Regarding the studies on the consequences of sexual activity that Mathetes wrote about before on this blog, I had something to add.
I thought these comments from Stuart Schneiderman about those studies were interesting. He writes about the response of feminists to the paper’s finding that women are more affected by early sexual activity, (the paper calls it “relationship tempo”), than men.
Excerpt:
As you might have guessed, feminists are torqued by this study. Witness the bilge offered by Amanda Hessat the DoubleX blog.
To her confused mind, a woman who has a happy marriage might, in her heart of hearts be unhappy. Because it does not satisfy her personhood!
In her words:
What the Daily Mail doesn’t say is that half-year stretches of celibacy may make a woman more satisfied in a long-term relationship, but they don’t necessarily make her a more satisfied person.In the feminist life plan women are supposed to find happiness on their jobs, not in their relationships. This is convenient for feminists since an ideological commitment to their cause tends to be a relationship killer.
Hess points out, correctly, that not all women want long term relationships. Some don’t even want to get married.
If she is suggesting that women who sleep around are perfectly contented with their love lives, she is, as I see it, deluded.
Besides, if women are being pressured into having sex before they want to—which is a main reason why women have sex too early—then one reason is that a sufficient number of their sisters have been giving it away for free, thus skewing the marketplace.
Why don’t writers like Amanda Hess recommend that the women who are giving it away for free change their ways? Why do they always assume that women who want to get married need to act in a way that is not going to help them achieve their goals?
Feminism is the denial of gender differences. What follows from women thinking that they are no different from men when it comes to sex? Pain. Just so everyone knows, I was appalled that everyone was having sex so early according to that study. I’m in my mid-thirties and have not so much as kissed a girl on the lips. The research just doesn’t support rushed physical intimacy as a legitimate pathway to marital stability and a high quality relationship. That’s my goal, so I don’t rush physical intimacy. We should all make an effort to make relationships more about communication and co-operation. If we care about the next generation, then we will do what it takes to provide them with a stable environment in which to grow up.
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WINTERY KNIGHT 
Wow, thanks for publishing this!
I speak as a happily married woman.
To find a mate of good character, one must both be of good character oneself, and reject prospective mates who are not of good character.
I pray that you will find the right mate for you.
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Thank you. We’ll see, but it’s getting pretty late. I really needed a wife in my 20s, when things were a lot more uncertain, and having help would have made a difference to so many aspects of my life, not the least of which would be my career, quality of home life and ministry. Help would have been good back then. But no one was willing to commit to marriage then.
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