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152 Revue sexologique / Sexological Review
Among active subjects, oral-genital sex was found to be significantly
less frequent among non-manual workers, as for their rates of coitus
(Samson et al., 1991). And the rates of oral sex remained lower among
non-manu al workers, even wh en education, income, and the
frequencies of coitus, were independently or simultaneously
controlled for. These findings are contrasting with most data on oral­
genital sex. Detailed analyses between both occupation groups have
shown that neither age, religiosity, parenthood nor parity seemed to
be involved, but that this effect was genuine only among subjects
whose relationships were five years old or less. No explanation could
be found with regard to these findings.
Sexual general satisfaction towards one's sexual partner was also
correlated to higher oral-genital frequencies, as it was the case for the
frequencies of coitus (Samson et al., 1991). As Trussell and Westoff
(1980) have concluded about intercourse, subjects in our study who
have indicated they enjoyed sex more, have had oral-genital activities
more often. It is however difficult to ascertain if this indicates a true
relationship, for it might be the effect of a bias in reporting one's
sexual behaviors. Indeed, Catania et al. (1990) have indicated that a
positive evaluation of one's own sexual satisfaction could
inadvertently bring about the reporting of higher frequencies of sexual
behaviors.
The present study has shown that, indeed, oral-genital behaviors
were, nowadays, intrinsic and important elements in the sexual
scripts of married or cohabiting individuals. As it was the case for
coitus, age seemed the key stone in the incidence and the rate of this
sexual behavior. But a parting seems to occur near the fiftieth
anniversary, older men and women being less prone to perform oral­
genital sex. Since there was a marked increase in the frequency of oral­
genital behaviors during the 70s (Gagnon and Simon, 1987) and the
80s (Rubenstein and Tavris, 1987; Wyatt et al., 1988), one could
consider that a cohort effect, more than a chronological age effect,
might be at play, albeit the present data cannot directly confirm this
line of interpretation.
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