难忘今宵歌词:第一份全美青少年自慰行为研究

长期以来，年轻人自慰被认为是很正常的性行为，而且这第一份全国范围内，非常具有代表性的实地研究发现并证实了在青少年人群中，男生比女生手淫更频繁，开始手淫的年龄也更小。

Masturbation is no laughing matter, argues lead author Dr. Cynthia Robbins, from the pediatrics department at Indiana University in Indianapolis (IU). It remains highly stigmatized and receives little serious attention, but her research shows that it can also influence teens in other aspects of sexuality. Teens who masturbate, for example, also seem to be more likely to have sex with a partner and to practice safe sex, according to the research, which was published online this month in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.

这份研究的首席作者，供职位于印第安纳波利斯的印第安纳州立大学的罗宾斯博士表示，自慰那些事已不再是人们日常生活中的笑料，但是仍然能给人留下阴影，而且人们鲜少关注这个问题。但是她的研究也表明，自慰会影响到青少年性行为的其他方面。比如该研究显示，自慰的青少年同样会更有可能和伴侣发生性关系，以及进行安全的性交。这份研究本月发表在了美国儿科与青少年医学档案馆的官网上。

“It is important to let adolescents know about masturbation because they may receive either no information or mixed messages on masturbation, yet it is a major way adolescents express sexuality,” Robbins wrote in an e-mail.

罗宾斯在一份邮件中写道，“让青少年了解自慰方面的知识是非常重要的，因为他们要么不能获得关于自慰的任何信息，要么就是得到的信息太混杂。然而自慰却是青少年表达性欲的一种重要方式”。

Robbins looked at 2009 data from 800 teens who participated in the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior (NSSHB). The adolescents ranged in age from 14 — by which time masturbation prevalence is pretty high — to 17. Teens (and their parents) were asked how frequently they had masturbated during the previous three months, the previous year and in general. They also responded to questions about condom use and if they masturbated alone or with a partner.

2009年800名青少年参与了国家性健康和性行为调查中心的一项研究，罗宾斯研读了这份研究的调查数据。这些青少年的年龄范围在14岁（这个年龄阶段的自慰频率已经很高了）到17岁之间。这些青少年（包括他们的父母）一般会被问及他们前三个月以及2008年的自慰频率。他们也要回答关于安全套使用，以及他们是否独自手淫或者是和伴侣一起手淫等问题。

Researchers found that boys — but not girls — who masturbated appeared more likely to use condoms during intercourse.

研究人员发现，喜欢手淫的男生在性交时更有可能使用安全套，而喜欢自慰的女生则没有这种倾向。

Boys took more pleasure in self-pleasure: half said they masturbated at least twice a week, but only 23% of girls reported the same frequency. While fewer than half of girls reported ever masturbating, the survey found that close to three-quarters of boys said they did.

男生在自慰中能获得更多的快感：有一半人表示他们一周至少手淫两次，而只有23%的女生才会至少一周自慰两次。尽管不到一半的女生表示她们有过自慰的经历，但研究发现有接近三分之二的男生说他们手淫过。

As children got older, they appeared more likely to masturbate. Just 63% of younger boys of reported masturbating at least once, but that figure increased to 80% among 17-year-olds. For girls, the percentage rose with age from 43% to 58%.

随着这些青少年逐渐长大，他们也会变得更有可能自慰。只有63%的小男生表示他们至少手淫过一次，但是这一数字在17岁的人群中则上升到了80%。女生方面，这一比率随着年岁增长会从43%攀升到58%。

For boys and girls, masturbation was linked with an increased likelihood of oral sex and intercourse. For girls alone, it was also associated with a greater tendency for mutual masturbation and anal intercourse.

无论是男生还是女生，自慰都和不断增多的口交和性交行为有关系。仅就女生而言，自慰还和更倾向于相互手淫以及肛交有关。

That girls report less masturbation than boys may not necessarily reflect reality; instead, it could have more to do with societal stigma surrounding girls and masturbation. Researchers didn't attempt to explain the discrepancies in this study.

那些表示比男生更少自慰的女生也许不一定反映出了真实的一面：相反，这种状况或许和她们担心自慰会带来的种种社会耻辱和骂名存在更大的关联。研究人员没有对该研究中的这种差异作出解释。

But Robbins calls masturbation a “fundamental component” of teen sexuality that's worthy of a deeper look. Stop snickering.

但罗宾斯把自慰称为青少年性行为中“基本的组成部分”之一，且很值得做进一步的研究，但是不要嘲弄青少年的自慰行为。

“In order to fully understand sexuality during adolescence, masturbation's role needs to be acknowledged and studied further,” she writes.

她写道，“为了能完全了解他们在青春期的性行为，自慰的作用有必要得到大家的承认，我们也还需要做进一步的研究”。