One in Three Teenagers go on Holiday to Lose Virginity - A Quarter Have More than One Sexual Partner on Same Night
Young adults are using their first holidays to get rid of their virginity while many others use the summer break to sleep with as many people as possible according to research by dating website CupidBay. com. The study highlights young people's attitudes on sex and reveals, among many things, a lack of concern regarding the threat of STDs and a preoccupation with promiscuous sex.
(PRWEB) July 26, 2006
Over a third of young people go on holiday to lose their virginity, while many are using the summer break for promiscuous unsafe sex according to research from dating website CupidBay. com (www. cupidbay. com).
A survey of the site’s 18-21 year-old UK userbase showed that – out of 1,012 respondents - 60% of young people embarked on their first holiday, unescorted by parents, between the ages of 14 and 17 years old. A quarter of young men and 19% of young women used this initial first holiday as an opportunity to lose their virginity. Of those who were already sexually experienced, 29% admitted that they had gone on holiday with the main purpose of sleeping with as many people as possible.
Further research showed that nearly half of young adults have had between one and three sexual partners over a typical two-week period, with 33% of young men and 24% of young women even claiming to have slept with more than one sexual partner in the same night. Over a third said they were “mostly drunk” during these encounters with only 38% admitting to using condoms “some of the time” and 19% confessing to using condoms “none of the time”. A further 29% said they were “less picky” with who they slept with on holiday than at home.
Young men were more likely to use the summer break for sexual discovery with 46% even considering a job as a holiday club rep in order to have sex with as many people as possible. In fact, 22% said that they had already slept with a holiday rep or tour operator while on vacation.
Yet despite this indiscriminate bed-hopping, one in three young adults admitted to having unprotected sex (without a condom) with a stranger on holiday, with 45% saying that they were “not worried” about contracting an STD as a result of their holiday romps.
“Unloading the ‘burden’ of virginity has been a mainstay of teenage angst for a long time, but while sex might represent a physical initiation into adulthood, de-virginising mentally is quite another thing,” said Francis Deacon, psychotherapist and relationship expert for CupidBay. com. “While young people shouldn’t be penalised for exploring sex, this research shows that promiscuity and a disregard to practice safe sex is alarmingly rife. More worrying is the sense of invincibility among young people that they are not at risk of contracting STDs despite actively playing a risky, potentially deadly sexual roulette. With studies confirming that sexual diseases are on the rise, more should be done to enforce the message that if youngsters are adult enough to have a sex life, then they’re adult enough to take responsibility for their actions and keep themselves safe.”
About CupidBay
CupidBay. com (http://www. cupidbay. com (http://www. cupidbay. com)) is an international friendship and dating website. It is one of the few sites of its kind which offers a completely free service.
This includes:
Free registration Ability to create detailed personal profiles Upload video profiles and personal greetings up to 10MB An advanced matchmaking facility Send and receive unlimited messages Real time chat room – both national and international Discussions forum (including love & relationships, news, politics & current affairs, philosophy, literature, music, health, motoring and computers) A Rate Me facility where users can opt to be put up for the sexiness vote An Email a friend feature – send member profiles to a friend for a possible love match
In addition, premium members can also:
Send priority messages to people Have their picture and profile displayed on both the home page and profile page following log in Create and manage their own private chat room Enhance messages and postings with an extensive choice of smilies
CupidBay first launched its first premium service in November 2004. It now has over 1,150,000 active users from over 200 different countries. It receives over 35 million page impressions a month.
For further details please contact Andrea San Pedro on (+44) (0)7917 033129.
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