Most young people don't consider oral sex to be sexual contact. According to RBC, these are the results of a survey conducted among people under 24.
While most young people surveyed agree that any form of direct sexual contact is sex, only one in five believes that oral sex qualifies as “having sex.” The results of a 2007 survey of 477 people demonstrate significant shifts in public opinion regarding this type of relationship. For example, in 1991, a full 40% of students classified oral-genital contact as sex.
According to researchers, former US President Bill Clinton and his famous line, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman,” when speaking about Monica Lewinsky, are to blame for the change in attitudes toward oral sex. Scientists have dubbed this shift in public attitudes toward oral sex the “Clinton-Lewinsky effect.”
“Like Bill Clinton, teenagers and young adults interpret these words in their own way, depending on whether they want to maintain an image of sexual inexperience or not,” says Jason Hans of the University of Kentucky.
Previously, a British contraceptive manufacturer conducted a study on male and female fidelity. The researchers' findings were disappointing. According to the study, women are more likely than men to cheat on their partners. Forty percent of British women have a habit of cheating on their husbands or regular partners, while the rate among men is 10% lower. Only 34% of men are unfaithful to their partners. More than a third of female respondents admitted to lesbian fantasies, while 14% of men imagine homosexual relationships while having straight sex. Women prefer to have sex rather than think about it. Most women think about sex only two or three times a day, while men think about it ten or more times a day.