Static Wikipedia February 2008 (no images)

aa - ab - af - ak - als - am - an - ang - ar - arc - as - ast - av - ay - az - ba - bar - bat_smg - bcl - be - be_x_old - bg - bh - bi - bm - bn - bo - bpy - br - bs - bug - bxr - ca - cbk_zam - cdo - ce - ceb - ch - cho - chr - chy - co - cr - crh - cs - csb - cu - cv - cy - da - de - diq - dsb - dv - dz - ee - el - eml - en - eo - es - et - eu - ext - fa - ff - fi - fiu_vro - fj - fo - fr - frp - fur - fy - ga - gan - gd - gl - glk - gn - got - gu - gv - ha - hak - haw - he - hi - hif - ho - hr - hsb - ht - hu - hy - hz - ia - id - ie - ig - ii - ik - ilo - io - is - it - iu - ja - jbo - jv - ka - kaa - kab - kg - ki - kj - kk - kl - km - kn - ko - kr - ks - ksh - ku - kv - kw - ky - la - lad - lb - lbe - lg - li - lij - lmo - ln - lo - lt - lv - map_bms - mdf - mg - mh - mi - mk - ml - mn - mo - mr - mt - mus - my - myv - mzn - na - nah - nap - nds - nds_nl - ne - new - ng - nl - nn - no - nov - nrm - nv - ny - oc - om - or - os - pa - pag - pam - pap - pdc - pi - pih - pl - pms - ps - pt - qu - quality - rm - rmy - rn - ro - roa_rup - roa_tara - ru - rw - sa - sah - sc - scn - sco - sd - se - sg - sh - si - simple - sk - sl - sm - sn - so - sr - srn - ss - st - stq - su - sv - sw - szl - ta - te - tet - tg - th - ti - tk - tl - tlh - tn - to - tpi - tr - ts - tt - tum - tw - ty - udm - ug - uk - ur - uz - ve - vec - vi - vls - vo - wa - war - wo - wuu - xal - xh - yi - yo - za - zea - zh - zh_classical - zh_min_nan - zh_yue - zu

Web Analytics
Cookie Policy Terms and Conditions Adolescent sexuality in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Adolescent sexuality in the United States

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Main article: Adolescent sexuality

Adolescent sexuality in the United States refers to sexual feelings, behavior and development in American adolescents.

All teens have sexual lives, whether with others or through fantasies.[1] Today both boys and girls are now "entering puberty at least two years earlier than previous generations. This means they are ready for sex earlier physically, but not emotionally or cognitively."[2]

Adolescents run many risks when engaging in sexual activities including contracting a sexually transmitted disease or suffering from emotional distress. While the number of adolescents having sexual intercourse has dropped in recent years, oral sex is on the rise. Almost all US teens use at least one form of contraception during intercourse[3] and most have been provided with information regarding sexuality.[4] In the United States teenage sexual encounters are increasingly taking place outside the context of romantic relationships.[5]

Contents

[edit] Motivation and frequency

Increasingly, teenage sexual encounters in the United States do not occur in the context of a romantic relationship, but in an impersonal, merely sexual hook up.[5] More than half of sexually active teens have had sexual partners they are not dating.[6][4] This is a "a genuine and puzzling change in teen sexual behavior"[7] and a "profound shift in the culture of high school dating and sex."[8] One thing "nearly everyone agrees on is that STDs and risky 'anything but intercourse' behaviors are rampant among teens."[9]

In 2002 the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health reported a "dramatic trend toward the early initiation of sex."[10] The teenage years are when most in the United States first have intercourse. The current data suggests that by the time a person turns 18 slightly more than half of females and nearly two-thirds of males will have had intercourse.[11] Although early sexual activity may be caused by a variety of factors, the media are believed to play a significant role.[12] The sexual messages contained in film, television, and music are becoming more explicit in dialog, lyrics, and behavior. In addition, these messages contain unrealistic, inaccurate, and misleading information that young people accept as fact. Teens rank the media second only to school sex education programs as a leading source of information about sex.[12] Research has found "found a direct relationship between the amount of sexual content children see and their level of sexual activity or their intentions to have sex in the future."[13] The same study found sex was usually portrayed as 'risk-free' in films, television programs, music and magazines. Sex was usually between unmarried couples and examples of using condoms or other contraception were "extremely rare."[13]

In a 2003 study, 89% of girls reported feeling pressured by boys to have sex.[14] Before "age 15, a majority of first intercourse experiences among females are reported to be non-voluntary."[11][15] A 2000 survey conducted by the Henry Kaiser Family Foundation for Seventeen magazine found that of 15 to 17 year olds who have had sexual intercourse:

  • 51 percent surveyed said when they had sexual intercourse for the first time it was because they had "met the right person,"
  • 45 percent surveyed said it was because "the other person wanted to,"
  • 32 percent of those surveyed said it was because they were "just curious,"
  • 28 percent surveyed said it was because they "hoped it would make the relationship closer," and
  • 16 percent surveyed said it was because "many of their friends already had sex" [16]

However, since that survey was taken the dominant form of teenage sexuality has changed from penile-vaginal intercourse to oral sex.[17] Between 1991 and 2001 the number of high school seniors in the United States who reported that they have had sexual intercourse dropped from 54% to 46%.[18] The vast majority, 87%, of 13-16 year olds have not have sexual intercourse and 73% have not been sexually intimate at all. Three quarters of them have not because they feel they are too young, and just as many say they have made a conscious decision not to.[4] Girls are 14% more likely than boys (81% vs. 67%) to say they have made a conscious decision to wait and and 15% more likely to believe they are too young (82% vs. 67%). Girls who date or hang out with older boys are "more likely to be pressured into having sex, more likely to get a sexually transmitted disease, and more likely to experience an unwanted pregnancy."[19]

Almost half of boys (47%) of boys but fewer girls (38%) believe that oral sex is "not a big deal." [4] Despite this, there is a large "discrepancy when it comes to willingness to perform oral sex" with girls giving, and boys receiving.[20] Oral sex is "now commonly performed by very young girls outside of romantic relationships, casually and without any expectation of reciprocation."[7]

The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System survey has found that from 1991 to 2005 there was a significant increase of students who used drugs or alcohol before their last sexual intercourse.[21] Among the 33.9% of high school students nationwide in 2005 who had had sexual intercourse with one or more persons during the three months preceding the survey, 23.3% had drunk alcohol or used drugs before last sexual intercourse.[21] Among the 33.9% of students, 14.1% of Black students, 25.6% of Hispanic students, and 25.0% of White students reported using alcohol or drugs the last time they had intercourse[21] Overall, the prevalence of having drunk alcohol or used drugs before last sexual intercourse was higher among male than female students.[21]

Girls who participate in girls-only activities are far less likely to experience a teenage pregnancy and less likely to be sexually active in general.[22] Participating in competitive sports has also shown to have an effect for girls. The "more involved a girl is in competitive sports the less likely she is to be sexually active and the less likely she is to get pregnant."[23]

[edit] Effects of sexual activity

The American Academy of Pediatrics has identified the sexual behaviors of American adolescents as a major public health problem.[12] As adolescents are still developing emotionally and cognitively they do not yet possess the ability to either fathom the physical and emotional consequences of sex or to deal with them once they happen.[9] The mental health of adolescents is particularly at risk. Teens who are sexually active are at greater risk of becoming dependent on boyfriends and girlfriends, incurring serious depression around breakups and cheating, and suffering from a lack of goals.[9] When taking part in hookups "the kids don't even look at each other. It's mechanical, dehumanizing."[24] This impersonality is harmful to both girls and boys however girls are especially at risk of becoming victims in casual sexual relationships.[25]

When adolescents engage in casual sexual relationships they do not develop skills such trust and communication that are key ingredients in healthy, long-lasting relationships.[26] [27] In purely sexual relationships adolescents pick up "a lot of bad habits" and don't learn "to trust or share or know how to disagree and make up."[27] They become jaded and as a result later in life they have trouble forming adult relationships.[24]

Casual attitudes amongst adolescents toward sex and oral sex in particular "reflect their confusion about what is normal behavior."[28] When adolescents engage in casual sexual relationships they proceed toward adulthood with a lack of understanding about intimacy.[28] James Wagoner, president of Advocates for Youth, worries that "if we are indeed headed as a culture to have a total disconnect between intimate sexual behavior and emotional connection, we're not forming the basis for healthy adult relationships."[29]

When engaging in sexual acts the body produces oxytocin, a chemical produced in the brain to promote feelings of connection and love. Oxytocin helps a mother bond with her infant during breast feeding[30] and "surges through the bodies of men and women during orgasm."[31] When a man achieves orgasm, his oxytocin levels can rise up to 500% of their normal levels.[32] When "a man ejaculates, he bonds utterly with" his partner.[33] When having causal sex teens are "pretending to say it's just sexual and nothing else. That's an arbitrary slicing up of the intimacy pie. It's not healthy."[34] Depression, alcohol abuse, anorexia, and emotional disturbance can all afflict adolescents as a result.[27]

Even when teens are in a romantic relationship, sexual activities can become the focus of the relationship. Not only are such relationships less sustained, they are often not monogamous and they have lower levels of satisfaction than relationships that do not have sexual activities as their focus.[35] However as "teenagers are not mature enough to know all the ramifications of what they're doing,"[36] "early sexual activity - whether in or out of a romantic relationship - does far more harm than good."[37]

With regards to oral sex, it is almost always the boys who receive it and the girls who give it.[7][4] When girls provide oral sex "they do so without pleasure, usually to please their boyfriend or to avoid the possibility of pregnancy."[38] This paradigm has entitled boys and disabled girls[39] putting girls at a disadvantage.[40]

Girls will often become intoxicated before engaging in sexual activities because it "numbs the experience for them, making it less embarrassing and less emotionally painful."[41] Girls are far more likely to feel used and abused than boys are after a typical hook up.[37] Boys will use drugs and alcohol for different reasons than girls, however. Boys are more likely to use in order to relax and to prevent premature ejaculation.[42] When teens become sexually active at 15 years of age or younger they are six times more likely to drink alcohol once a week or more, four times more likely to have smoked marijuana and three times more likely to be regular smokers of cigarettes.[43] Other research also shows that risk behaviors often appear in clusters. If an adolescent is engaging in one risk behavior then there is a strong chance there may be others. For example, many teens are either using drugs or alcohol when they first have sexual intercourse.[44]

According to a report prepared for an agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services:

Most young people in the United States begin having sexual intercourse during their teenage years. Current data suggest that slightly more than half of females and nearly two-thirds of males have had intercourse by their 18th birthday. Initial sexual intercourse experiences are usually important (and sometimes defining) events in the lives of young people. Early timing of sexual initiation is important for two reasons. First, the younger the age of first sexual intercourse, the more likely that the experience was coercive, and forced sexual intercourse is related to long lasting negative effects. Secondly, the younger the age of first sexual intercourse, the greater the risk of unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. This is because those who begin having sex at young ages are generally exposed to risk for a longer time, are less likely to use contraception, generally have more sexual partners, and tend to engage in higher risk sexual behaviors such as alcohol or drug use prior to sexual intercourse and having multiple concurrent sexual partners. It must be recognized as well that early intercourse is frequently not voluntary. Helping adolescents to plan for effective contraception (preferably before, but at least soon after initiating sex) could be an important strategy for reducing unintended pregnancy.[11]

Boys are less likely to see sex as connected to an emotional relationship than girls. However, by the time a young man is has reached his early twenties, his girlfriend or his wife will become his primary emotional caregiver."[45] If he can not establish an emotional relationship with a woman, who does view sex as connected to intimacy, then he is more likely to become depressed, commit suicide or die from illness.[46] With all the issues and problems relating to adolescent sex, according to the Medical College of Wisconsin, "ideally, they won’t be having sex, but if they are or intend to, the next best thing is that they understand the importance of protecting themselves against pregnancy, HIV and STDs"[47]

Journalist Judith Levine believes that sexual activity among adolescents and even children is natural and causes little to no harm if contraception is used. Levine believes that since humans are sexual beings that even the smallest children will most likely end up taking part in sex rehearsal play with other children out of their own explorations and that it causes no harm.[48]

[edit] Knowledge of sexuality

Most teens (70%) say they have gotten some or a lot of information about sex and sexual relationships from their parents. Other sources of information include friends at 53%, school, also at 53%, TV and movies at 51% and magazines at 34%. School and magazines were sources of information for more girls than boys, and teens "who were sexually active were much more likely to say they got information about sex from their friends and partners."[4]

[edit] Contraceptive use

Of US teens aged 15-19 that are having sexual intercourse almost all (98%) use at least one form of contraception. The most popular form, at 94% usage, are condoms and the birth control pill is second at 61%.[3]Teen pregnancies in the United States decreased 28% between 1990 and 2000 from 117 pregnancies per every 1,000 teens to 84 per 1,000.[3] Contraceptives lower the risk of conceiving a child, and if condoms are the method chosen they help prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, but they are not 100% effective.[49]

[edit] Approaches to dealing with adolescent sexuality

One approach to dealing with the complexity of adolescent sexuality is to deny that it exists, and to give teenagers as little information as possible. This is based on the concept that introducing them to sexuality may cause them to become curious. However, a report issued by the Department of Health and Human Services has found the "most consistent and clear finding is that sex education does not cause adolescents to initiate sex when they would not otherwise have done so."[11] The same report also found that

Family life or sex education in the public schools, which traditionally has consisted largely of providing factual information at the secondary school level, is the most general or pervasive approach to preventing pregnancy among adolescents.... Adolescents who begin having sexual intercourse need to understand the importance of using an effective contraceptive every time they have sex. This requires convincing sexually active teens who have never used contraception to do so. In addition, sexually active teens who sometimes use contraceptives need to use them more consistently (every time they have sex) and use them correctly.[11]

Some Christian organizations have propagated the idea that sexual abstinence is the approach to take. This is based on commonly found Christian values of waiting for marriage before having sexual intercourse, or sexual intimacy. Some organizations promote what they consider to be "sexual purity", which encompasses not only abstaining from intercourse before marriage, but also abstaining from sexual thoughts, sexual touching, pornography, and actions that are known to lead to sexual arousal.

Some advocates have successfully worked toward the introduction of "abstinence-only" curricula. Under such instruction, teens are told that they should be sexually abstinent until marriage, and information about contraception is not provided. Opponents argue this approach denies teens needed, factual information and leads to unwanted pregnancies, abortions, and propagation of STDs, and that some abstinence-only programs provide misinformation about safe sex practices and abortion.[50]

Some curricula are advocated on the grounds that they are intended to reduce sexual disease or out-of-wedlock or teenage pregnancy. Proponents of this view argue that sexual behavior after puberty is a given, and it is therefore crucial to provide information about the risks and how they can be minimized. They hold that conventional or conservative moralizing will only alienate students and thus weaken the message.

In turn, opponents of comprehensive sexuality education object that curricula which fail to teach moral behavior actually serve to prevent adolescents from making informed decisions; they maintain that curricula should include the claim that conventional (or conservative) morality is healthy and constructive, and that value-free knowledge of the body may lead to immoral, unhealthy and harmful practices.

In December of 2004, U.S. Congressman Henry A. Waxman of California released a report that provides several examples of inaccurate information being included in federally funded abstinence-only sex education programs.

A third approach to adolescent sexuality education is to incorporate teaching about the natural human desire to have sex. Deborah Tolman, director of the Center for Research on Gender and Sexuality and a Professor of Human Sexuality Studies at San Francisco State University, believes adolescents, like adults, are sexual beings and should be educated about the nuances of their sexual feelings, choices and behaviors.[51]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ponton, Lynn (2000). The Sex Lives of Teenagers. New York: Dutton, 2. ISBN 0452282608. 
  2. ^ Ponton, Lynn (2000). The Sex Lives of Teenagers. New York: Dutton, 3. ISBN 0452282608. 
  3. ^ a b c U.S. Teen Sexual Activity (pdf). Kaiser Family Foundation (January 2005). Retrieved on March 11, 2007.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Katie Couric (2005). Nearly 3 in 10 young teens 'sexually active' (html). MSNBC. Retrieved on January 21, 2007.
  5. ^ a b Sax, M.D., Ph.D, Leonard (2005). Why Gender Matters. Doubleday, 132. ISBN 038551073X. 
  6. ^ Wendy D. Manning, Peggy C. Giordano, Monica A. Longmore (2006). "Hooking Up: The Relationship Contexts of "Nonrelationship" Sex". Journal of Adolescent Research 21 (5). 
  7. ^ a b c Caitlin Flanagan (Jan/Feb 2006). Are You There God? It's Me, Monica (html). The Atlantic Monthly. Retrieved on January 21, 2007.
  8. ^ Alexandra Hall. "The Mating Habits of the Suburban High School Teenager". Boston Magazine (May 2003). 
  9. ^ a b c Anna Mulrine. "Risky Business". U.S. News & World Report (May 27, 2002). 
  10. ^ Adolescent Sexual Behavior and Sexual Health, Renee E. Sieving, Jennifer A. Oliphant, and Robert Wm. Blum, Pediatrics in Review 2002 23: 407-416.
  11. ^ a b c d e Beginning Too Soon: Adolescent Sexual Behavior, Pregnancy And Parenthood (html). US Department of Health and Human Services. Retrieved on March 11, 2007.
  12. ^ a b c (January 2001) "Sexuality, Contraception, and the Media". Pediatrics 107 (1). 
  13. ^ a b Sam Jones (March 22, 2006). "Media 'influence' adolescent sex". The Guardian. 
  14. ^ Sexsmarts Gender Roles (pdf). Kaiser Family Foundation. Retrieved on January 23, 2007.
  15. ^ “It Just Happened…” A Review of Deborah Tolman’s Dilemmas of Desire: Teenage Girls Talk About Sexuality (html). American Sexuality Magazine. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
  16. ^ Fact Sheet : The Truth About Adolescent Sexuality. SIECUS (2004). Retrieved on January 20, 2007.
  17. ^ Sax, M.D., Ph.D, Leonard (2005). Why Gender Matters. Doubleday, 121. ISBN 038551073X. 
  18. ^ Sax, M.D., Ph.D, Leonard (2005). Why Gender Matters. Doubleday, 136. ISBN 038551073X.  See also Mike Males, Adult Liaison in the Epidemic of Teenage Birth, Pregnancy and Venereal Disease, Journal of Sex Research, 29:525-45, 1992.
  19. ^ "22% of sexually active girls say their partner never performs oral sex on them, while only 5% of boys say their partner never does." Katie Couric (2005). Nearly 3 in 10 young teens 'sexually active' (html). MSNBC. Retrieved on January 21, 2007.
  20. ^ a b c d The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS): 2005 (pdf). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2005). Retrieved on January 20, 2007. page 198.
  21. ^ [Les, et al] (1999). "Early adolescent sexual activity : A developmental study". Journal of marriage and the family 61 (4). 
  22. ^ Sax, M.D., Ph.D, Leonard (2005). Why Gender Matters. Doubleday, 136. ISBN 038551073X.  see also Sabo, Donald, et al (1999). "High school athletic participation, sexual behavior and adolescent pregnancy: a regional study.". Journal of Adolescent Health 25 (3). 
  23. ^ a b Dr. Marsha Levy-Warren, as quoted in Anne Jarrell. "The Teenage Face of Sex Grows Younger". New York Times (April 2, 2000). 
  24. ^ Sax, M.D., Ph.D, Leonard (2005). Why Gender Matters. Doubleday. ISBN 038551073X. 
  25. ^ David Walsh, a psychologist and author of the teen-behavior book Why Do They Act That Way?, as quoted in Sharon Jayson (10/19/2005). Teens define sex in new ways (html). USA Today. Retrieved on January 20, 2007.
  26. ^ a b c Laura Sessions Stepp, author of "Unhooked: How Young Women Pursue Sex, Delay Love, and Lose at Both", as quoted in Barbara F. Meltz (2/13/2007). Hooking up is the rage, but is it healthy? (html). Boston Globe. Retrieved on February 13, 2007.
  27. ^ a b Sabrina Weill, the former editor in chief of Seventeen magazine, as quoted in Sharon Jayson (10/19/2005). Teens define sex in new ways (html). USA Today. Retrieved on January 20, 2007.
  28. ^ James Wagoner, president of Advocates for Youth, as quoted in Sharon Jayson (10/19/2005). Teens define sex in new ways (html). USA Today. Retrieved on January 20, 2007.
  29. ^ Barbara F. Meltz (2/13/2007). Hooking up is the rage, but is it healthy? (html). Boston Globe. Retrieved on February 13, 2007.
  30. ^ Sarah Mahoney. How Love Keeps You Healthy (html). MSN. Retrieved on April 7, 2007.
  31. ^ Dr. Daniel Amen (Jan 19, 2007). Use your brain to have hotter sex (html). MSNBC. Retrieved on April 7, 2007.
  32. ^ Gurian, Michael (2003). What Could He Be Thinking?: How a Man's Mind Really Works. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0312311483. 
  33. ^ Paul Coleman, a Poughkeepsie, N.Y., psychologist and author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Intimacy, as quoted in Sharon Jayson (10/19/2005). Teens define sex in new ways (html). USA Today. Retrieved on January 20, 2007.
  34. ^ W. Andrew Collins, child psychology professor at the University of Minnesota, as quoted in Sharon Jayson (10/19/2005). Teens define sex in new ways (html). USA Today. Retrieved on January 20, 2007.
  35. ^ Paul Coleman, a Poughkeepsie, N.Y., psychologist and author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Intimacy, as quoted in Sharon Jayson (10/19/2005). Teens define sex in new ways (html). USA Today. Retrieved on January 20, 2007.
  36. ^ a b Sax, M.D., Ph.D, Leonard (2005). Why Gender Matters. Doubleday. ISBN 038551073X. 
  37. ^ The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls, Joan Brumberg, Random House, 1997, p. 190.
  38. ^ Anne Jarrell. "The Teenage Face of Sex Grows Younger". New York Times (April 2, 2000). ,
  39. ^ Amy Benfer (January 10, 2001). A teen sex guru speaks (html). Salon.com. Retrieved on January 21, 2007.
  40. ^ Sax, M.D., Ph.D, Leonard (2005). Why Gender Matters. Doubleday, 128. ISBN 038551073X.  See also comments made by Dr. Drew Pinsky on NPR's Fresh Air, September 23, 2003.
  41. ^ Sax, M.D., Ph.D, Leonard (2005). Why Gender Matters. Doubleday, 128. ISBN 038551073X. 
  42. ^ National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, 14 and Younger: The Sexual Behavior of Adolescents, 2003
  43. ^ Ponton, Lynn (1997). The Romance of Risk. New York: HarperCollins, 97. 
  44. ^ Sax, M.D., Ph.D, Leonard (2005). Why Gender Matters. Doubleday, 132. ISBN 038551073X.  See also Furman, Wyndol; Wehner, Elizabeth A. (Winter 1997). "Adolescent Romantic Relationships: A Developmental Perspective". New Directions for Child Development 78. 
  45. ^ (1996) "Becoming Married and Mental Health: A Longitudinal Study of a Cohort of Young Adults". Journal of Marriage and the Family 58. 
  46. ^ Close Parental Relationships Could Delay Adolescent Sex (html). Medical College of Wisconson (2002-09-13). Retrieved on March 11, 2007.
  47. ^ Levine, Judith. Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children from Sex. University of Minnesota Press. 
  48. ^ LEARN ABOUT HPV > Myths and Misconceptions (html). American Social Health Association (1998). Retrieved on March 11, 2007.
  49. ^ Connolly, Ceci, Washington Post, "Some Abstinence Programs Mislead Teens, Report Says", December 1, 2004
  50. ^ “It Just Happened…” A Review of Deborah Tolman’s Dilemmas of Desire: Teenage Girls Talk About Sexuality (html). American Sexuality Magazine. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
Static Wikipedia 2008 (no images)

aa - ab - af - ak - als - am - an - ang - ar - arc - as - ast - av - ay - az - ba - bar - bat_smg - bcl - be - be_x_old - bg - bh - bi - bm - bn - bo - bpy - br - bs - bug - bxr - ca - cbk_zam - cdo - ce - ceb - ch - cho - chr - chy - co - cr - crh - cs - csb - cu - cv - cy - da - de - diq - dsb - dv - dz - ee - el - eml - en - eo - es - et - eu - ext - fa - ff - fi - fiu_vro - fj - fo - fr - frp - fur - fy - ga - gan - gd - gl - glk - gn - got - gu - gv - ha - hak - haw - he - hi - hif - ho - hr - hsb - ht - hu - hy - hz - ia - id - ie - ig - ii - ik - ilo - io - is - it - iu - ja - jbo - jv - ka - kaa - kab - kg - ki - kj - kk - kl - km - kn - ko - kr - ks - ksh - ku - kv - kw - ky - la - lad - lb - lbe - lg - li - lij - lmo - ln - lo - lt - lv - map_bms - mdf - mg - mh - mi - mk - ml - mn - mo - mr - mt - mus - my - myv - mzn - na - nah - nap - nds - nds_nl - ne - new - ng - nl - nn - no - nov - nrm - nv - ny - oc - om - or - os - pa - pag - pam - pap - pdc - pi - pih - pl - pms - ps - pt - qu - quality - rm - rmy - rn - ro - roa_rup - roa_tara - ru - rw - sa - sah - sc - scn - sco - sd - se - sg - sh - si - simple - sk - sl - sm - sn - so - sr - srn - ss - st - stq - su - sv - sw - szl - ta - te - tet - tg - th - ti - tk - tl - tlh - tn - to - tpi - tr - ts - tt - tum - tw - ty - udm - ug - uk - ur - uz - ve - vec - vi - vls - vo - wa - war - wo - wuu - xal - xh - yi - yo - za - zea - zh - zh_classical - zh_min_nan - zh_yue - zu -

Static Wikipedia 2007 (no images)

aa - ab - af - ak - als - am - an - ang - ar - arc - as - ast - av - ay - az - ba - bar - bat_smg - bcl - be - be_x_old - bg - bh - bi - bm - bn - bo - bpy - br - bs - bug - bxr - ca - cbk_zam - cdo - ce - ceb - ch - cho - chr - chy - co - cr - crh - cs - csb - cu - cv - cy - da - de - diq - dsb - dv - dz - ee - el - eml - en - eo - es - et - eu - ext - fa - ff - fi - fiu_vro - fj - fo - fr - frp - fur - fy - ga - gan - gd - gl - glk - gn - got - gu - gv - ha - hak - haw - he - hi - hif - ho - hr - hsb - ht - hu - hy - hz - ia - id - ie - ig - ii - ik - ilo - io - is - it - iu - ja - jbo - jv - ka - kaa - kab - kg - ki - kj - kk - kl - km - kn - ko - kr - ks - ksh - ku - kv - kw - ky - la - lad - lb - lbe - lg - li - lij - lmo - ln - lo - lt - lv - map_bms - mdf - mg - mh - mi - mk - ml - mn - mo - mr - mt - mus - my - myv - mzn - na - nah - nap - nds - nds_nl - ne - new - ng - nl - nn - no - nov - nrm - nv - ny - oc - om - or - os - pa - pag - pam - pap - pdc - pi - pih - pl - pms - ps - pt - qu - quality - rm - rmy - rn - ro - roa_rup - roa_tara - ru - rw - sa - sah - sc - scn - sco - sd - se - sg - sh - si - simple - sk - sl - sm - sn - so - sr - srn - ss - st - stq - su - sv - sw - szl - ta - te - tet - tg - th - ti - tk - tl - tlh - tn - to - tpi - tr - ts - tt - tum - tw - ty - udm - ug - uk - ur - uz - ve - vec - vi - vls - vo - wa - war - wo - wuu - xal - xh - yi - yo - za - zea - zh - zh_classical - zh_min_nan - zh_yue - zu -

Static Wikipedia 2006 (no images)

aa - ab - af - ak - als - am - an - ang - ar - arc - as - ast - av - ay - az - ba - bar - bat_smg - bcl - be - be_x_old - bg - bh - bi - bm - bn - bo - bpy - br - bs - bug - bxr - ca - cbk_zam - cdo - ce - ceb - ch - cho - chr - chy - co - cr - crh - cs - csb - cu - cv - cy - da - de - diq - dsb - dv - dz - ee - el - eml - eo - es - et - eu - ext - fa - ff - fi - fiu_vro - fj - fo - fr - frp - fur - fy - ga - gan - gd - gl - glk - gn - got - gu - gv - ha - hak - haw - he - hi - hif - ho - hr - hsb - ht - hu - hy - hz - ia - id - ie - ig - ii - ik - ilo - io - is - it - iu - ja - jbo - jv - ka - kaa - kab - kg - ki - kj - kk - kl - km - kn - ko - kr - ks - ksh - ku - kv - kw - ky - la - lad - lb - lbe - lg - li - lij - lmo - ln - lo - lt - lv - map_bms - mdf - mg - mh - mi - mk - ml - mn - mo - mr - mt - mus - my - myv - mzn - na - nah - nap - nds - nds_nl - ne - new - ng - nl - nn - no - nov - nrm - nv - ny - oc - om - or - os - pa - pag - pam - pap - pdc - pi - pih - pl - pms - ps - pt - qu - quality - rm - rmy - rn - ro - roa_rup - roa_tara - ru - rw - sa - sah - sc - scn - sco - sd - se - sg - sh - si - simple - sk - sl - sm - sn - so - sr - srn - ss - st - stq - su - sv - sw - szl - ta - te - tet - tg - th - ti - tk - tl - tlh - tn - to - tpi - tr - ts - tt - tum - tw - ty - udm - ug - uk - ur - uz - ve - vec - vi - vls - vo - wa - war - wo - wuu - xal - xh - yi - yo - za - zea - zh - zh_classical - zh_min_nan - zh_yue - zu