Released on = July 25, 2006, 9:00 am

Press Release Author = CupidBay.com

Industry = Healthcare

Press Release Summary = Young adults are using their first holidays to get rid of
their virginity while many others use the summer break to sleep with as many people
as possible according to research by dating website CupidBay.com (www.cupidbay.com).


The study highlights young people\'s attitudes on sex and reveals, among many things,
a lack of concern regarding the threat of STDs and a preoccupation with promiscuous
sex.


Press Release Body = NEWS RELEASE
25th July 2006


Nearly half of young people go away on vacation to lose their virginity, while
others are using the summer break for promiscuous unsafe sex according to research
from dating website CupidBay.com (www.cupidbay.com).

A survey of the site's 18-21 year-old US users showed that - out of 1,477
respondents - 59% of young people were first allowed to go on holiday, unescorted by
parents, between the ages of 14 and 17 years old; 39% of young men and a quarter of
young women used this initial first holiday as an opportunity to lose their
virginity. Of those who were already sexually experienced, 34% admitted that they
had gone on holiday with the main purpose of sleeping with as many people as
possible.

Further research showed that one in three young adults have had between one and
three sexual partners over a typical two-week vacation period, with 31% of young men
and 23% of young women even claiming to have had more than one sexual partner in the
same night. Nearly a third admitted to being "mostly drunk" during these encounters,
with 41% admitting to using condoms "some of the time" and 18% confessing to using
condoms "none of the time". A quarter said that they were "less picky" with who they
slept with on vacation than at home.

Disturbingly, holiday liaisons turned sinister for 17% of young women who confessed
to getting themselves involved in dangerous situations, such as non-consensual sex,
as a result of their carefree frolicking. A further 9% said that they had fallen
pregnant accidentally as a result of a holiday fling with a stranger.

Yet despite this indiscriminate bed-hopping, one in three young people admit to
having unprotected sex (without a condom) with a stranger on holiday, with over half
(52%) expressing that they were "not worried" about contracting an STD as a result
of their holiday romps.

"Unloading the 'burden' of virginity has been a mainstay of teenage angst for a long
time, but while sex might represent a physical initiation into adulthood,
de-virginising mentally is quite another thing," said Francis Deacon,
psychotherapist and relationship expert for CupidBay.com. "While young people
shouldn't be penalised for exploring sex, this research shows that promiscuity and a
disregard to practice safe sex is alarmingly rife. More worrying is the sense of
invincibility among young people that they are not at risk of contracting STDs
despite actively playing a risky, potentially deadly sexual roulette. With recent
studies confirming that sexual diseases are on the rise, more should be done to
enforce the message that if youngsters are adult enough to have a sex life, then
they're adult enough to take responsibility for their actions and keep themselves
safe."
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Note to the Editor

About CupidBay

CupidBay.com (www.cupidbay.com) is an international friendship and dating website.
It is one of the few sites of its kind which offers a completely FREE service.

This includes:

. Free registration
. Ability to create detailed personal profiles
. Upload video profiles and personal greetings up to 10MB
. An advanced matchmaking facility
. Send and receive unlimited messages
. Real time chat room - both national and international
. Discussions forum (including love & relationships, news, politics & current
affairs, philosophy, literature, music, health, motoring and computers)
. A Rate Me facility where users can opt to be put up for the sexiness vote
. An Email a friend feature - send member profiles to a friend for a possible love
match

In addition, premium members can also:

. Send priority messages to people
. Have their picture and profile displayed on both the home page and profile page
following log in
. Create and manage their own private chat room
. Enhance messages and postings with an extensive choice of smilies

CupidBay first launched its first premium service in November 2004. It now has over
1,150,000 active users from over 200 different countries. It receives over 35
million page impressions a month.

For further details please contact Andrea San Pedro at andrea@cupidbay.com or on
(+44) (0)7917 033129.


Web Site = http://www.cupidbay.com

Contact Details = Andrea San Pedro
CupidBay.com
C/o ADVFN PLC
26 Throgmorton Street
London
EC2N 2AN

Main Tel: (+44) 207 0700909
Direct Tel: (+44) (0) 7919 033129
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Email: andrea@cupidbay.com