Yep, the cliche that married people “never do it” may just have gone out the window, and the notion that sexually charged teenagers are constantly thinking about having sex and actually having sex may also have gone out the window with the first cliche.  New studies are showing that married people have sex more often than teens, counterintuitively to what most of us may think.

This study, done in conjunction with other studies such as one linking promiscuity to sexually transmitted diseases, may actually debunk common sexual myths, and was commissioned by a British entity, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicines in an effort to try to break down some of our common thoughts about sex and sexual behavior.

The study, in conjunction with other simultaneous studies, found that along with a pretty much global trend of not marrying young anymore, married couples tend to have sex more often than singles, and more importantly, more often than teens (all you parents out there of teens may be breathing a sigh of relief at this statistic). 

Another important fact is that the trend to delay marriage to later ages may have actually boosted the premarital sex part of the equation, but this behavior does not seem to have caused any marked decrease in the safety in getting STD’s.