Teenagers who have had formal sex education are far more likely to put off having sex, contradicting earlier studies on the effectiveness of such programs, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
They found teenage boys who had sex education in school were 71 percent less likely to have intercourse before age 15, and teen girls [...]
There is popular concern about virginity definition and the meaning others put in it. Most people consider a person virgin if he never had sexual intercourse, i.e. penis- vagina penetration. You may say that “technically” a woman having hymen or a man who never penetrated a woman is considered to be a virgin. But a [...]
In February, researchers from The Ohio State University released a study that found that the younger teens lose their virginity, the more likely they are to become juvenile delinquents. The study garnered little attention, however, because the theory had long been believed to be true and incorporated into the teachings of federal abstinence programs.
But a [...]
