Research
shows alcohol plays a role in Sexuality [Human sexuality is the capacity of humans to have erotic experiences and responses].
Investigation
in Social Institutions shows that Vandalism, Fighting, Fatal and non-fatal
injuries [accidents], Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), Unplanned
pregnancies, Acquaintance rape/date rape can all emanate from improper use and
consumption of alcohol.
Why Does Alcohol Affect Sexual
Behavior?
Men and
women both are more likely to engage in casual sexual behavior when there is
alcohol involved. Alcohol lowers inhibitions about engaging in sexual behaviors.
Alcohol increases perceptions of attractiveness for both men and women, further
promoting the possibility of engaging in casual sexual behaviors. 65% reported
alcohol or drugs being involved in their more recent casual sex encounter.
How Does Alcohol Affect Sexual
Performance and Pleasure?
For men,
alcohol use before sex results in DECREASED penis engorgement (hardness),
Orgasmic intensity, Overall satisfaction and pleasure.
For women,
alcohol use before sex results in DECREASED ability to orgasm (and some women
may not be able to orgasm at all), Orgasmic intensity, Overall satisfaction and
pleasure.
The effects
of alcohol are balanced between its suppressive effects on sexual physiology,
which will decrease sexual activity, and its suppression of psychological
inhibitions, which may increase the desire for sex. Alcohol is a depressant.
After consumption, alcohol causes the body's systems to slow down.
Sex and Alcohol on Spring Break:
Some
Statistics -
26% of males
and nearly 36% of females failed to use a condom during sex with someone they
met on spring break.
Nearly 50%
of the males and 41% of the females reported having consumed alcohol just prior
to sex.
When asked
about their alcohol use in connection with their sexual activities, 49% of men
and 38% of women reported having sex as a direct result of drinking.
75% of all
students reported never or rarely using a condom on spring break. Students
reported their decision were negatively influenced by alcohol or drug use just
prior to sexual activity. 74% of males and nearly 88% of females reported never
or rarely worrying about STDs/HIV, even though they were at risk.
About 48% of
men and women who had sex under the influence regretted the experience.
STDs and Alcohol.
Several risk
factors for STDs are common when alcohol influences sexual behavior, which
includes - Multiple sex partners, Engaging in unprotected sex (in other words,
sex without a condom), Combining substance use with sexual activity.
Young adults
who used alcohol were seven times more likely to have unprotected sex. About
23% of sexually active teens and young adults say they have had UNPROTECTED sex
because they were using alcohol or drugs at the time.
Only 28% of
young adults said they were concerned about STDs or pregnancy because of sexual
intercourse they had while using alcohol or drugs, even though they were at
increased risk.
Oral sex
under the influence of alcohol tends to involve less discussion of safe sex
practices than without alcohol, thus increasing risk for STD transmission. Young
adults who used alcohol were twice as likely to have multiple sex partners, a
HIGH risk factor for contracting STDs.
Substance
use can cause biological alterations that place a person physically more at
risk for an STD infection because alcohol can impair a person’s immune system
and the ability to fight off an STD.
Sexual Assault: How Is It Related to
Alcohol?
20-25% of
college women reported some kind of rape (attempted or completed). At least 50%
of college students’ sexual assaults are associated with alcohol use. 47% of
the sexual assaults reported by college men involved alcohol consumption.
In
81% of the alcohol related sexual assaults both victim and the perpetrator had
consumed alcohol. When alcohol is involved, survivors are less likely to name
the experience “rape”.
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