What is the average age now of loss of virginity now? I'm only 25 and I lost mine at 18, and I was actually one of the first of my friends to give in. I think my best friend growing up lost hers at 20 or 21. And she had been with the guy since our sophmore year in H.S. It hasn't been that long ago, so how has it changed so drastically?
2007-09-16 16:19:17 · 5 answers · asked by #1 Buckeye Fan!!!! 4 in Family & Relationships ➔ Singles & Dating
The average age in the US is 16.4 years right now -- it was 17 40 years ago. It really has only dropped by 8 months in 40 years.
We hear about 12-14 year olds, and that does occur, but the reality of mean is 16.4 -- this means that there are more than a few up into 20+ and more than a few down around 12 but most are right around 10th or 11th grade (US HS).
In fact, I know of one study that tells us that the upper 10th percentile is still around 21 (meaning that 1:10 are still virgins at 21 years old) and that the highest 2 percentile is at about 25 (2:100 are still virgins at 25) with the same percentages at 12 and 14 (2:100 not virgins at 12, 10:100 not virgins at 14).
The full center of the bell curve - over 60% - will become sexually active participants between 15-19
These numbers have been reasonably constant over the last 40 years but have fallen, just not with the magnitude that we are sometimes led to believe -- "earlier" is 8 months not 5 years once you look at the real statistics.
So, those of you who have a daughter who is a teen:
2:100 chance she's gonna be active by 12
1:10 chance before 15
6:10 (60%) chance between 15-19
90% chance before 21
chances of making it to 25 are nearing 1 in 100 (but then, she'll probably be married by then)
Remember, when we look at these age of sexual activity reports, it wasn't that long ago that most women were married between 16-21; they should have been non-virgins after the wedding.
2007-09-19 06:07:10 · answer #1 · answered by CoachT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about changing drastically cause I'm older than you and it was going on when I was in school. I think it's all about education with the kids and their parents. I'm 30 and I lost mine at 14 by the time I was 17 I had two kids! My mom thought we were close but sex was an unsaid word in my home so that left me curious and at this age all you want is attention and since I didn't get it at home (so my teenage mind felt) I got it from the boys. Don't get me wrong I grew up in a good home but some parents just don't want to see their kids doing stuff they shouldn't be doing so the assume they aren't. Some parents are scared to talk to my kids about sex afraid they will unintentionally promote it, but kids need to hear it more than from a 30 min. sex ed. session at school. I'm now a registered nurse with two teenage boys and I'm very open to them about sex. I talk to them and their friends. And I let them know that I'm here if they have questions. Oh but I don't make it look fun either, I show them pictures of the STD's and they hear that lecture about finishing college before they have kids everytime I'm having a bad day in college and trying to have them dinner before we go to their school functions. I know first hand what happens with sex at a young age and its all about how educated people are.
2007-09-16 16:56:41 · answer #2 · answered by Meli 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it's happening younger and younger. People used to get married a lot younger than we do, like sometimes at 12 and 13 in some societies.
2007-09-16 16:25:27 · answer #3 · answered by lulilashjnord 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to t.v or the media, being promiscuous is the thing to be.
2007-09-16 16:28:33 · answer #4 · answered by vsweety 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
television
2007-09-16 16:24:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋