Kim Hyun Sik
Department of Sociology, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea.
Int J Sex Health. 2022 Aug 19;34(4):658-664. doi: 10.1080/19317611.2022.2112795. eCollection 2022.
: This study assesses the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic on the first time Korean adolescents have sex. : The study examines 2017-2021 data from an annual, cross-sectional survey. : There is a significant drop in the percentages of male adolescents initiating sexual intercourse in 2020 and noticeable rebounds in 2021. However, the sexual debut among female students shows no significant change. : We suggest that strict social distancing measures in 2020 and loosening of them in 2021, different orientations toward having sex by gender, and a strong sexual double standard are responsible for these findings.
本研究评估了严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2，即新冠病毒）大流行对韩国青少年首次性行为的影响。本研究考察了一项年度横断面调查2017年至2021年的数据。2020年开始发生性行为的男性青少年比例显著下降，2021年出现明显反弹。然而，女学生的首次性行为没有显著变化。我们认为，2020年严格的社交距离措施以及2021年这些措施的放松、不同性别对性行为的不同取向以及强烈的性双重标准是导致这些结果的原因。
