Promiscuous people are not the best marriage material.
I don't think that's the takeaway. Monogamous people are less likely to divorce is a more plausible explanation.
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Promiscuity makes monogamy harder.
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Yes, it does but that seems to be a non-sequitur. What do you mean by 'Marriage material?' Is it just 'Not going to leave' or does it mean 'Being a loving partner?'
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By "marriage material," I mean the sort of person who is competent at refraining from doing things that stress the marriage, like having sex with people who are not your spouse.
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I'm not sure that works. Someone who is a virgin at marriage is competent at not having sex. That can stress marriages as much as having sex with other people can. I'm not sure sex life before marriage says much about what it will be afterwards.
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We've been exclusive for 18 years now. Prior to this, this was very much not the case. Sowing one's wild oats can be a thing. Cheating before marriage could be a better indicator. If someone has had sex with 20 people but kept the rules of every relationship they've been in...
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Possible. I am just challenging the correlation/cause-effect assumptions of the article, which seemed to claim that preventing pre-marital sex will increase the success of marriage.
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I am challenging them too. It seems much more likely that a third factor is responsible for both choices.
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And that would be?
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