Last week I was called several times by a reporter from The Sunday Times who wanted some help interpreting a new sex survey meta-analysis. The research, by staff at San Diego State University in California, drew on 530 sex surveys from 1943 to 1999.
This research was similar to a UK study completed last year, which I referred the Sunday Times journalist to.
In both studies, analysis of data over time reveals Western women report a greater range of changes in their sexual attitudes and behaviour, including an increase in premarital sex. The latest US study showed 13% girls reporting being sexually active in the 1950s compared with 47% of girls disclosing sexual activity in the 1990s. Guilt around sex had also reduced, as had the age of first intercourse, whilst views about premarital sex had become more positive.
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