Sexual attitude - authors of physical violence in sexual relations

The following shape shows the results of our questionnaire concerning physical violence in sexual relations. We can compare differences in answers between people of different ages, different genders and different countries. In this shape people say they were authors of sexual violence.
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Sexual attitude - physical violence in sexual relations

The following shape show the results of our questionnaire concerning physical violence in sexual relations. We can compare differences in answers between people of different ages, different genders and different countries. In this shape people say if they were victims of sexual violence.

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Sexual attitude - psychological violence

The following shapes present the results of our questionnaire in what concerns psychological violence. We can see the differences according to different ages, different genders and different countries.
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Sexual attitude - reasons to be sexually active

The following shape shows the results of our questionnaire in the topic inquiring reasons to be sexually active. Each one could chose from one to all given hypothesis. We can see the differences in answers of genders, of countries and of ages.
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Sexual attitude - who was the partner in the 1st sexual intercourse?

The following shape shows the results of our questionnaire in the topic inquiring the partner of the 1st sexual intercourse and the nature of the relationship. We can compare the answers of people with different ages, different genders and in different countries.

Sexual attitude - to have more than one sexual partner

The shape bellow shows the results to the topics in the 1st column, selected according to the different ages, gender and country of inquired people. To see the shape more clear, please click on it.

First time

First of all I would like to point out that the number of collected questionnaires from my school is not enough to reach a conclusion on the average sexual behavior of adolescents in my area. Nevertheless, my experience gained during the last 7 years I get involved in sexual education gives me clues on how adolescents think and why they act so. 

Here is my explanation on some of the collected data:

Sexual behavior at a very early age (12) has been mentioned to me personally by a girl who was raped and a boy who was led to a prostitutes’ house by his own father. So I can’t see any will in this action from the side of the child. We cannot say that they agreed on what happened to them. I am also not sure if other cases refer to masturbation and not to a normal sexual intercourse at that age. Most students that filled the questionnaire were shy and didn’t ask any questions, even when they didn’t clearly understand what was asked.

Sexual activity at ages below 16 was a result of not clear and conscious decision, as it happened while the persons were drunk, during a party, most of the times. And if there is no real sexual intercourse at this age, for the reasons that Gonçalo Brás Gomes has very accurately mentioned, teenagers are exploring their bodies with sexual  acts, even without having any relation with the other person. That’s what struck me, hearing about the easiness of acting so. And it’s very clear that boys pretend to have emotions towards girls, so that they convince them to be with them.

Another interesting finding through my talking with my students was that most of the times when the first sexual intercourse happens at an age below 16, girls don’t do it again unless they find a boy they are sure to have a long-lasting relation or they keep having this first boyfriend for the next years and even marry him when they finish school. They don’t change easily sexual partners. Boys of course have a completely different attitude.

For me, this questionnaire was the chance to start talking with my students about issues that (as they told me) they had never talked with their parents about. Some girls told me that I did very well to start such a conversation in the classroom because they had the chance to hear how boys think on such issues and they realized the difference of attitude towards sex between boys and girls.  The data collected by the questionnaire are thought provoking but not concluding to general results.

Sex and personal conflict

Ana Nogueira (10ºB, Escola Secundária Henriques Nogueira), commenting on the post "The age of the 1st sexual experience":
«I would like to mention an important fact. In class, our teacher showed us the results about the age of 1st sexual experience. If we cross this information with the other results about the age people think they should have their 1st sexual experience, we see an alarming fact!

In some cultures, people think one thing and do another. There is a conflict in their minds. This can have serious consequences like lack of self-esteem, frustration

. If most people think they should start their sex life late but they start it early, something is wrong.

They can start with understanding what makes them think they should initiate sex late: religion, parents, fear, shame...

Then they must do their own choices and never forget that none of us should do or not do something because other's opinions. We can't regret a choice well thought and that doesn't go against our own values!»

All shapes of our questionnaire about sexual attitude

Now it's time to analyse all the data of our questionnaire. They are available in 2 different documents: one word and one pdf. Later I will publish shapes with crossed data.

The age of the 1st sexual experience

Here we have some data of our questionnaire concerning sexual attitude. In this case, we can compare data in order to understand the sexual attitude in different countries, in different generations. It's part of our tip in space and time.

Teenagers have the experience of sexual intercourse when they are too young! Please, pay attention how many youngsters start sexual intercourse before they are 16 years old. In Greece, more than 53% have already started when they are 15!

 In the 1st shape, 1st column, you can find the age of 1st sexual experience of the people that filled in the questionnaire in each country; «total» refers to the % of people in all the studied countries that had 1st sexual intercourse at that age; «others» refers to the people that have a different nationality.

In the next shape you can find the differences of ages in which people of different generations had their 1st sexual intercourse. The crossing data are the questions «how old are you?» and «which was the age of your 1st sexual experience?»

In the next shape you can find the differences of genders in what concerns the age of 1st sexual experience.

What do you think about this information? Which relevant conclusions do you think we can draw?

I'm really worried with people who start to have sexual intercourse before they are 12 years old! Can you imagine?! How can we expect this children to have responsability in sex?

I can't avoid to think maybe to have sex in that age is not a matter of their will. We can't forget that with that age, they don't have mature will yet!