According to the a study conducted by the University of Iowa, women who lost their virginity in their young teens are more likely to divorce. The study, published in the Journal of Marriage and Family, surveyed the responses of 3,793 women and found that 31 percent who lost their virginity as teens divorced within five years, and 47 percent divorced within 10 years. On the flip side, the divorce rate for women who had waited to have sex was only 15 percent at the five year mark, and 27 percent by the time 10 years rolled around. But the study also found that a first sexual experience before the age of 16 — wanted or not — was still strongly associated with divorce.
It’s perfectly reasonable to presume that promiscuous teens will be promiscuous adults. It’s, further, perfectly sensible to presume that those who don’t value marriage or monogamy before being wed will not afterwards either.
There are serious consequences for the promiscuous that they too often simply disregard. To their own harm and heartache.
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In other news, I hear that drinkers are more likely to drive drunk than tea-totlers. Criminals are more likely to go to jail than non-criminals. And people who play with matches are more likely to cause fires than those who don’t.
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