Hellow TWHL, if you remember my last thread on statistics from the US well nevermind. Here are some new ones. According to Wikipedia:
35% of US high school students were currently sexually active and 47.8% of US high school students reported having had sexual intercourse
A 2008 study by the CDC found that an estimated 1 in 4 sexually active teens contracts an STD. The same study found that, among those who were infected, 15% had more than one STI, and 20% of those who said they had only one sexual partner were infected.
teenage pregnancy is 2 to 10 times more prevalent in the United States than in other similarly developed countries
On blowjobs (pretty popular too):
half of all 15- to 19-year-olds have had oral sex, with the percentage rising to 70% by the time they turn 19
Thought this was funny:
"There is a widespread belief that teens engage in nonvaginal forms of sex, especially oral sex, as a way to be sexually active while still claiming that technically, they are virgins," says study author Laura Lindberg
I don't get this part:
Of anal and vaginal sex, 14% believed you could engage in the former and 12% said you could participate in the latter while still remaining abstinent.
One in four women in America who had sex during their teenage years will have a baby before they are married...Of all women, 16% will be teen mothers
18% (almost 1 in 5) of teen girls were infected with Human PapillomaVirus
Of seniors in high school, 74% of girls regret sexual experiences they have had
Of women who had sex for the first time as teens, 30% divorced within five years, and 47% divorced within 10 years of getting married. The divorce rate for women who delayed sex until adulthood was far lower: 15% at five years, and 27% at 10 years. Researchers believe "that the early sexual experience leads to the development of behaviors or beliefs that promote divorce.
More than one fifth of teens have sent sexually suggestive text messages or nude photographs of themselves online. Teens who photograph or film themselves or receive photos of others, known as sexting, can be charged with child pornography.
Experts say that sexting poses a serious problem, partly because teens do not understand that the images are permanent and can be spread quickly. “It does not click that what they’re doing is destructive, let alone illegal.” “Once they are out there, it spreads like a virus,” police say.
...sexual minority youth (e.g. homosexuals) were significantly more likely than other students to report "having been or gotten someone pregnant (15% vs. 4%)
Check out these fail parents
Less than half of parents with daughters under 18 talk to their girls about how to say no to boys, and about half talk to them about contraception. While 78% of parents believe that their daughters can talk to them about any topic, only 54% of girls believe they can discuss any topic with them.
Also, according to the CDC, one in ten teens will be physically abused between the grades of seventh through twelfth
Humans never cease to amaze me.
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