Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Sex practices among heterosexuals are not well studied. We aimed to explore sexual practices among heterosexuals attending a sexual health clinic.
Data were collected on kissing, oral sex fellatio or cunnilingus , vaginal sex, anal sex and rimming in the previous 3 months. Univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to examine the associations between engaging in anal sex and other sex practices. There were participants men; women who were eligible and completed the survey response rate was A total of Men were more likely to have performed rimming Rimming and anal sex are practiced by one-fifth or more of heterosexuals.
Older heterosexuals were more likely to engage in anal sex and to perform rimming. Future research should consider the benefits of testing extragenital sites where appropriate. Sexually transmitted infections STIs , such as gonorrhoea and syphilis, have been on the rise in heterosexuals in the last decade in Australia [ 1 , 2 , 3 ] and other developed countries [ 4 , 5 ]. Despite these rises, much of the behavioural surveillance data on sexual practices focuses on men who have sex with men MSM.
The most recent comprehensive report of heterosexual sex practices in Australia, to our knowledge, was the Second Australian Study of Health and Relationships ASHR2 , a representative survey of the general population in โ [ 7 ], which was almost 10 years ago.
Data on recent anal sex practices among heterosexuals are particularly lacking, and those studies that examine anal sex practice often report lifetime anal sex practice rather than recent anal sex experiences.
