This is a special experience that most people remember well, and the findings from research about this event are usually very reliable. Now new research is available on when Norwegians have their sexual debut โ a personal experience that also tells us something about social development.
In the old days, we asked people when they had intercourse for the first time and assumed that most people would think of sex with vaginal penetration. Today we have learned more and pose questions in a way that also embraces the fact that people now have much more diverse sex than penis-in-vagina penetration. In penetrative sex, you can have an active role the one who actively penetrates another person's body cavity , or a receiving role the one who receives the penis, fingers or object.
We therefore distinguish between active and receptive sexual acts, such as vaginal sex, oral sex and anal sex. Among both men and women, with the exception of vaginal sex, there has been a general decrease in the age of debut among people born before to those born between and In men, performing cunnilingus has become increasingly common at younger ages over generations; we found the same pattern in women for fellatio and receptive anal sex.
However, the age of onset of vaginal sex increased in the youngest birth cohort of women born โ Women aged 70 and above had vaginal sex for the first time on average at the age of 20,2 years.
Women aged had their sexual debut at the age of 17,3 years. The increase from this then, is seen among the youngest women, aged years, who on average debut at 17,7 years. Overall, the results from the Sexual Habits Survey are similar to results from previous Norwegian studies of heterosexual individuals, also with regard to gender differences.
