95 Percent of Americans had premarital sex

[usaftmo]

Why is this a surprise?

Shhh...don't tell the republicans this! :rofl:

"The data clearly show that the majority of older teens and adults have already had sex before marriage, which calls into question the federal government's funding of abstinence-only-until-marriage programs for 12- to 29-year-olds," Finer said.

Under the Bush administration, such programs have received hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding.

"It would be more effective," Finer said, "to provide young people with the skills and information they need to be safe once they become sexually active -- which nearly everyone eventually will."

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/12/19/premarital.sex.ap/index.html

[Pacifist Patriot]

1. That low?

;)

[YellowRubberDuckie]

2. Ever notice how the pregnancy rates rise when the right is in charge?

No sex ed that includes condoms. Might encourage them. No birth control. Takes away consequences. BLAH BLAH BLAH.
Duckie

[tigereye]

39. actually there has been a pretty substantial reduction in

teen pregnancy rates the last few years, because of both abstinence AND condoms.

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

3. Yeah, but how many

have post-marital sex. Much less, I bet!

:rofl:

[Rosemary2205]

4. Sex eduation is hugely important.

You know what, just about anyone who's been married for 20 years or longer hasn't had to think about anything but not getting pregnant since long before HIV made it to the big time. Sex ed isn't just for teenagers. A heck of a lot of old geezers need it too. Those old folks homes have some of the highest rates of STD's in the country of any group. They figure they can't get pregnant so why worry - and those ladies are certainly not bring up sex talk in front of some young doctor.

[NC_Nurse]

5. Breaking: people are human.

What a concept!

The * admin is so full of sh*t. I don't believe they actually think "abstinence education" helps anyone.
They're just throwing a bone to stoopid fundies. :mad:

[SPKrazy]

52. Ding Ding Ding!

it is just a bone- a hundred million dollar bone

just say no?

WTF?

People are human

Thanks NC Nurse!

:hi:

[NC_Nurse]

55. Think how much REAL education we could

get for that $100 million!

[u4ic]

6. And 5% are lying

:P

[usaftmo]

10. That's the funniest thing...

I've heard in a long time. Thank you! :applause:

[u4ic]

12. Hi usaftmo!

Welcome to DU! :toast:

[usaftmo]

13. Thank you

I've become addicted...to this site! It's on my mind while at work, and I can't wait to get home. Being in the military means being surrounded by republicans, so I need DU to cleanse my soul.

[nytemare]

14. Eh, 4 percent.

The other one percent got married very young.

:D

[Maine-ah]

34. eh, there's at least 1%

that can't get any...:evilgrin:

[nytemare]

47. LOL.

So, 3 percent aren't liars, one percent can't get any, and one percent waits for marriage.

That sounds about right.

:D

[hfojvt]

19. I wish.

apparently there is still some segment that not only will never get married, but is too unattractive or strange for sex.

Or is the survey only for married people? It's not PRE-marital if you never get married.

[billyskank]

21. That's right, the remaining 5% are all writing FORTRAN

:rofl:

[RetroLounge]

30. ...

:rofl:

Wait a minute. I used to write FORTRAN. :9

RL

[billyskank]

31. You??

You don't look anywhere near nerdy enough to write FORTRAN. :hi:

[RetroLounge]

32. Well, it was a REAL LONG TIME AGO...

I went from FORTRAN to COBOL to dBase III to Paradox to FoxPro to Delphi and looking at making the move to C# and .Net in 2007.

Nerdy on the inside... :rofl:

RL

[billyskank]

35. My word, nobody would know it

You keep the nerd well concealed. :D

[RetroLounge]

36. He peaks out occasionally...

I'm a software nerd, a book nerd, a model train nerd, a classic car nerd, a music nerd, etc.

hard to keep the inner nerd concealed at times... :D

:hi:

RL

[fhqwhgads]

37. somewhere between 1 and 5 percenter checking in...

:hi:

but i don't know fortran, or any other programming language for that matter. i don't like the sci-fi or fantasy genres. i've never played dungeons and dragons or any variant thereof. i'm gainfully employed in a "cool" field, shower regularly, and have plenty of (normal) friends. i'm in a rock band (two, actually). and yet...

my point being, we're not all stereotypical freaks.

:freak:

[hfojvt]

38. I did not say anything about stereotypes

Billy was the one who mentioned fortran.

You, however, are probably still young, and there are many types of 'strange'.

And I shower regularly too - once a year, whether I need it or not.

[fhqwhgads]

53. sorry, shouldn't have replied directly...

...to your post. i'm not even really offended by the stereotypes.

i'm youngish, i guess...29. young in the grand scheme of things, a little old to...you know.

ok, enough of that. :)

[Jimbo S]

29. People only lie when they say they don't masturbate

[gr8dane_daddy]

7. Are you saying my Abstinence Only Chastity Belts won't sell?

Damn, wonder if I can get my investment back!

[originalpckelly]

8. DAMN! That's hilarious!

:rofl:

Stupid little fuckers!

What they don't really say in the article is that this must include a hell of a lot of Evangelicals, because they are 100 million people!

15 million is about the number of people in America who haven't had premarital sex.

[Redstone]

9. And the other 5% are still having sex after they're married for a few years.

Just joking.

Redstone

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

11. Well, I couldn't even get married if I wanted to.

[nuxvomica]

15. That can't be true

I think the marriage rate is below 95% so it's impossible for that percentage to have pre-marital sex. Or is it assumed that everyone is going to get married some day?

[SKKY]

16. This is soooooo refreshing to hear!!!

I guess that wave of hypocritical religious morality that was sweeping across the country has ebbed somewhat. Welcome to
DU usaftmo!

[usaftmo]

20. Wow! Another liberal in the military!

:woohoo:

Sometimes I think that I'm all alone out there. Here's to you :toast:

[SKKY]

22. Yep! Roll call is done. All two of us present and accounted for!

Actually, there are many more liberals in the military that there seems at times. You know how I found out about DU? A Marine Major
I worked for briefly turned me on to this site.

[usaftmo]

45. You're right, it's just that

I almost never come across any active duty personnel who openly admit they are Democratic.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

26. Don't forget Bosshog.

He'll go code red on your asses if you forget him! :D

[SKKY]

44. Ha Ha Ha Ha....

That's fuckin' brilliant!!!!

[reyd reid reed]

17. Yeah...the bottom doesn't fall out

until they're married. Then the numbers flip so that 5% are having marital sex and 95% are practicing abstinence.

[SPKrazy]

18. ROFL!

how true!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[bleedingheart]

57. perhaps for some...

:evilgrin:

[chknltl]

23. Wait a minute...you mean to tell me bush is payin' folks....

...NOT to have sex???? Where's my check!!!!!

[Neoma]

24. Awesome.

[Efilroft Sul]

25. It's not premarital sex if you don't plan to get married!

That argument of mine made a few social conservatives' heads blow up. It was fun to watch.

[Maestro]

40. I love that line. You beat me to it.

:rofl:

[av8rdave]

27. If we only knew how many have postmarital sex

Bet we'd be mortified!

[cobalt1999]

28. This was on our local paper's front page today...

I'm laughing at the vision of all the people sitting in church this Christmas looking around and thinking to themselves that 95% of us had premarital sex. I wonder if that will short out any hypocrisy circuits.

[liberal hypnotist]

33. How about post-marraige

Less than 95% I bet.

[ElboRuum]

41. And the 5% who didn't wished they had. n/t

[deepthought42]

42. My life officially sucks...

Though I haven't been married yet, so I suppose there's still hope for me...

oh who am I kidding? lol

[Deja Q]

50. Mine doesn't.

I don't often get to do it, so I just don't care either way. :spray:

[deepthought42]

54. Most of the time I don't care...

but geez, I'm not getting any younger, a girl can only hold out for so long...lmao

[cwydro]

43. Well hell.

Where does that leave us gays? I guess the only kind of sex I EVER had was premarital, or something...:rofl:

[LSK]

46. the Bush admin loves failed programs

[LostInAnomie]

48. Get me some spanish fly, a Barry White CD, and a big box of condoms...

... and I'll have that trimmed down to 4% by New Year's.

Look out prudes, I'm coming for ya!

[fudge stripe cookays]

49. And you know what?

It was AWESOME!!! :evilgrin:

[SPKrazy]

51. What, Did Anyone Really Think It Was Different?

I mean, we are all human, and we are sexual beings

what else does anyone think would happen?

ROFL

:rofl: :rofl:

[Strawman]

56. Well , you know "God's first commandment"

"Keep on fuckin'"

[MISSDem]

58. Is that the same as 9 out of 10.

The report I read said 9 out of 10 people had.