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- It is known as the "anything but intercourse"
approach to sex. There are fears that oral sex is becoming so commonplace
among young American teenagers that it is regarded as standard behaviour.
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- In one recent incident, the head teacher of a school
in a Washington suburb warned parents that a dozen girls of 13 and 14 had
been having oral sex with two or three male pupils. When one girl was confronted
by her parents, she shrugged and said: "What's the big deal? President
Clinton did it."
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- During the Lewinsky scandal there was a national debate
about how much children should know about sex and how the explicit acts
described in the Starr report should be explained to the curious. The phrase
"oral sex" became widely used in the media, rather than a euphemism.
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- Sexual health experts are alarmed. "I've been teaching
in schools for 30 years. I am receiving an increasing number of inquiries
about incidents of oral sex among young adolescents, at parties and occasionally
at school. Kids are not just asking about oral sex anymore; some are doing
it," said Deborah Roffman, a consultant working in the Washington
area.
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- The links between Mr Clinton's behaviour and the trends
have yet to be proved and experts believe that fears of pregnancy and Aids
are other factors in popularising oral sex among teenagers.
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- "It's now the expected minimum behaviour. The kids
say if you are not going to have sex, at least do this," said Michael
Schaffer, a health education supervisor.
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