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Sexuality Standards and Reported Age of Onset of Various Sexual Behaviors (Oklahoma Sample)

Are sexuality standards related to the age of onset of various sexual behaviors?


Age of Onset of Various Sexual Behaviors (Oklahoma Sample)

Entire Sample

Entire Oklahoma Sample - Age of Onset of Various Sexual Behaviors
BehaviorAverage Agesd n
1st Closed mouth kissing 12.53.881
1st Necking14.8 2.879
1st French kissing 15.22.879
1st Breast Fondling 15.92.677
1st Genital apposition 16.62.675
1st Male fondling female 16.72.773
1st Female fondling male 17.12.968
1st Vaginal intercourse 17.23.276
1st Fellatio 19.04.467
1st Cunnelingus 19.34.870

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Age of Onset of Various Sexual Behaviors (Oklahoma Sample) By Gender

Overall, males report a slightly earlier age of onset of sexual behavior than do females, however these differences are not statistically different (p > .05) with the exception being that female report a later age of onset of fondling a male than males report being fondled by a female (t(45) = 2.9, p = .005).

Oklahoma Sample - Age of Onset of Various Sexual Behaviors by Gender
BehaviorFemale Male
Average Agesd nAverage Agesd n
1st Closed mouth kissing 12.9a3.650 11.8a4.131
1st Necking15.2a 2.25014.1a 3.729
1st French kissing 15.4a2.650 14.9a3.229
1st Breast Fondling 16.1a2.448 15.6a2.829
1st Genital apposition 16.9a2.647 16.1a2.728
1st Male fondling female 17.0a2.346 16.2a3.227
1st Female fondling male 17.3a2.548 16.6b3.620
1st Vaginal intercourse 17.4a2.548 16.9a4.228
1st Fellatio 19.0a4.645 18.5a3.824
1st Cunnelingus 19.8a5.246 18.9a4.122

Note: Means with different subscripts are significantly different using Independent sample t-tests (p < .05).

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Age of Onset of Various Sexual Behaviors (Oklahoma Sample) by Sexuality Standard Groupings

Overall, there is not much difference in age of onset of the various sexual behaviors between those who require love prior to sex and those who require casual acquaintance or friendship prior to sex. However, those who require engagement or marriage prior to sex report a later onset of the various sexual behaviors.

Oklahoma Sample - Age of Onset of Various Sexual Behaviors by Sexuality Standards
Behavior< Love Love> Love
Meansd nMeansd nMeansd n
1st Closed mouth kissing 11.9a3.032 10.9a3.532 17.2b2.514
1st Necking14.2a 2.23114.0a 2.63218.1b 3.013
1st French kissing 14.6a2.331 14.4a2.431 18.6b2.714
1st Breast Fondling 15.2a2.431 15.5a1.732 19.3b2.512
1st Male fondling female 15.7a2.528 16.5a1.831 19.9b2.612
1st Genital apposition 15.9a2.330 16.6a1.832 18.9b4.211
1st Female fondling male 16.0a2.825 16.8a1.929 20.4b3.112
1st Vaginal intercourse 16.5a2.432 17.0a1.931 20.4b5.911
1st Fellatio 18.0a4.326 18.5a4.028 23.0b4.311
1st Cunnelingus 18.7a5.327 18.9ab4.131 22.8b4.410

Note: Means with different subscripts are significantly different using Tukey HSD post hoc comparisons (p < .05).

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