http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7378833/

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CHICAGO - About one in five ninth-graders report having had oral sex and
almost one-third say they intend to try it during the next six months, a
small study of teens at two California schools reports.

The teenagers, whose average age was 14½, also say oral sex is less
risky, more common and more acceptable for their age group than intercourse.

The researchers surveyed 580 ethnically diverse ninth-graders in two
California public high schools.

Girls and boys reported similar experiences and opinions about oral sex,
which surprised the study’s lead author, Bonnie Halpern-Felsher,
associate professor of pediatrics at University of California San Francisco.