\doc\web\99\01\whatsex.txt Date forwarded: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 18:25:07 -0500 (EST) Date sent: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 17:23:37 -0600 To: upstream-list@cycad.com From: Albert Himoe Subject: [Upstream] What is 'having sex'? Forwarded by: upstream-list@cycad.com Send reply to: upstream-list@cycad.com A few details on the article that got the editor fired: In the January 20 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association with a decorous picture of a weeping nun on the cover [Dieric Bouts, Mater Dolorosa, c. 1460 (Netherlandish)], contained an article by Stephanie A Sanders and June M Reinisch of the Kinsey Institute: The Monica generation of college students [1991, average age 21, large, political conservative midwestern university] answered the question, "Would You Say You 'Had Sex' With Someone If the Most Intimate Behavior You Engaged in Was ..." [Numbers are percent yes] Women Men Oral contact with other's genitals 37.3 43.7 Oral contact with your genitals 37.7 43.9 Penile-anal intercourse 82.3 79.1 Penile-vaginal intercourse 99.7 99.2 The authors concluded their paper with these words: "These data indicate that prior to the current public discourse, a majority of college students attending a major midwestern state university, most of whom identified themselves as politically moderate or conservative, with more registered Republicans than Democrats, did not define oral sex as having 'had sex'." --- This is a message from the Upstream mailing list. Visit the Upstream Website at http://cycad.com/cgi-bin/Upstream/ Visit the Upstream Mailing List archives at http://cycad.com/upstream-list-archive