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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Replying to @HPluckrose @GodDoesnt
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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Replying to @Ramcgreg @GodDoesnt
I am challenging them too. It seems much more likely that a third factor is responsible for both choices.
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Replying to @Ramcgreg @GodDoesnt
Conservative, probably religious values. Would you be surprised if Muslims were overrepresented and atheists under-represented here?
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Do those values cause sexually active people to experience a higher rate of marital failure?
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Huh? I am saying they probably explain decisions to wait for marriage and to stay married in many cases
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Rather than waiting for marriage causing the marriages to last.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @GodDoesnt
This is an interesting point. Maybe a lot of those who waited for religious reasons are also suffering in marriages that should be put out of their misery.
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Maybe. There's certainly more to the success of a marriage than it not ending. Those who see shame or a failure of duty in divorce are likely to endure greater unhappiness, mistreatment or incompatibility than those who don't.
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