Sanders S A, Reinisch J M
The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405, USA.
JAMA. 1999 Jan 20;281(3):275-7. doi: 10.1001/jama.281.3.275.
The current public debate regarding whether oral sex constitutes having "had sex" or sexual relations has reflected a lack of empirical data on how Americans as a population define these terms.
To determine which interactions individuals would consider as having "had sex."
A question was included in a survey conducted in 1991 that explored sexual behaviors and attitudes among a random stratified sample of 599 students representative of the undergraduate population of a state university in the Midwest.
The participants originated from 29 states, including all 4 US Census Bureau geographic regions. Approximately 79% classified themselves as politically moderate to conservative.
Percentage of respondents who believed the interaction described constituted having "had sex."
Individual attitudes varied regarding behaviors defined as having "had sex": 59% (95% confidence interval, 54%-63%) of respondents indicated that oral-genital contact did not constitute having "had sex" with a partner. Nineteen percent responded similarly regarding penile-anal intercourse.
The findings support the view that Americans hold widely divergent opinions about what behaviors do and do not constitute having "had sex."
当前关于口交是否构成“发生性行为”或性关系的公开辩论反映出，缺乏关于美国人如何定义这些术语的实证数据。
确定个体认为哪些互动构成“发生性行为”。
1991年进行的一项调查中包含了一个问题，该调查对来自中西部一所州立大学本科学生群体的599名随机分层样本进行了性行为和态度的探索。
参与者来自29个州，包括美国人口普查局划分的所有四个地理区域。约79%的人将自己归类为政治上温和至保守。
认为所描述的互动构成“发生性行为”的受访者百分比。
对于被定义为“发生性行为”的行为，个体态度各异：59%（95%置信区间，54%-63%）的受访者表示，口交不构成与伴侣“发生性行为”。对于阴茎肛交，19%的受访者给出了类似的回答。
研究结果支持这样一种观点，即美国人对于哪些行为构成或不构成“发生性行为”存在广泛分歧。
