World Sex Survey Reveals Surprises

[Taranne]

World Sex Survey Reveals Surprises

Gender Inequality, Not Promiscuity, Main Factor in Sexual Health

By Daniel DeNoon

WebMD Medical News Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD

on Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Oct. 31, 2006 -- We can't blame it on the kids. The first global analysis of sex-behavior data shows no evidence of a trend toward youthful promiscuity.

The report -- based on surveys from 59 nations -- also shows no support for the common notion that there is a culture of multiple sexual partners in countries with poor sexual health. Multiple sexual partners, it turns out, are more common in industrialized than in developing nations.

So why is sexual health such a huge problem? The study suggests that unequal treatment of girls and women as the major sexual-health issue.

Kaye Wellings, FRCOG, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and colleagues report the findings as part of The Lancet's Sexual and Reproductive Health Online Series, published Nov. 1.

"People who fear a tide of youthful promiscuity might take heart from the fact that trends towards early and premarital sex are neither as pronounced nor as prevalent as is sometimes assumed," Wellings and colleagues suggest. "The data make a powerful case for an intervention focus on the broader determinants of sexual health, such as poverty and mobility, but especially gender inequality."

Some of the survey's major findings:

# While there is no major trend toward earlier sexual experience, a trend toward later marriage has led to an increase in premarital sex.

# Married people have more sex than unmarried people do.

# Sexual activity among single people is more common in industrialized countries than in developing countries.

# First sexual experience is often forced or sold.

# Monogamy is the dominant pattern in most parts of the world. Men report more multiple partnerships than do women. Such men are more likely to live in developed nations.

# Marriage is no safeguard of sexual health. It is more difficult for married women to negotiate safe sex and condom use than it is for single women.

# Among girls who marry at a very young age, "very early sexual experience within marriage can be coercive and traumatic."

# Condom use is increasing, but condom-use rates remain low in many developing countries.

# Public health measures to improve sexual health should focus not only on individual behaviors but also on broader issues such as gender, poverty, and mobility.

# Public-health messages intended to reduce sexual risk-taking "should respect diversity and preserve choice."

# School-based sexual education delays and does not hasten onset of sexual activity.

Based on the evidence they uncover, Wellings and colleagues come to what many will find to be a controversial conclusion.

"The selection of public-health messages needs to be guided by epidemiological evidence rather than myths and moral stances," they conclude. "The greatest challenge to sexual-health promotion in almost all countries comes from opposition from conservative forces to harm-reduction strategies."

The researchers call for providing sexual health services to unmarried young women, supplying condoms, decriminalizing commercial sex and homosexual sex, and prosecuting the perpetrators of sexual violence.

"To do otherwise will force stigmatized behaviors underground, leaving the most vulnerable people unprotected," Wellings and colleagues argue. "Sexuality is an essential part of human nature and its expression needs to be affirmed rather than denied if public-health messages are to be heeded."

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Le caractère très "politiquement correct" de certaines trouvailles des chercheurs, ainsi que le ton très "militant" de leurs conclusions me font m'interroger sur l'objectivité de l'étude.

Un autre article dans Scientific American:

ctober 31, 2006

Losing Virginity at Younger Ages? Not So, Global Sex Survey Finds

Though it's unlikely to cause a hubbub remotely equivalent to the stir of Alfred Kinsey's 1948 book Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, the first worldwide study of sexual behavior appears online this week in the British medical journal The Lancet. Rather than exposing societal taboos occurring everywhere, the report sheds light on the effect of global efforts to curb risky practices. The team of researchers, led by Kaye Wellings, a professor of sexual health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, analyzed nearly 200 studies on demographic sexual behavior in 59 countries published between 1996 and 2006 to obtain their results on the state of international sexual health.

Some of the primary findings of this meta-analysis are unsurprising: Monogamy is the dominant sexual pattern globally. Married individuals--which constitute most people studied--have the most sex. Men report having engaged in sex with more partners than women in a given year. Instances of males with multiple partners, however, were more frequent in industrialized nations, Wellings says, than in places such as Africa, where sexual health education is relatively unsophisticated. "We certainly expected to see that in African countries there would be an equal prevalence of multiple partnerships," she says. "I don't think we expected to see less reporting of them."

That is just one of many surprises found in the meta-analysis. Contrary to popular belief, there is no evidence that young people are engaging in sexual intercourse at earlier ages--the first instance of sexual activity for both genders generally occurs at between 15 and 19 years of age globally. "There's always a tendency to think that things are going to 'hell in a handbasket,'" remarks Richard Parker, the sociomedical sciences department chair at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. "A lot of what we say we think about trends in sexual behavior are basically kind of knee-jerk, impressionistic conclusions that we make, rather than because we looked at the data." Another surprising finding is that married women are actually at greater risk of unhealthy sexual behavior-they find it harder than single women do to convince their partners to use condoms.

One optimistic finding is that condom use is up worldwide. From 1993 to 2001, in 19 African countries, the rate of condoms employed to prevent pregnancy increased from five to 19 percent of the time; at the last instance of intercourse, the increase was from 19 percent to 28 percent. Wellings explains, however, that "there are parts of this that are reassuring and parts that are not: If you look at the [cross-national] data on condom use, you then see a big difference between the richer and poorer countries." Although numbers have improved in less developed parts of the world, condom use still lags far behind industrialized nations. "The protection of risk behavior is less prevalent in the poorer countries," she says.

Going forward, the authors advocate targeting "broader determinants of sexual health," urging public health organizations to focus on elements such as gender inequality, class and existing social networks. They cite programs like the 100 percent condom-use initiative in Thailand's commercial sex sector and Uganda's national AIDS effort-the first of its kind in Africa. The latter, rather than attacking HIV/AIDS in a quick and general sense, began with getting the message to high risk individuals before passing it on to the rest of the country.

Vague, general messages not specifically targeted at any group "have been ineffective almost everywhere," points out Columbia's Parker. "I think that's been a lesson that we've learned not only from the data in a meta-analysis like this, but from 20 years, now 25 years of HIV prevention work around the world."

[Fredo]

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Le caractère très "politiquement correct" de certaines trouvailles des chercheurs, ainsi que le ton très "militant" de leurs conclusions me font m'interroger sur l'objectivité de l'étude.

Je ne comprends pas trop tes doutes… Si ces trouvailles sont bien établies tu aurais préféré qu'ils écrivent comme ça, donc :

A bunch of the survey's major findings:

# While there is no actual appeal increase for early teenie fuck, a trend toward later marriage 'as led to a huge increase in premarital sex.

# Married dudes 'ave more sexual intercourse than lousy unmarried ones.

# Sexual "humpa hum" activity among single lamers is more common in industrialized countries than in retarded countries.

# First sexual experience is often forced or sold.

# Monogamy, bleh, is the dominant pattern in most parts of the world. Men report more multiple partnerships than do hot babes. Such guys are more likely to live in civilized nations.

# Marriage has no warranty of sexual 'ealth. It is more difficult for married chicks to negotiate a good safe sex and condom use than it is for singgle ruddy ladies.

# Among girls 'oo marry quite at a right yung age, "bein' early screwed wivin marriage can be a bit tough and annoying."

# Condom use is increasin', but condom-use rates remain low in many developin' countries.

# Public 'ealth measures to improve sexual 'ealth should focus not only on individual behaviors but also on broader issues such as gender, poverty, and mobility.

# Public-health messages intended to reduce barebackin' risks "should respect diversity and preserve choice."

# School-based sexual education delays and does not 'asten onset of fuckin' activity.

Based on the chuffin' evidence they uncover, Wellings and mates come to wot many will find to be a controversial conclusion.

"The selection of public-health propaganda needs to be led by mere evidence ravver than meffs and frustrated ol'ladies moral stances," they conclude, "The bloomin' greatest challenge to sexual-health promotion in almost all countries comes from opposition from unnatural conservative forces to harm-reduction strategies."

The chuffin' researchers call for providin' sexual 'ealff services to unmarried yung tarts, supplyin' condoms, decriminalizin' sex whith hookers and gay sex, and pointin' out the chuffin' fans of sexual assault.

"To do uvverwise will force condemned behaviors underground, leavin' the bleedin' most vulnerable dudes unprotected," Wellings and colleagues argue. "Fuckin' is an essential part of 'uman nature and its expression needs to be affirmed ravver than denied if public-health messages are to be 'eeded."

[Apollon]

""The selection of public-health messages needs to be guided by epidemiological evidence rather than myths and moral stances," they conclude. "The greatest challenge to sexual-health promotion in almost all countries comes from opposition from conservative forces to harm-reduction strategies.""

Ceci est en effet typique.

[Taranne]

Je ne comprends pas trop tes doutes… Si ces trouvailles sont bien établies tu aurais préféré qu'ils écrivent comme ça, donc :

Là c'est moi qui ne comprends pas ta réponse.

[Fredo]

Bon, j'ai essayé de traduire le texte de manière politiquement incorrecte, en un subtil mélange de cockney et de slang… PLOUF !

[h16]

Bon, j'ai essayé de traduire le texte de manière politiquement incorrecte, en un subtil mélange de cockney et de slang… PLOUF !

Et c'est très rigolo.

[Rincevent]

Mouais, pas forcément très original…

While there is no major trend toward earlier sexual experience, a trend toward later marriage has led to an increase in premarital sex.

Ah ben oui, qu'on soit marié ou pas, y a des besoins naturels, hein…

Married people have more sex than unmarried people do.

Naaaaan ???

Sexual activity among single people is more common in industrialized countries than in developing countries.

Ah ben oui, faut être riche pour avoir une télé avec des chaînes qui diffusent du pr0n… Je me trompe ?

First sexual experience is often forced or sold.

Among girls who marry at a very young age, "very early sexual experience within marriage can be coercive and traumatic."

Bouh que c'est mal ! Vite, une intervention de l'Etaaaaaaaaaaaat !!!

Condom use is increasing, but condom-use rates remain low in many developing countries.

Vite, des subventions pour des capotes ! Comme ça, si ils n'ont pas de quoi bouffer, ils auront de quoi baiser… Maslow, au secours !

Public health measures to improve sexual health should focus not only on individual behaviors but also on broader issues such as gender, poverty, and mobility.

Oh oui, l'Etat, l'Etat, l'Etaaaaaaaaaaaat !!! Plus sérieusement, ça veut dire quoi "broader issues such as gender, poverty, and mobility" ?

Public-health messages intended to reduce sexual risk-taking "should respect diversity and preserve choice."

La diversité de quoi ? Le choix de quoi ? Ah vraiment, la novlangue…

[A.B.]

Je ne comprends pas trop tes doutes… Si ces trouvailles sont bien établies tu aurais préféré qu'ils écrivent comme ça, donc :

ENnnnooorme

[Taranne]

La diversité de quoi ? Le choix de quoi ? Ah vraiment, la novlangue…

J'imagine qu'ils essaient de dire, en restant le plus PC possible, que les moeurs et la culture de certaines peuplades compliquent singulièrement les choses.

Le texte intégral de l'étude pour ceux qui veulent en savoir plus (l'inscription - gratuite - est obligatoire)

[pankkake]

Visiblement ça pose un problemes aux sondeurs que les couples mariés baisent sans capote (?!)

[Rincevent]

Visiblement ça pose un problemes aux sondeurs que les couples mariés baisent sans capote (?!)

D'une manière générale, la bienpensance de cette étude m'esbaudit. J'ai déjà eu l'occasion de le montrer.

[Taranne]

Visiblement ça pose un problemes aux sondeurs que les couples mariés baisent sans capote (?!)

Je ne suis donc pas le seul à avoir trouvé cela étonnant. Si une femme en est à demander à son mari de mettre une capote, c'est qu'il y a quelque chose qui ne tourne pas rond dans leur couple…

[h16]

Je ne suis donc pas le seul à avoir trouvé cela étonnant. Si une femme en est à demander à son mari de mettre une capote, c'est qu'il y a quelque chose qui ne tourne pas rond dans leur couple…

Ou que la femme/le mari a une hépatite, ou qu'il/elle est immunodéprimée, p. ex.

[Taranne]

Ou que la femme/le mari a une hépatite, ou qu'il/elle est immunodéprimée, p. ex.

Effectivement. Mais je crois que les auteurs de l'article envisagent le port du préservatif dans le couple sous un angle préventif, ce qui laisse un peu perplexe - enfin, je trouve.

In Uganda, married women constitute the population group in whom HIV transmission is increasing most rapidly. A study in Kenya and Zambia showed that the sexual-health benefits of marriage for women were offset by higher frequency of intercourse, lower rates of condom use, and their husbands' risk behaviour. Married women find negotiation of safer sex more difficult than do single women41,42 and few married women use condoms for family planning.43

[Messer]

Je ne suis donc pas le seul à avoir trouvé cela étonnant. Si une femme en est à demander à son mari de mettre une capote, c'est qu'il y a quelque chose qui ne tourne pas rond dans leur couple…

Ils veulent probablement éviter d'avoir des bébés humanoïdes qui font le cirque au supermarché et qui se tapent des caprices entre deux rayons ou dans le train durant 4 longues heures de trajet.

Leur intention est louable

[melodius]

D'une manière générale, la bienpensance de cette étude m'esbaudit. J'ai déjà eu l'occasion de le montrer.

Félicitations pour être parvenu à glisser "esbaudir" !

[h16]

Effectivement. Mais je crois que les auteurs de l'article envisagent le port du préservatif dans le couple sous un angle préventif, ce qui laisse un peu perplexe - enfin, je trouve.

Ah mais pardon : ça prévient d'une grossesse .

Félicitations pour être parvenu à glisser "esbaudir" !

Plus délicat pour le prochain challenge : placer chainopentaxophile.

[A.B.]

Cet article n'aborde pas un point capital a mon sens qui est celui des relations fetichistes dans les couples, BDSM etc. En effet ces pratiques ne sont pas toujours sans danger, notamment celle de l'etranglement, classique pour parvenir a l'erection, dont les derapages n'ont fait pour l'instant que le bonheur des chainopentaxophiles amateurs.

[h16]

dont les derapages n'ont fait pour l'instant que le bonheur des chainopentaxophiles amateurs.

Y'a des pros ?

[Ronnie Hayek]

Y'a des pros ?

Le président du tribunal pénal irakien en duo avec Saddam Hussein. Du moins, selon le porte-parole dudit tribunal, Raed Jouhi.

[Taranne]

Il y a ça aussi:

Sexual and reproductive health: a matter of life and death

The Lancet ressemble de plus en plus au bulletin de liaison officiel de l'OMS.

[Rincevent]

Il y a ça aussi:

Sexual and reproductive health: a matter of life and death

The Lancet ressemble de plus en plus au bulletin de liaison officiel de l'OMS.

Rhaaaaaaa !!! Ca veut dire que, pour suivre les recommandations de scientifiques l'Etat va créer une police du plumard ?

Mais où je vais aller, moi ? Marre des connards qui se mêlent de ce qui ne les regarde pas ! Des fois, je ne sais pas ce qui me retient d'attenter à leur propriété la plus privée… Peut-être l'espoir que personne ne peut être définitivement perdu. C'est peut être mon côté hayékien…

[Fredo]

Il y a ça aussi:

Sexual and reproductive health: a matter of life and death

The Lancet ressemble de plus en plus au bulletin de liaison officiel de l'OMS.

Euh, pas compris… Je vois une page de login ?

[Taranne]

Euh, pas compris… Je vois une page de login ?

Il faut s'inscrire - c'est gratuit - pour lire l'article.