Turkish sexuality survey question —
How would you describe your first sexual experience?
As Metin Üstündag said in Part 2…
Until recently, Turkish children received their sex education in a very haphazard manner, with mostly poor results. My generation was lucky, in a way, because of what happened in the mid-1970s in Yesilcam (Turkey’s film capital, similar to Hollywood, located in Istanbul).
The Turkish erotic film industry was born (and flourished) during that time and provided my generation with a kind of sex education, though it fell short of authoritative. What could we expect? In the role of our sex educator was a porn star, Aydemir Akbas (now a legitimate actor in his 70s, who has over 95 movies under his belt). And when he sensually looked at the women in those early movies, they would immediately start moaning with exaggerated desire. In fact, those movies probably did more to develop our sense of humor about sex than to educate us on its ‘finer points’.
Headlines of the survey on sexuality…
1) Own house (Men – 43%, Women – 82%)
2) Someone else’s house (M – 18%, F – 7%)
3) A hotel (M – 9%, F – 3%)
4) A brother (M – 20%, F – 0%)
1) Husband/wife (Male – 25%, Female – 81%)
2) Boyfriend/girlfriend (M – 27%, F – 13%)
3) Prostitutes (H – 27%, F – 0%)
Among the celebrities surveyed, we were drawn to veteran actress Müjde Ar and multifaceted Hülya Avsar’s ‘sex for the first time’ remarks…
Film and television actress Müjde Ar
It’s probably not fair to generalize about men. And I don’t think every pubescent boy knocks on a brothel door, though life is faster and bolder in the big cities these days. On the topic of first sexual experience, in my opinion, a man’s biggest fear…is that his nervousness will show!
Comprehensive artist Hulya Avsar
I didn’t feel any nervousness, I felt excitement. That has a lot to do with the partner you’re with and how the man makes you feel. I didn’t suffer a bit at the crucial moment. Later, I had to hear it from him that he was no longer a virgin.
In Part 4: More headlines from the Turkish ‘Kinsey Report’, and answers to the sexuality survey question, ‘How old were you when you had your first sexual relationship?
Click below for a fully illustrated HTML version of the Turkish Sexuality Survey: First Time Sex