Age pattern of sexual activities with the most recent partner among men who have sex with men in Melbourne, Australia: a cross-sectional study. Issue 3 (31st August 2020)
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- Journal Article
- Title:
- Age pattern of sexual activities with the most recent partner among men who have sex with men in Melbourne, Australia: a cross-sectional study. Issue 3 (31st August 2020)
- Main Title:
- Age pattern of sexual activities with the most recent partner among men who have sex with men in Melbourne, Australia: a cross-sectional study
- Authors:
- Kilner, Alex
Fairley, Christopher K
Burrell, Sam
Bradshaw, Catriona S
Chen, Marcus Y
Chow, Eric P F - Abstract:
- Abstract : Background: Sexual behavioural studies among men who have sex with men (MSM) are predominantly focused on penile-anal intercourse. Other non-anal sexual activities are under-studied. This study aimed to examine the age pattern of a range of sexual activities among MSM with the most recent male sex partner. Methods: We conducted a survey among MSM attending the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre in 2017. This survey asked about nine different sexual activities with their most recent regular and casual partner. A Chi-square trend test was used to examine the age patterns of each sexual activity. Results: A total of 1596 men answered the survey and their median age was 30 (IQR 25–37) years. With casual partners, kissing was the most common activity (92.4%), followed by performing penile-oral sex (86.0%) and receiving penile-oral sex (83.9%). The least common activity was insertive rimming (38.1%). Young men were more likely to engage in kissing (ptrend <0.001), receptive rimming (ptrend =0.004) and receptive penile-anal sex (ptrend <0.001) but they were less likely to have insertive penile-anal sex compared with older MSM. With regular partners, the most common activity was kissing (97.4%), followed by touching penises (90.0%) and performing penile-oral sex (88.3%). Age was not associated with most types of sexual activity with regular partners except mutual masturbation and receptive penile-anal sex. Younger men were more likely to masturbate mutually (ptrend =0.028)Abstract : Background: Sexual behavioural studies among men who have sex with men (MSM) are predominantly focused on penile-anal intercourse. Other non-anal sexual activities are under-studied. This study aimed to examine the age pattern of a range of sexual activities among MSM with the most recent male sex partner. Methods: We conducted a survey among MSM attending the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre in 2017. This survey asked about nine different sexual activities with their most recent regular and casual partner. A Chi-square trend test was used to examine the age patterns of each sexual activity. Results: A total of 1596 men answered the survey and their median age was 30 (IQR 25–37) years. With casual partners, kissing was the most common activity (92.4%), followed by performing penile-oral sex (86.0%) and receiving penile-oral sex (83.9%). The least common activity was insertive rimming (38.1%). Young men were more likely to engage in kissing (ptrend <0.001), receptive rimming (ptrend =0.004) and receptive penile-anal sex (ptrend <0.001) but they were less likely to have insertive penile-anal sex compared with older MSM. With regular partners, the most common activity was kissing (97.4%), followed by touching penises (90.0%) and performing penile-oral sex (88.3%). Age was not associated with most types of sexual activity with regular partners except mutual masturbation and receptive penile-anal sex. Younger men were more likely to masturbate mutually (ptrend =0.028) and engage in receptive penile-anal sex (ptrend =0.011). Conclusions: The pattern of sexual activities shows age-related differences with casual partners but less so with regular partners in MSM. … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- BMJ sexual & reproductive health. Volume 47:Issue 3(2021)
- Journal:
- BMJ sexual & reproductive health
- Issue:
- Volume 47:Issue 3(2021)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 47, Issue 3 (2021)
- Year:
- 2021
- Volume:
- 47
- Issue:
- 3
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2021-0047-0003-0000
- Page Start:
- e4
- Page End:
- e4
- Publication Date:
- 2020-08-31
- Subjects:
- sexual behavior
Reproductive health -- Periodicals
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613.905 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.bmj.com/archive ↗
http://srh.bmj.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1136/bmjsrh-2020-200720 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 2515-1991
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