Thursday, September 1, 2011

Meeting and Mating

A recent survey on Premarital Sex in America: How Young Americans Meet, Mate, and Think About Marriage exploded these popular myths:

  • long-term exclusivity is a fiction.

  • the introduction of sex is necessary in order to sustain a fledging or struggling relationship.

  • the sexual double standard is inherently wrong and must be resisted by any means.

  • boys will be boys. That is, men can’t be expected to abide by the sexual terms that women may wish to set.

  • porn won’t affect your relationships.

  • everyone else is having more fun than you are.

  • sex need not mean anything.

  • marriage can always wait.

  • moving in together is definitely a step toward marriage.


  • It seems like the Bible's guidelines for sex in marriage are not so old fashioned after all.

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