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The greatest pity of young Britons is that they have lost their virginity very, very quickly. This is the result of a recent survey of British sexual behavior. More than a third of females and a quarter of men, in their teens and early 20s, have acknowledged that the age when they first had sex was not the right “koma”. In England, people must have been 16 years old to have legally and consensual sex.

The latest survey by the National Survey of Sexual Conduct and Life - Style shows that people may not be ready to have sex at that age. The “Natsal” survey, conducted in almost every decade, gives a detailed view of sexual behavior in Britain. For the latest report, published in “BMJ Sexual & Health Reproductive” researchers of “London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine” have studied the answers of some 3,000 young people who have completed the survey between 2010 and 2012.

Their answers show that nearly 40 percent of young women and 26 percent of young men do not believe their first sexual experience has occurred “in due time”. Asked in more detail, most would like to have expected some more to lose their virginity. Very few have said that they should have tried earlier.

What, though, is the time when they have lost their virginity? Most had first sex at the age of 18, half of them as they were turning 17, while about a third had sex before they turned 16. The survey has also researched sexual skills or willingness: whether a person can make a reasonable and well - informed decision to have sex for the first time. For example, they must have been discreet and had the approval of the other side rather than being pressured by their peers.

Nearly half of the women and 40 percent of the men who have responded have failed in this regard. Nearly 20 percent of women and 10 percent of males have said that the partner/partner has not had the same desire to have sex at that time, suggesting that they have felt compelled to have sex. Survey founder “Natsal”, Professor Kaye Wellings, says that the age of consent is not an indication that someone feels ready to become sexually active. “Every new one is different, some 15-year-olds may be ready to have sex, and some 18-year-olds still not”.

The researcher, Dr. Melissa Palmer, further says: our <x0... our findings seem to support that young women are more likely than young men to put under pressure from their partners to have sex. And although survey results have something positive, as they show that nearly 9 out of 10 young people use safe methods like contraceptives the first time, further efforts must be made to ensure that the well - being of young people should be protected as they become sexually active”. /Top Channel/