“Prevention is Pleasure” – Surprising Findings in New Sex Survey

Dr. Michael Reece from the School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation at the Indiana University, Bloomington and Dr. Dennis Fortenberry from the University of Indiana School of Medicine, Indianapolis, presented data from a new survey on sexual health at the National STD Prevention Conference held this week in Atlanta. In his presentation, Dr. Fortenberry showed that among 14-17 year old youth, condom use was high (75% at last vaginal exposure) and, surprisingly, associated with higher levels of sexual enjoyment as reported by women and higher levels of orgasm of partners as reported by both men and women. ”The sexual health perspective may offer an alternative approach [to traditional negative prevention messages]“, he said. As regards condom promotion, “we should consider replacing the old “Use one or die” slogan by the new “Prevention is Pleasure.”  STDPrevention.org 3.11.2010