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Reality check: 95 percent of Americans had premarital sex
CNN ^
| 12/19/2006
Posted on 12/19/2006 6:04:03 PM PST by doc30
NEW YORK (AP) -- More than nine out of 10 Americans, men and women alike, have had premarital sex, according to a new study. The high rates extend even to women born in the 1940s, challenging perceptions that people were more chaste in the past.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: familyvalues; premarital; sex; thebigo
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To: MPJackal
Figures lie and liars figure. Exactly. Thanks for the comments. I don't believe I'd heard those Harvey comments before.
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posted on
12/19/2006 6:36:41 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(Victory will never be achieved while defining Conservatism downward, and forsaking it's heritage.)
To: NinoFan
I don't doubt it a bit. Biology is a hard thing to ignore.
To: doc30
I am a guy and still waiting for the right woman..................am I a FR freak or or what.........I am telling the real truth here folks......
To: doc30
This research was done by "...the Guttmacher Institute, a private New York-based think tank that studies sexual and reproductive issues and which disagrees with government-funded programs that rely primarily on abstinence-only teachings."
Don't forget, the Guttmacher Institute was once the research arm of Planned Parenthood. Dr. Guttmacher was the president of Planned Parenthood. In 1972 he won Planned Parenthood's Margaret Sanger award.
It's no wonder the Institute disagrees with abstinence programs.
I don't trust Guttmacher/Planned Parenthood stats.
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posted on
12/19/2006 6:38:36 PM PST
by
freedom4me
("Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom."--Ben Franklin)
To: doc30
The bigger problem is the number of women who engage in premarital nagging.
It's an epidemic.
65
posted on
12/19/2006 6:39:11 PM PST
by
AmishDude
(I coined "Senator Ass" to describe Jim Webb. He may have already used it as a character in a novel.)
To: doc30
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posted on
12/19/2006 6:39:11 PM PST
by
Central Scrutiniser
(Pro Evolution, Pro Stem Cell Research, Pro Science, Pro Free Thought, and Conservative)
To: NinoFan
I have done that and I am going to have to face up to it with the BIG MAN UPSTAIRS someday........
To: NinoFan
Because some people live in denial. they won't even admit to themselves that they might be wrong.The joke about the other % lied is one about masturbation, those that have and those that lie about it.
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posted on
12/19/2006 6:39:40 PM PST
by
eastforker
(.308 SOCOM 16, hottest brand going.2350 FPS muzlim velocity)
To: doc30
In "In Merry Old England", the men and women ran into the woods on St Johns Day, those that scored gave the scoree a Green Dress and married, before the Church door, before the swelling showed too much.
There were times that a scoree had scored to many times and straws were drawn to determine the scorer. Every child had to have a father in those days!
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posted on
12/19/2006 6:39:59 PM PST
by
Little Bill
(Welcome to the Newly Socialist State of New Hampshire.)
To: yield 2 the right
What? You mean you haven't decided to prove your manhood by banging a hot chick? How blasphemous!
In all seriousness, congrats on your decision and sticking with it.
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posted on
12/19/2006 6:40:09 PM PST
by
NinoFan
To: doc30
Reality check: 95 percent of Americans had premarital sex. And a considerably smaller percentage have postmarital sex.
What is the point of a study like this. No good can come from this, only more derision.
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posted on
12/19/2006 6:42:47 PM PST
by
NYCynic
To: doc30
...and not one was a Republican!!!!
73
posted on
12/19/2006 6:48:39 PM PST
by
zarf
To: NinoFan
You mean you haven't decided to prove your manhood by banging a hot chick?Can two single people turned on by each other just have a zesty session without being immoral?
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posted on
12/19/2006 6:50:15 PM PST
by
zarf
To: eastforker
I'm well aware of the original joke, but I did not think it fit this situation very well. Getting laid is quite different from masturbation on a number of levels.
We clearly run in different circles and that's fine. No one where I grew up would have lied and said they were still a virgin. If someone had the guts to say they were a virgin, then odds were very, very good that they were. That went for women too.
When I said I knew lots of people who didn't have pre-marital sex, I didn't mean they were shouting from the rooftops that they were virgins. Those kinds of people make me suspicious. This info was revealed in private conversations and in many cases the friends were very close. More than once a person told me that he had lied earlier in life about not being a virgin and that he had quite the experience on his wedding night.
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posted on
12/19/2006 6:55:12 PM PST
by
NinoFan
To: Pure Country
Yeah! The baby-boomers were chaste as the wind-driven snow!
Actually some of us were and some of our children are. Shock of all shocks!
Yep, I was 20 and a virgin, so naive it was awful. Unfortunately, later on, after I was divorced, I was pretty wild, and I guess I thought I was pretty cool at the time. Now that I am pretty settled again, it makes me shudder every time I think about it. Just the opposite of people who get their wildness out of their systems before they settle down. I was such an innocent, and got kinda wild later on. Never did do drugs, though. Tried a joint twice, and my only impression was "this hurts my throat, why would anyone do it?" So now I'm not too interested in sex anymore, but I do like my wine. Still, I was always the most naive one in my circles - I remember someone who acted surprised that I didn't do drugs - "well, you're in the music business, I just assumed that you did...."
To: AmishDude
The bigger problem is the number of women who engage in premarital nagging. The real problem is not polygamy, it's having more than one mother-in-law.
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posted on
12/19/2006 6:58:11 PM PST
by
killjoy
(Life sucks, wear a helmet.)
To: doc30
Do any of you buy a car without taking it around the block first?
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posted on
12/19/2006 6:59:09 PM PST
by
fish hawk
(.)
To: doc30
95%? Many of those polled have had to provide dishonest answers. More than 5% of the population is butt ugly.
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posted on
12/19/2006 7:00:15 PM PST
by
Doc-Joe
To: MPJackal
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posted on
12/19/2006 7:00:20 PM PST
by
Albion Wilde
(...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. -2 Cor 3:17)
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