More than 9 out of 10 Americans, men and women alike, have had premarital sex

[NFS4]

NEW YORK -- More than 9 out of 10 Americans, men and women alike, have had premarital sex, a new study says. The high rates extend even to women born in the 1940s, challenging perceptions that people were more chaste in the past.

"This is reality-check research," said the study's author, Lawrence Finer. "Premarital sex is normal behavior for the vast majority of Americans, and has been for decades."

Finer is a research director at the Guttmacher Institute, a think tank that studies sexual and reproductive issues. It disagrees with government-funded programs that rely primarily on abstinence-only teachings.

Data for the study came from interviews conducted with more than 38,000 people--about 33,000 of them women--in 1982, 1988, 1995 and 2002.

According to Finer's analysis, 99 percent of respondents had had sex by age 44, and 95 percent had done so before marriage.

Even among those who abstained until at least age 20, four-fifths had had premarital sex by 44, the study found.

Among women born between 1950 and 1978, at least 91 percent had had premarital sex by age 30, Finer said.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nati...795.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed

 

[Turin39789]

Yea, I saw that in the paper on my lunch break. Seems believable/obvious to me.

 

[TheGizmo]

welll duhhh.... i mean out of my hundreds of friends and other people ive just met, i only know of 1 who is saving himself lol... and he is fat and acne problems so its obvious its an excuse for him hahahaha

 

[Zysoclaplem]

Nonsense!

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: TheGizmo
welll duhhh.... i mean out of my hundreds of friends and other people ive just met, i only know of 1 who is saving himself lol... and he is fat and acne problems so its obvious its an excuse for him hahahaha

That is so wrong yet funny:laugh:

 

[Lola]

You gotta try it before you buy it.

 

[krunchykrome]

Originally posted by: LolaWiz
You gotta try it before you buy it.

I prefer to open the box, use it, and return it for another product.

 

[purbeast0]

that this wouldn't be obvious to everyone is what shocks me.

 

[YetioDoom]

Sinners!!!

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: LolaWiz
You gotta try it before you buy it.

How many store returns did you go through?

 

[chrisms]

Premarital is the best kind!!

 

[Lola]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: LolaWiz
You gotta try it before you buy it.

How many store returns did you go through?

Ladies do not tell.

 

[RichUK]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome

Originally posted by: LolaWiz
You gotta try it before you buy it.

I prefer to open the box, use it, and return it for another product.

Hahaha genius.

 

[MrWizzard]

yay I am Elite.........

 

[j00fek]

Originally posted by: LolaWiz

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: LolaWiz
You gotta try it before you buy it.

How many store returns did you go through?

Ladies do not tell.

:laugh:

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome

Originally posted by: LolaWiz
You gotta try it before you buy it.

I prefer to open the box, use it, and return it for another product.

Ouch. That's rough...funny as heck though! LOL!

I was much the same way in my younger years...*shimmering flashback sound*

Yes, it was a whole lotta fun. But eventually, you get caught. You get lazy, too confident. You either wind up with a bad disease, or you knock someone up. In my case, it was the latter.

If I could go back and change it all...I wouldn't change a damn thing. :evil:

I'm engaged now and happier than ever. I'm glad I got all that mess out of my system. I was way out of control back then. I'm so solidly calm now, it's not funny.

But anyway, HELL YEAH, ya'gotta have the premarital sex! As Lola said, you gotta try before you buy!

Those freaky religious people that don't believe in premarital nookie are all doomed to a lifetime of lights off, man on top, get it over with quick, and ONLY to make a baby sex.

I.E. LameOCity, population you and your husband/wife.

 

[Qianglong]

i cannot comprehend how some bf/gf for several years w/o any hot sex..

 

[dethman]

sounds about right.

 

[Jeeebus]

the 1/10 not having sex was actually a misprint. He's already married.

 

[SlowSpyder]

We have a 3 month old baby. Our wedding is on Jan. 20th. I guess I'm another statistic.

 

[HannibalX]

I love all these studies the media does to tell us how we really are.

Without them I wouldn't have an identity at all!

 

[daveshel]

How is this news?

 

[JulesMaximus]

I had sex for the first time when I was 17. I didn't marry until I was 25 and I had been with multiple women by that time.

Oh, and my wife and I had sex and lived together before marriage. :thumbsup:

 

[Exterous]

Originally posted by: LolaWiz

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: LolaWiz
You gotta try it before you buy it.

How many store returns did you go through?

Ladies do not tell.

And you aren't telling why?

j/k Don't hate me.

I could count the number of people I know who haven't had pre-marital sex on one hand....even if LolaWiz cut off all my fingers

Does that mean one of them is lying?

 

[krunchykrome]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
I had sex for the first time when I was 17. I didn't marry until I was 25 and I had been with multiple women by that time.

Oh, and my wife and I had sex and lived together before marriage. :thumbsup:

Sounds like me. Popped the cherry at 17, played around for a few years, been with gf now for almost 2 years, probably gonna marry within a few years, around the age of 25 or 26.

Must be an accounting thing.