terrific. The one time I'm in the majority, and this is it!

:eyes:

[Taverner]

3. Mock Outrage! Faux Horror!

It's all Clintons fault!!!!

[pres2032]

8. haha, talking about Clinton now

[JohnKleeb]

12. YES CLINTON IS WHY WE"RE HAVING SEX

NEVERMIND THE FACT THAT WE'RE HORNY MOFOS. :D

[Taverner]

32. AEEEIIIIEEEE!!! CLENIS CLENIS!!!!

HEZBOLLAHHHHH!!!!

[Reverend_Smitty]

42. Does Katie realize that when the whole Clinton scandal broke...

the 14 year olds on that show were only 7...I doubt they were influenced at all.

[KitchenWitch]

4. i would guess that it may be slightly higher

If you were a teen, would you go on national TV and admit you were having sex?

[pres2032]

6. they're not saying it live

those facts were reported from a survey off camera

[NYC Liberal]

7. Still, even in a survey I bet most were lying.

[JohnKleeb]

10. yeah but we tend to lie

Its not like I would admit in a survey that Ive done a certain green plant. Huuuuuuush.

[pres2032]

14. that's true

[JohnKleeb]

17. I like the green plant a lot now

Though I think it gave me a cold, nah sheer concidence. Sigh speaking of vices, what a day.

[flvegan]

5. Shit, I'm going back to high school.

No, wait. That's not right.

BTW, with those numbers, I'll bet 50% of those kids are lying. It's gotta be higher than that.

[DrWeird]

9. Pretty low.

I'd say it's closer to 50%

[TahitiNut]

58. Read more closely. That's "are having" ... not "have had."

:evilgrin: They must've taken the poll during the lunch hour when the guys (and some girls) were eating at the "Y".

[TroubleMan]

11. The only time it would bother me is if they ask me to kiss them goodnight.

I had sex as a teenager, so why should I restrict my kids from it? Just teach them to use protection.

[William Bloode]

68. Yup...

thats how the wife and i handle it. We know good and well abstinance is bunk, and young adults will have sex. So we just make sure our childeren know to use protection. We let them know sex is normal, and theres nothing wrong with it as long as you're carefull.

[peekaloo]

15. Is that really so shocking? I'm sure Katie is aghast but

I've been out of High School for, well, quite awhile and those percentages don't seem that outrageous by comparison. Kids are just more honest about it or NOT. :shrug:

[DrGonzoLives]

16. FUCK

Where was all this when I was in high school?

[pres2032]

18. heh, yeah, def missed that

[BiggJawn]

25. Really.

Oral Sex was "Yucky", now it's no big thing.

I'm glad they didn't post the answer to "How many of you would 'do' your friend's dad?"

[DrGonzoLives]

26. Well, in Indiana

age of consent is 16, so it wouldn't be a problem there.

[Wat_Tyler]

19. That's not as high as the real figures.

I had sex in High School. Way more than 12% of kids I went to school with did.

[pres2032]

21. but that's just your school

there may be lots of schools where that is a lot less

[Wat_Tyler]

29. I doubt it.

We're talking about teenagers here.

[DrWeird]

30. Oh, I doubt it.

Sexual activity changes very little from school to school. And it's usually about 50% of students who are sexually active by the time they graduate.

[jswordy]

95. Uh, it's about ORAL SEX. They could be coupling like bunnies...

...but that does not qualify in the survey.

[tigereye]

76. I think the actual figures are much higher than that

[JI7]

20. that's lower than i would have thought

[barb162]

22. hey you guys, if I had a kid who came home with a venereal disease

in the mouth or throat, I would possibly do them more bodily harm. You know, after a week of beating the little shit bloody, then I would sit down and have a nice parent /child "chat"

[Dookus]

43. cool

beating kids over sex just churns out more kinky people. I like kinky people.

[barb162]

47. kinky is fine, venereal disease isn't. Let 'em read some books

instead of getting diseases. Reminds me of the thread a few days ago about the outrageous revealing prom dress and would you let your kid wear it. Well, if you're raising a kid to be a prostitute, yeah.

But let the kids be kinky after they can move out and support themselves. When I still pay the bills, no oral cavity veneral disease

[Dookus]

48. I don't advocate

venereal disease in teenagers.

I think beating a child for a week, as you proposed, is probably an ineffective solution to the problem of teen sexuality.

[barb162]

59. it was sarcasm (hell, wouldn't anyone get tired???)

[SarahB]

63. I say have the chats before...

By middle school, every kid should know about contraception, bodily functions of both genders, the many ways STDs can be transmitted, and emotional ramifications of becoming sexual. I don't believe in stigmatizing sexuality, but being very honest and forthcoming. We all make these decisions for ourselves. My parents weren't there when I made those decisions. I would prefer my daughter (and my boys later) wait until they're at least 18, but if they do not, I want them to be well prepared and know they can rely on me to help them and give them information, not call them names.

[tigereye]

77. couldn't agree more, SB

[SarahB]

82. Yeah and furthermore....

Wouldn't having parents with extremely critical and negative attitudes toward sexuality make you less likely to ask them for help when you need it? My oldest knows sex is a serious thing with many potential consequences, but sexual feelings are a normal part of maturing. When the time comes (hopefully not for quite awhile), she knows I can be a reliable adult that will help her. She even says to me, "Mom, I'm so lucky to have a mom I can talk to. Most of my friends don't have that." I mean, there's a line where you don't want to treat your children as a friend and you still need to be the authority, but keeping an open line of communication is so important.

[Withywindle]

23. That's a LOT lower than when I was in HS (in the 80s)...

Way way way way lower. I don't buy it.

[Kat45]

40. But AIDS wasn't the factor that it is today.

Neither was the strong conservatism in this country now.

[Withywindle]

41. True, although

it was the mid to late 80s, word was getting out. All the smart kids were using condoms anyway....

still a lot of pregnancies among the dumb ones. And this was rural VA, where it's always been very Bible-y.

[CatholicEdHead]

24. Historical figures

How does this compare to any historical figures going back to the 1950's or even earlier?

Are teenagers REALLY having more sex than the past generation? This outrage seems to come up with every generation as they age.

[DrWeird]

27. 12% would be considerably lower than in the fifties.

12% would be closer to the pregnancy rate in a fifties high school.

Teen sexuality has changed little in the past fifty years. Or ever.

[mahina]

28. Is this supposed to be some kind of crisis du jour?

Man I can't believe it. I know my kids' behavior is way way WAY better than mine was at 16. We snuck out at night, drank like fish, smoked anything and everything and dropped got knows what. The kids are straight and good and way smarter than we were. Katie Couric should take a deep breath. Jeezuz.

[last_texas_dem]

31. Hard to believe

When I was in high school I felt like I was the only one who wasn't! Interesting how low these poll numbers are; they have to be wildly inaccurate- unless a lot more kids lied about their sex lives in high school than I ever suspected.

[Moloch]

34. Only 12%??

I would have thought it would be much higher than that.

[Solly Mack]

64. Me too! Thinking the same thing

[NewJeffCT]

65. My thoughts as well

I'm guessing back in the 80s, it was probably around 50% at my small town high school... and, we had a lot of good Catholics in our school, too.

[tigereye]

78. well, being Catholic is no guarantee of anything

;)

In my 70s CCD class, the priest would say helpful things like, "where there's smoke there's fire," and "don't date Protestant boys."
:eyes:

[NewJeffCT]

88. My high school chem teacher had a funny saying...

He said the best place to meet girls interested in you-know-what was at the local all-girls Catholic school, because they don't see any boys all day.

[Cadence]

91. Yeah that number seems REALLY low. I went to high school

in the 90's and I'd be hard pressed to name a person that I knew *wasn't* having oral sex or intercourse. I was literally one of the last people to have sex in my class because I waited until I was almost seventeen. I was ridiculed for that. Now kids are having sex in middle school.

[Goddess Nephthis]

35. Oral Sex was the First Kind of Sex I Had.

With the centerfielder (I played shortstop) of our softball team. Did not have "real" sex until I met my husband. Took 18 years to realize that it was not for me.

[sparky_in_ma]

49. Hi Goddess

Welcome to DU:hi:

[Deja Q]

36. OMG, if Clinton didn't do it then all of this would be unknown to our kids

:eyes:

[pres2032]

38. i don't know, they're interviewing virgins now

one girl even started a chastity club. As a virgin myself, I say good for her!

[lolly]

61. Puts her at higher risk

Studies on those "abstinence vow" groups indicate that, while they do delay sexual intercourse (I believe it was a matter of a few months later than other teens, on average) they are far less likely to use protection when they DO have sex, so they have a higher rate of contracting STDs and of unwanted pregnancy.

[madison2000]

37. Great! And how many adults?!

[Left Is Write]

44. Those figures seem pretty low to me.

[njdemocrat106]

46. Yeah, only the good-looking kids

Something I definitely was not in high school (can you tell I'm just a LITTLE jealous? :evilgrin: )

[UdoKier]

50. That's it?

Seems pretty low. Maybe they mean on a regular basis.

I am a parent and will be happy for my boys when they have girlfriends, and I don't really care what they do, so long as they use protection without fail.

Teenagers are sexual beings. Telling them to wait until some arbitrary age or marriage is hypocritical. They will know when they are ready.

[mark414]

51. that's it?

what high school did they study?

certainly not the one i went to

[sundog]

52. bullshit - like teenagers would tell the truth

much much higher

[GRLMGC]

54. It's not THAT bad

It's not! I just got out of hs a couple of years ago and I saw none of this action.

[Maestro]

55. Spongebob and gay agenda are to blame dammit!

Focus on the Family was right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! /sarcasm/

[JohnnyCougar]

56. Funny...if you asked the guys in my hight school, 90% were having sex

Somehow, I think that answer is skewed :)

[CanuckAmok]

57. HA HA HA!

That reminds me of a flame-war I was having with some RW asshole (who I later outed as someone who was lying about being in the Army), who said that, among other things, Clintom was responsible for the "current epidemic of oral sex among teenagers". Yes, that's what he said, "epidemic".

[Radical Activist]

60. That's all?

I heard on a radio show that just over 50% of blond girls had lost their virginity by age 16. Maybe that was bogus.

[SarahB]

62. I don't know.

When it's easy to get, it kind of makes waiting difficult at times. :shrug:

[gollygee]

66. I would have thought more than that

Things haven't changed since I was in high school then.

[WoodrowFan]

67. right this very minute?? (NT)

[WMliberal]

87. hahahaha. best reply yet.

Sluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurp. You bet they are!

[underpants]

69. That's encouraging but WE NEED NAMES!!!

Famous quote by NYC Mayor Walker when told that 1/3 of women admitted they had sex on the first date.

[lpbk2713]

70. Congrats on getting #69 in the Oral Sex thread.

[underpants]

71. My life is now complete

:bounce:

[pres2032]

74. wow! my thread has been given a name?

cool! i've never had a thread known as "the _____ thread" I must have reached something important in my time on DU.

[Magrittes Pipe]

72. Yeah, but they're no good at it.

[benburch]

73. Speak for yourself, buddy.

I was AWESOME at it when I was in High School!

[WMliberal]

75. BS. That's got to be way low!

I know schools nearby with STD infection rates higher than that.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

79. I Was A Post Grad In The 80's Working On A PHD In Poli Sci...

My major was Soviet Union And Eastern Europe...


My minor was Middle Eastern Politics...


My professor was Monte Palmer... He was telling us about a study of sexual behavior of Iranian teenagers.... When they got the results they killed the study...

American teens aren't the only teens having sex....

[leftofthedial]

80. don't worry

someday, they'll get married and the percentage will drop to nil

[Arkana]

81. And it's ALL Clinton's fault...the EEEEEEEEVIL, EVIL CLENIS!

[jswordy]

83. That is low compared to when I grew up...

...back in the '70s! (Wistful sigh here.)

OK parents: Pick out nine of your kid's friends. If none of them are having sex, it's YOURS!

ROFL

[Dedalus]

84. A Perfect Example...

...of how statistics are meaningless. "High School" usually means 9-12 grades. 13% having sex would be high for a 9th grade class, but low for seniors--this is probably why some of you are saying that number sounds too low, others just the opposite. The difference between a 14-year-old and a 19-year-old when it comes to this stuff is immeasurably huge, so without an accompanying bar graph that breaks it down by age, there's no way to interpret this.

It also might be useful to see things broken down by gender (disproportionate affirmatives among males at one school would indicate that there are just a few select girls that everyone takes turns banging), or by circumstances, i.e. are these kids having sex with their boyfriend/girlfriend, or just anybody? In my H.S., pretty much everybody who had sex did so within relationships. The funny thing about that is, the cool kids never officially "dated" for long periods of time, just hooked up at parties, and it was the less cool kids who had long-term relationships with each other... So by graduation day, a significantly higher percentage of uncool kids had had sex than cool kids.

[Bouncy Ball]

85. First of all, those numbers sound AWFULLY low

secondly, what's wrong with these kids? When I was in high school, in the mid-80s, we thought oral sex was just plain gross. Sure, it was engaged in from time to time, but for the most part? No.

To us, it was far more intimate than "just sex."

:shrug:

Guess things have changed.

[WI_DEM]

86. Is that all?

I have to say I'm surprised, I thought the numbers would be higher. I'm happy they arent. Actually I get it now: it may seem low but it gets higher as they go on from grade to grade.

[yellowcanine]

89. At the same time? If so, it is a lot. If not - number seems low.

[Xithras]

90. As long as they're safe about it, good for them!

Within limits, of course :)

I had sex as a teenager, and I turned out to be a good person, a well paid professional, and a great parent. No harm done.

So long as the kids are taking care to prevent pregnancy and veneral disease, I say let them play.

[jburton]

92. The 12% oral sex figure sounds low

I wonder if their research has any "teeth" in it.

:evilgrin:

[pres2032]

93. you're bad!

:spank:

you better not get this thread locked!

[DS1]

94. Right Now? Giggity gigitty giggity!

:D

[rasputin1952]

96. I find it repulsive that they had to drag Clinton into this....

For Pete's sake, this has been going on forever. You'd think Clinton was the first person to ever have received fellatio, and Monica was the first to ever administer such....:eyes:

The figures are low, and for all of the insanity of those reporting this...let us here if THEY ever indulged, or still do...:evilgrin:

Why can't they just leave 'morality' to the parents and the kids, there are FAR worse things happening in the world. And with this in the forefront...just what new screwing is the bush admin planning for the nation; I'm sure this is smoke and mirrors for some horrendous new agenda....x(

[SmokingJacket]

97. That's all???!!

Wow. When I graduated in hmmmmmm well a long time ago it was much higher. Unless those girls got pregnant some other way...

Actually: it's probably about the same percentage total, but fewer are having intercourse. I guess that's better.