The practice of premarital sexual intercourse has long been shunned amidst our society, most powerfully from religious organizations which teach that it is a sin.
However, in the last 50 years, premarital sexual promiscuity has been rapidly gaining a stronger foothold. Sex before marriage has rapidly become the norm. It has become a common practice to cohabitate with your significant other, “trying them out” as it were.
All one must do to realize its acceptance is watch a few movies from the last few years.
The fact is, more young people are having more sex than ever before. In fact, according to an article published 6 years ago, (Which, obviously is not current, so the numbers very well may have increased dramatically)
• Most young people begin having sex in their mid-to-late teens, about 8 years before they marry; more than half of 17-year-olds have had intercourse. [1]
At seventeen! As of 2002, the national average age of men at the time of their first marriage was 29. The average age of the women was 27.5. More than half of our teenagers are sexually active at least ten years before marriage. That seems to be a pretty good indication of premarital sex's acceptance. [2]
Early sex's normality is shouted at young people from television, movies, magazines, music, and video games.
Also worth noting is the ongoing gay movement. The majority of homosexual couples, as of late are not married. In fact, a very small percentage of them have attained that status. Gays are, however, widely accepted, with the knowledge that they are practicing premarital sex.
Religious stance has not changed. Rather, we as a society have given in, and as we have, premarital sex has transformed from being frowned upon, or even shunned, to accepted, allowed, and one might say, encouraged.
[1] www.agi-usa.org...
[2] kenmzoka.com...
