[allmendream]

Modern American culture is more sexualized than almost any other. Not that there are not cultural enclaves among us of the highly devout, but the MTV watching, I-pod listening, general public are pretty sexualized; and there is little if any stigma to promiscuity, cohabitation or divorce.

Now say that you have ten young women from that MTV modern American secular culture, are the less promiscuous ones less likely to divorce? Who knows? The study has no way of showing such.

[Tax-chick]

Oh, I see. I misunderstood your earlier post, and I thought you were positing the existence of a highly sexualized culture in which people were not promiscuous and did not cohabit before marriage.

... are the less promiscuous ones less likely to divorce? Who knows?

It's hard to say, because there are so many other factors in any relationship involving *two* people. At least two, because you've got in-laws, siblings, friends, etc., etc.

Additionally, a couple need not divorce to experience negative effects of their pre-marriage sexual history.

[achilles2000]

Modern American culture is more sexualized than almost any other.”

Ever been to Europe? It is far worse, which is not to say that it isn’t very bad here...