Sex survey shows growing diversity, but cliches about men and women still apply

Sex survey shows growing diversity, but cliches about men and women still apply: "'Learning more about other people's sex lives provides some type of context about our own lives: whether people are having the same type of sex, with the same frequency and, of course, whether they're enjoying it or not. We want to provide some answers, and help start a conversation between parents and teenagers, friends, partners and a range of people.'

So let's talk, then: According to the study, vaginal intercourse remains the most common sex act, although respondents reported more than 40 unique combinations of behaviors during their most recent sexual experience.
'What this shows is that our sexual space has become incredibly diversified,' says Michael Reece, director of the Center for Sexual Health Promotion and a co-author of the study, who notes that Americans are having more oral sex than ever before and that a significant number of straight men and women are experimenting with anal sex: More than 40 percent of men and women 25 and older in the survey said they had tried it. 'They're not doing it frequently, but they are trying it, and that's something we just didn't see 20 years ago,' he explains."