Monday, October 22, 2007

Do numbers really matter?

"A groundbreaking ABC News "Primetime Live" survey finds a range of eye-popping sexual activities, fantasies and attitudes in this country, confirming some conventional wisdom, exploding some myths -- and venturing where few scientific surveys have gone before."
-http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/PollVault/Story?id=156921&page=1


Total Number of Sex Partners

Average Median
All13 5
Men20 8
Women6 3


Total Number of Sex Partners

All Men Women
One 19% 12 25
2-4 25 16 33
5-10 28 26 29
11-20 12 18 6
21+ 12 20 4


First-time sex was too young:
Men 37%
Women 50

-Sexually active young people report a median of two partners in the last year, compared with a median of one for other adults.
-Concern about AIDS and other STDs peaks, at 59 percent, among anyone who's had two or more sex partners in the last year

-Four in 10 [young people] say sex without an emotional relationship is OK