Linguistic styles of men and women in the area of sexual language were explored.. Similarly, males listed over different words, whereas females listed over In both instances, the vocabularies were rich, descriptive, and extensive. This is a preview of subscription content, log in to check access. Rent this article via DeepDyve. Barry, H.
The UK has the highest rate of teenage pregnancies in western Europe. Although there is a large body of literature focusing on predictors of conception among this age group, almost all the work compares those young women who have become pregnant with their peers, regardless of whether or not their peers have experienced sexual intercourse. Those who engage in sexual intercourse at a relatively young age will often have had more opportunity to become pregnant than those whose sexual debut comes later. Similarly, the fact that those who use contraception at first intercourse have been less likely to conceive than those who do not could reflect the overall patterns of contraceptive use: young women who have used contraception at each occasion of intercourse will have had less chance to conceive than those who have not.
Metrics details. The need to tackle sexual health problems and promote positive sexual health has been acknowledged in Irish health policy. Self-complete questionnaire data were collected from schoolchildren aged 15—18 years as part of a broader examination of health behaviour and their context.
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