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."
Thank you and blessings. It sounds like you have many. :-)
Bump!
Good. I wanted to be sure you understood so far.
So far I've been talking of the kids in the church youth group. I'll answer the rest of this about my own kids. (far too young to even consider dating. My daughter is 13 months and my son's not born yet)
What would I do if they chose to date? I'd lay down some serious rules and then let them. I'd explain why dating was a waste of their time and would get in the way of their relationship with God and then I'd let them make their choice. (as long as they were 16 years of age or above that is)
I would also have first right of refusal for anyone they were taking out or going out with. If I don't approve of the person, they don't date them. (My house my rules). Of course they would honor and respect me enough to really listen because I will raise them right.
GSA(P)
They already choose not to date. They were not forced or compelled into not dating. They chose not to date.
GSA(P)
Who are these jaded kids that would fuss about such a thing? I believe that parents should protect girls and boys from sexual pressure at too early an age, protect their innocence and potential for joy--lay down the rules in a loving home, and they'll be accepted...
Sometimes I get the idea that any parent who places reasonable restrictions or limits on a child is viewed as some kind of monster by the liberal leftists who advance a sexually exploitive and anti-life agenda...that's a distorted view.
There've been comments that lead me to think that leftists imagine beefy, liquored-up dads standing by the door with shotguns, threatening terrified little girls who only want to explore their personhood.
RIDICULOUS! Most young girls (under 16) would rather be protected, treated like the little princesses they are. I have never met an exception. I think I can safely say that any young girl who aspires to be sexually experienced at an early age has been neglected, emotionally, familialy, and spiritually.
Wow, that really blows me away. Doesn't that just re-inforce the notion that the movement of women toward casual sexuality has been bad for the (once) fairer sex? As they've striven to become more like men, they've thrown away that which made them truly valuable to men, those feminine attributes you list above as lacking. That might be OK for hardcore Steinem-ists, but your average girl/woman, wanting to one day get married, might find it easier going if she had those feminine wiles to deploy.
Such a tricky discussion. I've wanted to cut a path between the Wedding-night Virginals (even bad sex is good sex if you love someone) and the Casual Sex Practitioners (gotta hone those skills!) and make the case that sex in a stable relationship, even unmarried, is the better alternative to both.
Time for me to exit this quagmire. Thanks for the dialogue.
What if this life is nothing but the dream of a sleeping entity somewhere in the cosmos who is about to awaken and extinguish this life for all of us?
We currently live in the most conservative town in our county and are looking to buy a new house. Have already told the realtor (who attends our church) that I wont even look at houses in the other big town in the county because that would be moving behind enemy lines. Good enough for me and the wife but my children wont be exposed to leftists until they are able to easily defeat them in conversation. (I figure by the time they're twelve they should be able to do it easily)
GSA(P)
The survey found that a high percentage of young people thought that more than ten partners before marriage was just fine. The discussion is about sexual mores revealed in the survey.
Yes, man wants to do what man wants to do. They want to relegate God's laws to the back burner so that they can do what makes them feel good.
I expect the Christians will be out of here well before then. (but that's a whole nother 1000 post discussion)
GSA(P)
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