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Jul 03, 2007 |
More than 25 percent of people in the UK ignore the rules of safer sex when loosing their virginity.
According to Durex Global Survey, where more than 26,000 people took part in a study of various aspects of sexuality and sexual health, teenage virgins were more likely to practice safer sex than those aged over 20. Poll results showed that 80% of youngsters of 16 to 19 years old used protection during first time sex , in comparison with 60% of young men and women of 20 to 25 and 50 % of those over 25 year olds.
If compared to respondents aged over 65, teenagers now are 8 times more likely to use contraception than elderly people.
These findings suggest that measures aimed at increasing safe sex awareness are quite effective nowadays. Contraception was not so widely used even 40 years ago when contraception was not always available and sex after marriage was the choice for most people.
According to the Durex Global Survey, Greece was on top of all countries with 88 % of virgins using contraception for their first sexual experience. Other countries among those practicing safer sex for first time sex was Poland with 86% and Thailand with 84%. Around 74% of first timers from UK used protection. As much as 60 percent of people from US, Australia and France were using protection.
As for gender differences, on average women were 25% more likely to take care about protection but were reporting about being pressured to do so.
The average age when people lose their virginity is 19,25 years old. The oldest to have first time sex were Malaysian people who lose their virginity on average at 23 and the youngest were Austrians – at 17,3.
As much as half of all women respondents said they were disappointed with their first time sexual experience.
Experts say that the results of the survey show that more attention should be given to teenagers as well as older people.
