Posted on 05/22/2026 4:01:54 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A new study found that when you lose your virginity may impact how well you age later in life, including outcomes like frailty and misery in older adulthood.
“Our findings suggest that the timing of first sexual intercourse may be connected to aging through multiple psychological, behavioral and disease-related pathways,” first author Kaixian Wang said in a press release.
They found that those with genetic signals tied to earlier loss of virginity tended to have less favorable aging-related outcomes, including higher frailty and poorer longevity-related measures.
SNIP
“Frailty index, miserableness, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) appeared to play especially important roles,” Wang said. In other words, if there is a link between earlier sexual experiences and worse aging, these four factors — physical weakness, poorer mental health, lung disease often associated with smoking and ADHD-related traits tied to impulsivity — appear to be the strongest factors behind it.
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I haven’t lost my virginity, it’s around here somewhere...
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Don’t know about the study, but it’s a miracle I didn’t die of surprise when it happened.
I don’t know about race but lower socioeconomic status and parental education levels definitely correlates with earlier sexual debut. Promiscuity also tied up in many cases with sexual abuse as a child.
when you lose your virginity
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Like after midnight, or 6 am, or 330pm after school, or sundown on the beach, or when?
Absurd.
from the Middle Ages and earlier marriage at young ages was common.
All them young school kids being raped by their teachers need to add this study to their lawsuits and get even more money!
>>still go to work every day setting tile
What a wonderful profession! It’s one of the crafts that I most admire. Major skills and fine art at its best. Hope you’re still enjoying it.
Due to poor management skills, I one of those poor saps who has to work till I’m dead!! I work because I have to!! Maybe I’ll do better in my next life! ;P
So it has nothing to do with the actual age kids have sex. It is that kids who have sex earliest tend to be the ones apt to engage in all kinds of other risky behavior that is bad for their health, including problems later on in life as they age.
It is not the early sex, it is the personality of peolpe who tend to have sex the youngest. They are the rebels growing up fast and they tend to also engage in many other risky behaviors.
Got me beat by a little.
I was 12-1/2 and she had just turned 15.
I didn’t lose it. I know exactly where it went!
Oh NOW they tell me!
BS! The paper itself concludes:
“The findings underscore the importance of early sexual health education and suggest implementing targeted interventions to mitigate the adverse effects of early sexual behavior on aging. This approach can promote healthy aging and reduce aging disparities caused by early sexual initiation.”
Which itself is nonsensically STUPID. Sexual activity AS I SAID doesn’t affect aging. I posit it’s either the biological rate (and thus early intervention won’t help!) or socio-economic factors of early pregnancies (and thus early intervention won’t help vs general socio-economic uplifting)
Geez dude, in your eternal effort to try to TROLL me, maybe just learn a little reading comprehension FIRST?
14 and torn rotator cuff as well.
I did try to outrun that tree but alas, twas faster than I ....
With a partner...or what??
Tore my right about 4 years ago in thailand in one of those inside wave bars. they told ya 100 times if you go down, land with your arms crossed over your chest... sure enough, when I bit it I held out my arm to break my fall! felt it taer!! it hurt!!
The left just happened about 2 months ago! changing a hot wtr heater with 2 sets of pipe wrenches overhead! reefed on a fitting and I felt my left one tear!! It Hurt!
That article made no sense. None. It would seem peak fertility would be the best time. Besides die happy.
What do they consider early ? Asking for a friend .
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