Posted on 12/10/2001, 5:59:41 AM 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."
Men admitted to getting most of their knowledge about contraception from TV and magazines, while women learned the most from magazines and their mothers.
Gosh, why don't they tell us what tv shows and magazines? With programs like "Undressed" and "Queer as Sex" on tv and magazines like "Cosmopolian" around, it is no wonder there is a lack of morals and knowing a person's sexual history is a matter of life and death.
Where do they find these mutants?
We live in a sewer, and it does smell down here.
These mutants are the nation's young people. We are reaping what we have sown.
Thank you M-TV, Hollywood, and the Public School system for teaching the kids what's really important in life -- the "art" of stretching a condom over a banana, and sex-ed at age 9.
While these parents are rasing their kids to be pure, do they also teach contraception and protection from STDs?
Or Bill Clinton?
It will soon be a public school requirement that girls must lose their virginity before 15.
pervasiveness of promiscuity. Logic tells you that saving sex for marriage, and honoring God and His Word will
result in a better chance for a long and healthy life.
Reason gets tossed in the name of an open, free, God-hating society. God bless America??? Yeah, right!
Too bad these same people who are waving the flag NOW after 911 are living their lives, by and large, by the god of their own flesh.
BTW...not all attractive females sleep around, and share their bodies casually. Some of us have more self-respect
than that. Saving it for marriage? This 37-year old still believes in that. So do many of my friends.
Only MOST of this country has gone to hell. NOT all.
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