Premarital Sex

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ID7079181
AuthorsSprecher (0000-0003-2940-4220, Illinois State University), Susan Sprecher, Lucia F O’sulliban (0000-0003-0124-6267, University of New Brunswick), Lucia F O'Sullivan
Year2021
Pages1-4
Publication date2021-10-31
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeOTHER
VenueThe Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL)
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781405165518.wbeos1756
OpenAlexW4317765665
ISBN9781405165518
LanguageEN
References cited12

Premarital sex refers to sexual behavior practiced prior to marriage, typically in the sexual lives of adolescents and young adults. Research in this area has also addressed attitudes regarding premarital sex (i.e., permissiveness) and behavioral links to negative public health outcomes, such as unwanted pregnancy and infection. More recent approaches emphasize the positive components of premarital sex, placing it more directly in the context of normative healthy development. Premarital sex varies notably in terms of age of onset, patterns and progression of sexual behavior, and degree of sexual competence. Considerable research attention has been given to premarital sex in casual relationship contexts, as well as new forms of sexual exchange using digital communication

Anal sex · Biology · Casual · Condom · Context (archaeology · Developmental psychology · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Human sexuality · Normative · Premarital sex · Sexual behavior · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Medicine · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology

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