It seems that the “old fashioned” notion of abstinence from sexual intercourse or sexual intimacy until marriage has been confirmed as being virtually extinct in today’s American society.  New studies are tracing sex before marriage as a trend that goes back as far as the 1940’s, an era most of us traditionally thought of as pure and chaste.

Not so.  Apparently our grandmas and granpas participated in premarital sex just as much as we did even with the societal taboo being more prominent at the time, especially for women. 

The percentages run as high as 91% of all women who have premarital sex before the age of 30 years old, and an even higher percentage for men.  Government really isn’t trying to “regulate” premarital sex or promiscuity, but rather is pouring their money into educational and informational programs designed to tout the health, moral, and social benefits of sexual abstinence, or at least sexual discretion when it comes to picking sex partners. 

Looks like premarital sex is here to stay.  As long as it’s safe sex, it’s probably healthy that we are allowing ourselves sexual outlets before marriage.  After all, how does that saying go “Why buy the cow when you know you can get the milk for free?”  Or shall I say “Why buy the cow before you know if you and the milk are compatible”.