--- description: Teens these days are equally kinky title: Teen Boys and Girls Equally Fantasize About Sex image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4790e19da23c26f2/69868990adae44bf895426d9/143561187-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Living](/tag/time-section-living/) ## Living Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Equality At Last: Teen Boys and Girls Have Similar Views on Sex and Porn by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 8, 2014 7:56 PM CUT  Girl and boy about to kiss Girl and boy about to kissDavid Ryle—Getty Images by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 8, 2014 7:56 PM CUT Turns out young people have finally realized that both males and females, desire, and care about sex. Even though teenage boys consume more pornography and think about it more often, a new study that interviewed 800 Swedish 16-year-olds discovered that teen boys and girls fantasize about the same things. Not only that, but teenage girls are more interested in pornography than conventional thinking leads us to believe. Based on the findings, there are no differences between the number of teen males and females who say their sexual behavior is influenced by pornography in a big way (which,[ might not be a good thing](http://time.com/13095/the-duke-porn-star-isnt-as-empowered-as-she-claims/ "undefined")). Unsurprisingly the teens that do watch pornography have more favorable attitudes towards it in general. But get this: more than every 10th female who reported watching porn said they watch it less than they’d like. And, the females in the study were more experienced than the boys in oral, anal, and vaginal sex. However, the genders were equally likely to partake in one-night-stands, group sex and buddy-sex. Unfortunately, traditional stereotypes still existed, and teens were more likely to agree to that it’s alright for guys to have more sexual partners than the other way around. But despite that, the teens in the study who were sexually active did hold the perception that males and females are equally interested in sex. And that’s a pretty non-traditional view, and as the researchers conclude, a positive attitude for gender equality. The study is published in the _Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics_. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/54059/equality-at-last-teen-boys-and-girls-have-similar-views-on-sex-and-porn/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/54059/equality-at-last-teen-boys-and-girls-have-similar-views-on-sex-and-porn/"},"headline":"Equality At Last: Teen Boys and Girls Have Similar Views on Sex and Porn","datePublished":"2014-04-08T19:56:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:55:07.087Z","description":"Teens these days are equally kinky","url":"https://time.com/54059/equality-at-last-teen-boys-and-girls-have-similar-views-on-sex-and-porn/","keywords":["Living","Teens","Sex","apester"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4790e19da23c26f2/69868990adae44bf895426d9/143561187-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4790e19da23c26f2/69868990adae44bf895426d9/143561187-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"143561187","caption":"143561187","creditText":"David Ryle—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/54059/equality-at-last-teen-boys-and-girls-have-similar-views-on-sex-and-porn/","name":"Equality At Last: Teen Boys and Girls Have Similar Views on Sex and Porn"}}]}] ```