17 now average age of first sexual experience - Page 2

Mz K · 10-17-2006, 12:10 PM

MOST people now in their 20s had sex for the first time before their 18th birthday, a groundbreaking new Irish study on sexual health and relationships reveals.

It shows that over half of men and women under 25 years had their first sexual experience at 17 years.

And the study shows that people are now having their first sexual experience around six years earlier than was the case around 40 years ago.

The decreasing age of first sex also suggests that an increasing number of young people may be having sex before the legal age of consent, now set at 17 years.

The study of 7,441 adults aged between 18 and 64 found that 31% of men and 22% of women aged 18 to 24 had their first sexual experience before 17.

Women who have sex before 17 are 70% more likely to have an unplanned pregnancy and three times more likely to experience abortion.

Also, men and women who have sex before 17 are three times more likely to report experiencing a sexually transmitted infection (STI).

At the launch of the report, Health Minister, Mary Harney, said it was now clear that people were beginning sexual relationships at a much earlier age and our society had to respond to that.

Mr Harney said it was essential that sex education was provided both at school level and within the home and she believed both teachers and parents needed to be resourced to do that.

“I am particularly concerned that people from a lower socio-economic group, who have a lower standard of education, are having sexual experiences under the age of 17. I believe that is a concern for our society,” she said.

One of the more significant findings in the Irish Study of Sexual Health and Relationships, commissioned by the Crisis Pregnancy Agency and the Department of Health, was that over 90% thought sex education should be provided at school while 80% said it should be provided in the home.

The minister pointed out that pushing the safe sex message was the way to minimise the number of crisis pregnancies. “Knowledge about and access to contraception is the key,” she stressed.

Ms Harney said it would now be a matter for both the Health Service Executive and the Crisis Pregnancy Agency to devise an action programme based on the study’s findings.

Among people aged 18 to 24 years, over 90% used contraception when they last had sex. Those who did not protect themselves against pregnancy and STIs said they had been drinking or taking drugs at the time. A number said they did not use contraception because none was available or that the sex was unplanned.

Contraception use was also low among women aged between 35 and 44 years, with 19% not using contraception when they last had intercourse.

This was due to ambivalence to pregnancy; a belief that they were post menopausal and a negative attitude towards the contraceptive pill.

Something to make us think about...

Beefalicious · Beefalicious

Originally Posted by Blaze It

this is actually higher than i thought it was...i thought it would be sumtin like 14.

yeah me too especially since they were trying to change the consent age from 14 to 16

Originally Posted by MissKalunji

r u serious...mommy woulda killed u

yeah I know!

PrOpEr TiNg · PrOpEr TiNg

Hmmm I was 16...But I feel like every guy I know well atleast the jamaican onez where all under the age of 13.

Yaadi · Yaadi

Originally Posted by Mizz Trupa

Hmmm I was 16...But I feel like every guy I know well atleast the jamaican onez where all under the age of 13.

mi nuh know bout di rest...but i think i was 11 or 12...

Beefalicious · Beefalicious

Originally Posted by Blaze It

mi nuh know bout di rest...but i think i was 11 or 12...

woooooiiiiiiiiiiiiieeee u go son

Yaadi · Yaadi

Originally Posted by beefy_ladyblue

woooooiiiiiiiiiiiiieeee u go son

mi a tell yuh...mi was a bad pikney now that mi think of it....

☆Chineyting · ☆Chineyting

i was 18

Beefalicious · Beefalicious

Ok I was watching Maury today bout the teen girls who wanna get pregnant and there was this 14 year old girl who lost her virginity when she was 8 years old

Beefalicious · Beefalicious

Here is an old one with this 15 year old gal!

YouTube - Maury Three (Teenage Whores)

YeYe Olori · YeYe Olori

iono...but I think 17 is too young to be havin sex. I'm 16 and I don't plan on doin NOTHIN remotely sxual anytime soon...not 18, 19, 20, 21....maybe my views will have changed by my 20s, but hopefully they wont.

But yeah, my first cousin had her first baby at 13 and her second at 15....and she strugglin like a mug right now. I aint tryna go through nonna that right now....

Monte · Monte

Originally Posted by 3rdCoast_SOUTH

iono...but I think 17 is too young to be havin sex. I'm 16 and I don't plan on doin NOTHIN remotely sxual anytime soon...not 18, 19, 20, 21....maybe my views will have changed by my 20s, but hopefully they wont.

But yeah, my first cousin had her first baby at 13 and her second at 15....and she strugglin like a mug right now. I aint tryna go through nonna that right now....

dat part, wow, dats krazzi 2 pickney at 15

Monte · Monte

Originally Posted by beefy_ladyblue

Here is an old one with this 15 year old gal!
YouTube - Maury Three (Teenage Whores)

wowwwwwwwwwww dat gurl is sickening

y she actin like dat, she kno she was lyin, ne wayz isnt di maury show umm false

like jerry springer ???

Mz K · Mz K

Originally Posted by beefy_ladyblue

Ok I was watching Maury today bout the teen girls who wanna get pregnant and there was this 14 year old girl who lost her virginity when she was 8 years old

a lot of them talk all that shit just to look tuff too gotta keep that in mind

Mz K · Mz K

Originally Posted by montegonian

wowwwwwwwwwww dat gurl is sickening y she actin like dat, she kno she was lyin, ne wayz isnt di maury show umm false like jerry springer ???

no....most of his stories are real jerry are actors

silence · silence

i mean dis is a good thread...i was wonna dem do erryting da right way kina marfrickers....so i was seventeen still...no harm no foul...didnt make a difference in da age still...kina knew more dan i was supposed to...sides cant view sex as a play thing...i mean back in da day you was expected to be a mother at 11 so hmmm...my siters 12....so now see wome shits jus not makin sense to me...cause if dat girl be tellin hey i was talkin to dis guy etc....my first response..who...an dats all she'll get to say in dat conversation...so i dunno...but den again some people mature faster dan others...some people see sex before others...but dis is a good topic still

Yaadi · Yaadi

nah promote di 12 year old modda ting at all at all.

View Poll Results: What age is the best age to have sex
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Beefalicious	post #16 10-17-2006, 08:58 PM
Dhaz Star Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lasalle,Qc Street Cred : 7 Posts: 15,239 Dhaz Dollarz: 500 Gifts: 13	Originally Posted by Blaze It this is actually higher than i thought it was...i thought it would be sumtin like 14. yeah me too especially since they were trying to change the consent age from 14 to 16 Originally Posted by MissKalunji r u serious...mommy woulda killed u yeah I know!

Yaadi	post #18 10-17-2006, 09:07 PM
Dhaz Immigrant Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: somewhere close... Street Cred : 3 Posts: 6,952 Dhaz Dollarz: 500 Gifts: 7	Originally Posted by Mizz Trupa Hmmm I was 16...But I feel like every guy I know well atleast the jamaican onez where all under the age of 13. mi nuh know bout di rest...but i think i was 11 or 12...

Beefalicious	post #19 10-17-2006, 09:20 PM
Dhaz Star Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lasalle,Qc Street Cred : 7 Posts: 15,239 Dhaz Dollarz: 500 Gifts: 13	Originally Posted by Blaze It mi nuh know bout di rest...but i think i was 11 or 12... woooooiiiiiiiiiiiiieeee u go son

Yaadi	post #20 10-17-2006, 09:28 PM
Dhaz Immigrant Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: somewhere close... Street Cred : 3 Posts: 6,952 Dhaz Dollarz: 500 Gifts: 7	Originally Posted by beefy_ladyblue woooooiiiiiiiiiiiiieeee u go son mi a tell yuh...mi was a bad pikney now that mi think of it....

10-17-2006, 12:10 PM
17 now average age of first sexual experience MOST people now in their 20s had sex for the first time before their 18th birthday, a groundbreaking new Irish study on sexual health and relationships reveals. It shows that over half of men and women under 25 years had their first sexual experience at 17 years. And the study shows that people are now having their first sexual experience around six years earlier than was the case around 40 years ago. The decreasing age of first sex also suggests that an increasing number of young people may be having sex before the legal age of consent, now set at 17 years. The study of 7,441 adults aged between 18 and 64 found that 31% of men and 22% of women aged 18 to 24 had their first sexual experience before 17. Women who have sex before 17 are 70% more likely to have an unplanned pregnancy and three times more likely to experience abortion. Also, men and women who have sex before 17 are three times more likely to report experiencing a sexually transmitted infection (STI). At the launch of the report, Health Minister, Mary Harney, said it was now clear that people were beginning sexual relationships at a much earlier age and our society had to respond to that. Mr Harney said it was essential that sex education was provided both at school level and within the home and she believed both teachers and parents needed to be resourced to do that. “I am particularly concerned that people from a lower socio-economic group, who have a lower standard of education, are having sexual experiences under the age of 17. I believe that is a concern for our society,” she said. One of the more significant findings in the Irish Study of Sexual Health and Relationships, commissioned by the Crisis Pregnancy Agency and the Department of Health, was that over 90% thought sex education should be provided at school while 80% said it should be provided in the home. The minister pointed out that pushing the safe sex message was the way to minimise the number of crisis pregnancies. “Knowledge about and access to contraception is the key,” she stressed. Ms Harney said it would now be a matter for both the Health Service Executive and the Crisis Pregnancy Agency to devise an action programme based on the study’s findings. Among people aged 18 to 24 years, over 90% used contraception when they last had sex. Those who did not protect themselves against pregnancy and STIs said they had been drinking or taking drugs at the time. A number said they did not use contraception because none was available or that the sex was unplanned. Contraception use was also low among women aged between 35 and 44 years, with 19% not using contraception when they last had intercourse. This was due to ambivalence to pregnancy; a belief that they were post menopausal and a negative attitude towards the contraceptive pill. Something to make us think about... __________________	About Poster By: Mz K Join Date: Jul 2003 Networking Rating: None Add To Favorite Share Views: 912

PrOpEr TiNg	post #17 10-17-2006, 09:05 PM
Dhaz Immigrant Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Toronto,Ontario,Canada Street Cred : 1 Posts: 1,277 Dhaz Dollarz: 500 Gifts: 1	Hmmm I was 16...But I feel like every guy I know well atleast the jamaican onez where all under the age of 13.

☆Chineyting	post #21 10-18-2006, 12:53 PM
★MzღSP★ Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: ST.ANDREWS,JAMAICA Street Cred : 2 Posts: 3,949 Dhaz Dollarz: 500 Gifts: 2	i was 18

Beefalicious	post #22 10-19-2006, 12:04 PM
Dhaz Star Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lasalle,Qc Street Cred : 7 Posts: 15,239 Dhaz Dollarz: 500 Gifts: 13	Ok I was watching Maury today bout the teen girls who wanna get pregnant and there was this 14 year old girl who lost her virginity when she was 8 years old

Beefalicious	post #23 10-19-2006, 12:10 PM
Dhaz Star Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lasalle,Qc Street Cred : 7 Posts: 15,239 Dhaz Dollarz: 500 Gifts: 13	Here is an old one with this 15 year old gal! YouTube - Maury Three (Teenage Whores)

YeYe Olori	post #24 10-19-2006, 01:03 PM
The So-Called Negro Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Stargazing on Orion's Belt Street Cred : Posts: 2,837 Dhaz Dollarz: 500 Gifts: 1	iono...but I think 17 is too young to be havin sex. I'm 16 and I don't plan on doin NOTHIN remotely sxual anytime soon...not 18, 19, 20, 21....maybe my views will have changed by my 20s, but hopefully they wont. But yeah, my first cousin had her first baby at 13 and her second at 15....and she strugglin like a mug right now. I aint tryna go through nonna that right now....

Monte	post #25 10-19-2006, 01:05 PM
Caramel Flava ChiC Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: check yah mirror Street Cred : 17 Posts: 36,143 Dhaz Dollarz: 500 Gifts: 55	Originally Posted by 3rdCoast_SOUTH iono...but I think 17 is too young to be havin sex. I'm 16 and I don't plan on doin NOTHIN remotely sxual anytime soon...not 18, 19, 20, 21....maybe my views will have changed by my 20s, but hopefully they wont. But yeah, my first cousin had her first baby at 13 and her second at 15....and she strugglin like a mug right now. I aint tryna go through nonna that right now.... dat part, wow, dats krazzi 2 pickney at 15

Monte	post #26 10-19-2006, 01:12 PM
Caramel Flava ChiC Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: check yah mirror Street Cred : 17 Posts: 36,143 Dhaz Dollarz: 500 Gifts: 55	Originally Posted by beefy_ladyblue Here is an old one with this 15 year old gal! YouTube - Maury Three (Teenage Whores) wowwwwwwwwwww dat gurl is sickening y she actin like dat, she kno she was lyin, ne wayz isnt di maury show umm false like jerry springer ???

Mz K	post #27 10-19-2006, 06:21 PM
Dark Phoenix Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Can/usa Street Cred : 28 Posts: 40,818 Dhaz Dollarz: 500 Gifts: 42	Originally Posted by beefy_ladyblue Ok I was watching Maury today bout the teen girls who wanna get pregnant and there was this 14 year old girl who lost her virginity when she was 8 years old a lot of them talk all that shit just to look tuff too gotta keep that in mind Last edited by MissKalunji; 10-19-2006 at 06:31 PM.

Mz K	post #28 10-19-2006, 06:38 PM
Dark Phoenix Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Can/usa Street Cred : 28 Posts: 40,818 Dhaz Dollarz: 500 Gifts: 42	Originally Posted by montegonian wowwwwwwwwwww dat gurl is sickening y she actin like dat, she kno she was lyin, ne wayz isnt di maury show umm false like jerry springer ??? no....most of his stories are real jerry are actors

silence	post #29 10-19-2006, 07:24 PM
Dhaz Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: none of your business unless i tell you Street Cred : 3 Posts: 3,291 Dhaz Dollarz: 500 Gifts: 7	i mean dis is a good thread...i was wonna dem do erryting da right way kina marfrickers....so i was seventeen still...no harm no foul...didnt make a difference in da age still...kina knew more dan i was supposed to...sides cant view sex as a play thing...i mean back in da day you was expected to be a mother at 11 so hmmm...my siters 12....so now see wome shits jus not makin sense to me...cause if dat girl be tellin hey i was talkin to dis guy etc....my first response..who...an dats all she'll get to say in dat conversation...so i dunno...but den again some people mature faster dan others...some people see sex before others...but dis is a good topic still Click Me-update (A Letter to Hip-Hop) today the beginning creatively i explain to you dat creativity created me to fully understand..the meaning of man then you have to have a lady..a dame madame independent but she doesn't mind if you're holding her hand.. thought of the day: To be is to be...but allow everyone to be free

Yaadi	post #30 10-19-2006, 07:28 PM
Dhaz Immigrant Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: somewhere close... Street Cred : 3 Posts: 6,952 Dhaz Dollarz: 500 Gifts: 7	nah promote di 12 year old modda ting at all at all.

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