Posted on 12/09/2001 9:59:41 PM PST by Don Myers
Survey finds 10 partners before marriage 'normal'
The majority of young people think it is normal for a person to have at least 10 sexual partners before marriage.
A survey has also found that three in 10 believe it is acceptable for a girl to lose her virginity before the age of 15.
Research carried out by Brook, the youth sex advisory service, says there is a "cultural change" in young people's attitudes towards sex.
Some 64% of men and 54% of women agreed that it was acceptable for a person to sleep with more than 10 partners before getting married.
But the survey, which questioned people aged 17 to 25, also showed that they wanted more information about sex and contraception.
Men admitted to getting most of their knowledge about contraception from TV and magazines, while women learned the most from magazines and their mothers.
Half of all the young women surveyed said they wished that teachers had supplied them with more information about preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.
Brook chief executive Jan Barlow said: "Young people have an increasing number of sexual partners and they are saying that's OK.
"But at the same time they don't have the information and access to services that they need.
"Young people must seek out advice and information in order to make their choices and to understand how to protect themselves both against pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases."
Well....I haven't jumped off a cliff. I haven't shot drugs into my veins; heck, I haven't even smoked a joint. I just haven't lived at all. I guess that I don't really have the life experiences to say anything about anything.
You are talking marriage. Everyone else is talking about singles engaging in sex.
Now why don't you make a similar comment about the divorce rate among Catholics? It is the Catholic Church, afterall, that has the strictest teachings about premarital sex and the indissolubility of marriage.
I know where we can find some advisors who are currently out of work and willing to relocate.
That's sad. Did she have a strong father figure?
Are you a christian?
"I eventually confronted my father about all this, and after looking back on it all he pretty much conceded that everything they taught me was a bunch of BS. "
"By `costs' I am refering to opportunity costs, not money."
They didn't talk about sex, but yet what they taught you was BS. Just what did they teach you that was wrong?
You are complaining now that you didn't have the sexual experiences that the other guys have? I don't know your situation, but is it possible that you married the wrong woman?
Which is a double standard.
And then there are the Kennedy's who donate huge sums of money to the Catholic Church as a priest will just give them all the annulments they want.
Yes, I believe that is normally true. It is just that we are not discussing sex within marriage.
The poll doesn't address that; but for many married people, according to other polls, it can mean more. Adultery is very common.
I am assuming nothing about them one way or the other. I am not even thinking about them.
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