The reader may well believe that statistics obtained on the basis of answers provided by boys in the adolescent forums, on the topic of such experiences, could be biased or exaggerated, as certain contributors may wish to be noticed in an environment...
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Already Experienced with Boys : Testimonials 1
The previously-mentioned (table 6) results are confirmed, as much by surveys undertaken by the various forums on the previously mentioned websites as by thousands of messages posted by boys. These all defined themselves as heterosexual but nevertheless...
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It appears that 16.7% of self-identified heterosexual boys acknowledge having masturbated one or more of their friends on at least one occasion; 11.3% of them have either received or given fellatio; 11% have kissed another boy on the mouth; and 7.9% have...
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The sexual curiosity of adolescents can take multiple forms. Youth in the age range of 13 to 16 undergo a complete metamorphosis of their bodies, which extends over a span of several years, and does not unfold at the same speed and in the same sequence...
Lire la suiteThe "curious" stage
The stereotype of the heterosexual man naturally attracted by feminine charms and, conversely, indifferent to masculine attributes, is a stock image of human behavior. Nevertheless, it is dangerously reductionist, all the more so when applied to young...
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The percentage of French-speaking adolescents who identified as heterosexual (64%) is relatively similar to that of young Americans who indicated this identity (including here the category "curious") on the aforementioned websites. However, the percentage...
Lire la suiteSexual Orientation : Lost in confusion
The labelling of sexual identities based on an individual’s attraction towards one or the other sex is a recent phenomenon since, dating from when the Hungarian journalist Karl-Maria Kertbeny coined the term ‘homosexual’, in 1869. This term came to replace...
Lire la suiteFrench forum "SortirEnsemble"
SortirEnsemble (SE) is the French equivalent of Govteen, StudentCenter and Vteen in terms of its aims and audience, aimed at French-speaking adolescents. On its home page, it describes itself as follows: SortirEnsemble is meant to allow you to find correspondents,...
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The site StudentCenter (SC) is part of a network that offers a number of diferent services to its members, mostly American secondary school and college students. Among these services it offers a section titled Quizzes/Polls/Tests which features several...
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The first of these sites is GovTeen (GT). Its interactive/friendly atmosphere is emphasized by the fact that members are constantly incited to post comments and visit other parts of the site. There is no presentation on the site’s home page but in a Q&A...
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