Data from the 2002 survey indicate that by age 20, 77% of respondents had had sex, 75% had had premarital sex, and 12% had married; by age 44, 95% of respondents (94% of women, 96% of men, and 97% of those who had ever had sex) had had premarital sex. Even among those who abstained until at least age 20, 81% had had premarital sex by age 44. Among cohorts of women turning 15 between 1964 and 1993, at least 91% had had premarital sex by age 30. Among those turning 15 between 1954 and 1963, 82% had had premarital sex by age 30, and 88% had done so by age 44.
Conclusions. Almost all Americans have sex before marrying. These findings argue for education and interventions that provide the skills and information people need to protect themselves from unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases once they become sexually active, regardless of marital status.
— Lawrence B. Finer, PhD
Research Division, The Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY
Trends in Premarital Sex in the United States, 1954–2003
Public Health Reports / January–February 2007 / Volume 122
Impeachment
Impeachment is DEFINITELY needed. It could be the only way to stop an invasion of Iran.
One Daily Kos diary predicts invasion by Sept. 11th.
Another Daily Kos diary predicts that September will be the big PR push for war in Iran but not the actual invasion yet.
Both are drawing on sources that have some real info on what goes on in Washington. I still think invasion won't happen yet...but the fact that we have a BIGGER buildup of military force in the Persian Gulf than we had before the invasion of Iraq, AND there was an unexpected request for $50 billion more for the war that even Gates was surprised by, it is clear Bush is preparing SOMETHING in the area.
As to my overall take on it, I used to think I was making up a good story. But the past 7 years really seem to indicate to me that our nation is increasingly run by fanatics...at least until 2006 started reversing that.