Number Of Women Who Had 10+ Sexual Partners Before Marriage Nearly Doubled In The Last 30 Years, Per Recent Survey

Women who save their virginity for marriage are mocked in today's culture as weird, strange girls who have no social skills and will make boring wives. Premarital sex is not only considered normal, it's even expected. Every part of society tells us that women should be experimenting sexually before they settle down with their future husband; we see this narrative in TV and movies, on social media, and even in books and magazines. But just a few short decades ago, it was considered normal to either get married as a virgin or only have one premarital sex partner. A collection of data from the National Survey of Family Growth was gathered from 2002, 2006-2010, and 2011-2013, and it reveals that women have racked up more premarital sex partners than ever before in history. We're made to believe that a woman's body count doesn't matter at all, but data shows that it does in fact have an effect on divorce rates.

The Number of Women Who Had 10+ Sexual Partners before Marriage Nearly Doubled in the Last 30 Years

In the 1970s, 43% of women had only one premarital sex partner before they walked down the aisle. But the sexual revolution that took place in that decade changed things forever. In the 1990s, 26% of women had one premarital sex partner, and that number dropped to 22% in the 2010s. There's no data yet for 2020 and beyond, but we can only assume that this number continues to shrink. But the data becomes even more shocking when you look at how many women have had multiple sex partners before marriage.

In the 1970s, only 6% of women had 4-5 premarital sex partners, and only 2% had 10 or more. In the 1990s, 16% of women had 4-5 premarital sex partners, and 10% had 10 or more. Fast forward to the 2010s, and 18% have 4-5 premarital sex partners, and 18% had 10 or more (that's almost double the amount in the 1990s). The sexual revolution may have begun in the 1970s, but the effects show up significantly in the data at the start of the new millennium. In the 1970s, 21% of brides were virgins. In the 2010s, only 5% were. Again, we can only imagine how much that number has lowered in 2020.

In the 2010s, only 5% of brides were virgins.

When we see popular podcasts like "whatever," which has 4 million subscribers on YouTube, discuss the significance of body count, there are always combative responses from women who demand to know why it even matters. The data shows that there are plenty of reasons for a man to care about his future wife's body count. In the 2000s, a woman who is a virgin when she gets married has a 5% chance of getting divorced after five years of marriage. A woman who has two premarital sex partners has a 30% chance of divorce. Women who have between 4-9 premarital sex partners have roughly a 25% chance of divorce, and women with 10 or more premarital sex partners have nearly a 35% chance of divorce. It's perfectly reasonable for a man to care about how many sexual partners a woman has had when he is looking for a wife, as the statistics show a real connection between premarital sex and the likelihood of divorce.

Of course, data isn't guaranteed to turn into someone's fate, but it can be helpful in predicting the future. And you can't deny that someone who had multiple sexual partners before marriage enters a lifelong relationship with a lot of baggage that can be difficult to carry. There are plenty of other factors that contribute to someone's likelihood of divorce, such as how often a woman attends church and credit score, but people are much less willing to talk about the effect of premarital sex on marriage than they are someone's involvement in religion.

Much of the red pill "manosphere" culture online will focus on women's body counts and even define their entire worth by how many men they've slept with. There is a productive way to talk about premarital sex that doesn't necessarily delve into being cruel toward women who have made certain choices in their past. But it is necessary to be frank about how premarital sex affects not only marriages, but the well-being of women, both physical and mental. Hookup culture benefits men and harms women at the end of the day, and we should discourage women from giving away their bodies to men who don't value them. At the same time, we should also encourage women to realize that they can change their ways and turn their life around if they genuinely choose to. We are not defined by our past, and we can always use our past mistakes to help educate younger women and prepare them for their own future.