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30% of the population do not beleive in pre marital sex
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7202947.stm
British people are increasingly tolerant of sex before marriage, a survey suggests.
The British Social Attitudes Survey suggests 70% of the 3,000 people polled had no objections to pre-marital sex - up from 48% in 1984.
This shocked me - I really thought it would be around 90% would find it acceptable.
Any thoughts?
British people are increasingly tolerant of sex before marriage, a survey suggests.
The British Social Attitudes Survey suggests 70% of the 3,000 people polled had no objections to pre-marital sex - up from 48% in 1984.
This shocked me - I really thought it would be around 90% would find it acceptable.
Any thoughts?
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I remeber the first guy I was seeing seriously about ten years ago so I was about eighteen.We actually lived together but my mother still made us sleep in seperate rooms when I went to visit her. I did once ask if she preferred that we sneak off and have sex in the back of a car in some dodgy multistorey and she actually said yes.
Although quite religious I know that it was less to do with that (she had pre-marital sex with my step dad, I heard them and it's still an unplesant memory) and more to do with showing a committment to each other. Although I was living with the boyfriend in question I think she sensed it wouldn't last (yu didn't need to bne mystic Meg) and for her pre-marital sex I guess should only be had if there is a definite committment to marital sex.
However knowing my own feelings on marriage this could be why she's insisting I sleep in the single bedroom when I move back.
Although quite religious I know that it was less to do with that (she had pre-marital sex with my step dad, I heard them and it's still an unplesant memory) and more to do with showing a committment to each other. Although I was living with the boyfriend in question I think she sensed it wouldn't last (yu didn't need to bne mystic Meg) and for her pre-marital sex I guess should only be had if there is a definite committment to marital sex.
However knowing my own feelings on marriage this could be why she's insisting I sleep in the single bedroom when I move back.
The same number as racists, I see.
The report doesn't break the figures down, but I suspect most of those still against premarital sex are 60 or above, who still make up a sustantial section of the population but who don't have much influence on behaviour in this particular matter. They didn't do it (allegedly) and thought abstinence did them no harm, suspect young people who do it today are no happier for it, but are no longer parents of young people and don't enforce their views on grandchildren. So the figure sounds plausible.
The report doesn't break the figures down, but I suspect most of those still against premarital sex are 60 or above, who still make up a sustantial section of the population but who don't have much influence on behaviour in this particular matter. They didn't do it (allegedly) and thought abstinence did them no harm, suspect young people who do it today are no happier for it, but are no longer parents of young people and don't enforce their views on grandchildren. So the figure sounds plausible.
What a laugh, jno. Of course we over 60s had pre-marital sex. We just didn't brag about it and were perhaps more fussy.
I think there may be a backlash against it all though over the next 20 years as more and more headlines show truly appalling behaviour that surely no right-thinking person can really believe is okay.
I think there may be a backlash against it all though over the next 20 years as more and more headlines show truly appalling behaviour that surely no right-thinking person can really believe is okay.
well, that's why I said 'allegedly', Ethel. (I was born inside marriage, but only just, so I know it wasn't exactly universal.)
The actual thought processes will be more complicated than the ones I outlined, but the social bias was clearly against premarital sex, and many of those who grew up then still feel that system worked even if more honoured in the breach than in the observance. I welcomed the greater sexual freedom that became available from the 1960s, but even then it was clear it benefited men more than women.
There's more genuine gender equality in sexual behaviour now. Has it made people happier? Being over 30, I find it hard to say. Being under 30, young people probably aren't in a position to make comparisons either. I would guess that a more relaxed attitude to premarital sex has made for a more tolerant society, which I think is a good thing. But if I were a bit older I might reasonably feel the opposite, and take my place among the 30%.
The actual thought processes will be more complicated than the ones I outlined, but the social bias was clearly against premarital sex, and many of those who grew up then still feel that system worked even if more honoured in the breach than in the observance. I welcomed the greater sexual freedom that became available from the 1960s, but even then it was clear it benefited men more than women.
There's more genuine gender equality in sexual behaviour now. Has it made people happier? Being over 30, I find it hard to say. Being under 30, young people probably aren't in a position to make comparisons either. I would guess that a more relaxed attitude to premarital sex has made for a more tolerant society, which I think is a good thing. But if I were a bit older I might reasonably feel the opposite, and take my place among the 30%.
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