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New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Sexually-active American teenagers were found to be more “safe-sex” conscious than baby boomers according to the largest, most comprehensive national survey of Americans’ sexual behavior since 1994.

The survey, filling 130 pages of a special issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine , offers detailed findings on how often Americans have sex, with whom, and how they respond.

Dr. Dennis Fortenberry, a pediatrics professor who was lead author of the study’s section about teen sex, was encouraged by the new findings stating that, “There’s been a major shift among young people in the role condoms have in their sexual lives. Condoms have become normative.”

The survey also found that black and Hispanic men used condoms more than white males, suggesting to researchers that the HIV-AIDS awareness programs were now gaining ground in these communities afflicted with the disease.

It was also found that men over 50 seldom used condoms which worried researchers as this raised the risk for transmission of the disease considering that an increasing number of older adults had multiple sexual partners.

Other notable findings of the survey were that men are more likely to experience orgasm when vaginal intercourse is involved, while women are more likely to reach orgasm when they engage in variety of acts, including oral sex.

It was also observed that there was a gap in perceptions between men and women in that 85 percent of the men surveyed said their latest sexual partner had an orgasm, while only 64 percent of the women thought otherwise.

The survey also found that one-third of women experienced genital pain during their most recent sex, compared to 5 percent of men which fact deserved further research and study.

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