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yeoman6987

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5. Could work both ways I suppose

Reply to Prophet 451 (Reply #2)

Mon Aug 25, 2014, 09:11 AM

Aug 2014

The Duggar girl and new hubby are pregnant already after a short time. Lots of sex? Maybe.

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Men Who Make Virginity Pledges Struggle with Sex Once Married [View all] xchrom Aug 2014 OP

It's dirty! It's beautiful! You need to avoid it! You need it to affirm your status! ck4829 Aug 2014 #1

Bingo! Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2014 #19

Such an elegant, pithy and accurate analysis hifiguy Aug 2014 #34

Doesn't surprise me Prophet 451 Aug 2014 #2

Could work both ways I suppose yeoman6987 Aug 2014 #5

It only takes one time, if "the boys can swim" and the "lady-parts" are fertile! bullwinkle428 Aug 2014 #11

Pregnant or not ... I would think the main thing is = are they happy? Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2014 #18

True. They do. yeoman6987 Aug 2014 #25

Probably not GOOD sex Prophet 451 Aug 2014 #21

Just tell your kids that sex is dirty and they should LuvNewcastle Aug 2014 #3

Do we not live in a stupid ass world or what? madokie Aug 2014 #4

Thumbs up. Heidi Aug 2014 #9

Good morning to you madokie Aug 2014 #13

Good! Heidi Aug 2014 #17

Oh, the humor... 3catwoman3 Aug 2014 #6

I call BS treestar Aug 2014 #7

Everybody was a virgin once. I would think a couple would enjoy learning each other and Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2014 #16

Those are good points. But I think the problem is more Ilsa Aug 2014 #20

All that is germaine to this topic and should be explored and discussed by those who find it Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2014 #22

Today's fundies may be a separate class treestar Aug 2014 #43

I don't think it's the average Christian having this type of problem Ilsa Aug 2014 #50

the study isn't about Christianity, but rather "purity culture" fishwax Aug 2014 #82

You are right on Tuesday. Puzzledtraveller Aug 2014 #28

Are you implying that all the the people who were/are not subject to the control, and Zorra Aug 2014 #23

No all I said was that people who choose to wait treestar Aug 2014 #41

well if you dont behave like the rest of us Puzzledtraveller Aug 2014 #27

It appears to be a peer reviewed study. I'll see if I can find out more. nt stevenleser Aug 2014 #33

You call BS on a peer reviewed sociology study Taitertots Aug 2014 #38

I'm sure they can make it come out however they want to treestar Aug 2014 #42

The idea that they can make it say whatever they want is foolish Taitertots Aug 2014 #44

The scientific method and peer review hifiguy Aug 2014 #58

Who else scoffs at the scientific method and peer-reviewed studies? bullwinkle428 Aug 2014 #62

It happens here more than you would ever expect. hifiguy Aug 2014 #65

Not in a peer reviewed study. Peer review is when other scientists in the field review it and try to stevenleser Aug 2014 #71

Being taught it is wrong outside of marriage is a recipe for crappy or hasty marriages IMHO. Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #74

It seems to me the LiveScience headline is misleading muriel_volestrangler Aug 2014 #67

No wonder the women don't like sex, either, after all the brainwashing. Manifestor_of_Light Aug 2014 #68

SO "peer" review studies are right... whistler162 Aug 2014 #76

Overwhelmingly, yes. Every single time? No. But "I call BS" is not an adequate refutation. nt stevenleser Aug 2014 #81

The "sexual purity" movement is a relatively recent thing NickB79 Aug 2014 #49

People had fucked up ideas about sex before too. LeftyMom Aug 2014 #70

Yeah, and people widely didn't abstain before marriage before the "sexual revolution", too. Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #73

I would guess they are extremely boring lovers. Quantess Aug 2014 #8

Lol! RiffRandell Aug 2014 #14

Not just boring. Very screwed-up. GliderGuider Aug 2014 #15

Just like women before the sexual revolution were raised! nt valerief Aug 2014 #10

That is a really excellent and spot-on point. hifiguy Aug 2014 #32

shown how to feel good and told to feel bad seveneyes Aug 2014 #12

Men who make virginity pledges sunnystarr Aug 2014 #24

What about women who make virginity pledges? kath Aug 2014 #30

My granddaughter actually made one sunnystarr Aug 2014 #40

might it also do the same for men? fishwax Aug 2014 #84

A lot of men who make those pledges don't have a choice jmowreader Aug 2014 #64

Virginity as purity is a big lie that hurts people... Orsino Aug 2014 #26

+1 fishwax Aug 2014 #85

Sex is dirty and disgusting and you should share it only with the person you love. Brickbat Aug 2014 #29

But even then, isn't sexual pleasure sinful? Quantess Aug 2014 #45

Hole in the sheet, for procreation only. hifiguy Aug 2014 #48

Ahem... at least christian extremists don't cut off all external female genitalia Quantess Aug 2014 #59

That is truly one of the horrors of the world. hifiguy Aug 2014 #60

If it's not dirty and disgusting I'm just Codeine Aug 2014 #51

I hear that. Brickbat Aug 2014 #57

Like the old joke... sendero Aug 2014 #78

Stovepiping crazy shit into people's heads hifiguy Aug 2014 #31

The issue here is not, they remained a virgin until marriage = Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2014 #35

I think this is probably the case for both male and female Marrah_G Aug 2014 #36

Good for them. More sex for us dirty, animalistic fornicators LittleBlue Aug 2014 #37

Right, because supply is inelastic BainsBane Aug 2014 #39

Is that your idea of raunchy humor? Quantess Aug 2014 #46

Its hip hop Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #75

"Virginity pledges" make even less sense in a society where people marry later! LongTomH Aug 2014 #47

"Sex is shameful, gross, and disgusting, meant only for the most special person in your life!" arcane1 Aug 2014 #52

In other news... water is wet... tonight at 11... Triple_Threat Aug 2014 #53

Here's an article on the same subject told from locdlib Aug 2014 #54

That is a terribly sad story. hifiguy Aug 2014 #61

Purity balls with mommy oughta do the trick Blue Owl Aug 2014 #55

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!11 NT xchrom Aug 2014 #56

Quelle surprise n/t War Horse Aug 2014 #63

Our whole society told us sex was dirty and nasty in the 1960s and 70s. Manifestor_of_Light Aug 2014 #66

geee, ya think????? niyad Aug 2014 #69

Color me shocked. Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #72

Gotta love these psuedo-science "studies" whistler162 Aug 2014 #77

Yeah, well... This right here is some pretty damning proof: Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #83

Not Buying It ProfessorGAC Aug 2014 #79

I will wait too read the study that whistler162 Aug 2014 #80