Generation Gap

Out of New York Magazine:

Everything You Don’t Want to Know About Your Kid’s Sex Life
An expanded version of the 100-teen-vs.-100-parent promiscuity poll.


To figure out what teens are up to when their parents aren’t watching, we gave 53 boys and 47 girls from four Manhattan high schools (Dalton, La Guardia, Beacon, and MLK) a "purity test," a series of 37 questions designed to tease out exactly how far they go. Then we went after 100 parents—not the parents of the kids we polled, but parents with kids in the same teen demographic. As you’ll see, the high schoolers and the parents live on fairly different planets.

Here is a sampling of the questions posed.
Have You Ever :

...French-kissed?
Students say : 84
Parents who think their child has : 43

...watched an X-rated movie?
Students say : 65
Parents who think their child has : 25

...received oral sex?
Students say : 61
Parents who think their child has : 10

...performed oral sex?
Students say : 51
Parents who think their child has : 1

...had sexual intercourse without a condom?
Students say : 29
Parents who think their child has : 1

...had sex in a public place?
Students say : 15
Parents who think their child has : 1

...Are the kids watching too much television or are the parents not watching enough?