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I'm sorry, but there are tons of young people from religious or conservative families who wait until marriage to have sex and marry young, and/or don't begin th
by javert 5y ago
I'm sorry, but there are tons of young people from religious or conservative families who wait until marriage to have sex and marry young, and/or don't begin their sexual exploration until well into college. Your anecdotal point notwithstanding. All human beings are equally sexual in terms of their drive and interest, but religion can and does alter psychology and behavior.
There are places where religion is common but isn't taken that seriously, and then there are places were it's common and it is taken very seriously. Sounds like your school was the former and that's fine. It doesn't preclude the existence of the latter.
- bmarquez 5y ago> I'm sorry, but there are tons of young people from religious or conservative families who wait until marriage to have sex and marry young The parent poster implied that people were highly bound by their religion; I simply offered a counterexample. I am not saying that abstinence until marriage never happens. > and/or don't begin their sexual exploration until well into college This is not relevant since the teaching is abstinence until marriage, not abstinence until college.
- javert 5y ago> I simply offered a counterexample. That isn't true. You offered a counterargument. > This is not relevant since the teaching is abstinence until marriage, not abstinence until college. A common effect of religious influence is delayed sexual exploration (i.e., later than what's natural given human biological development). The fact that you need this to be explained to you shows that you aren't aware of the phenomenon we're discussing. It's something that's very hard to understand if you haven't lived it.