PREMARITAL SEX
(See also Fornication; Immorality [Sexual]; Living Together)
(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
abstinence pledges: g 2/07 20
appreciation for articles on: g05 5/8 30; g05 6/8 30; w89 11/1 12
attitude of—
Catholic youths: w12 3/1 5
clergy: w97 1/15 20; w96 7/1 6; w87 10/15 3; tp 29
religion teachers in college: w86 1/1 11
theologians: w89 1/15 30
avoiding: mwb25.11 7; mwb24.03 11; g 9/09 8; g04 7/22 12-14; g04 8/22 16-18; w93 4/15 16-17; w89 11/1 12-15; yp 181-197; g87 5/22 28; g87 11/22 19-20; g86 4/22 10-12
value of: yp 181-191
Christian view: ijwbq article 168; g 9/13 4-5; w11 11/1 5; w06 11/15 6; w97 1/15 20; pe 109-110, 129; rs 368
passion-arousing behavior: w06 11/15 6
Witness girl’s school report: g 4/11 25
columnist now encourages: w94 5/15 17
hurtful consequences: w12 7/15 14; yp1 173-175, 177; g 9/09 5; w06 6/15 29; g04 7/22 13-14; g92 3/22 22; g92 4/22 26-27; g92 11/22 30; w90 4/1 14-15; w89 11/1 12-13; yp 182-188
damage to marriage: w93 4/15 17; yp 190-191; g88 3/8 29
interviews with youths: yp2 283-286; g 11/07 27-28
prevalence: w06 1/1 26
France: g 5/09 30
youths in conservative religions: w94 4/15 16-17
whether improves relationship: yp1 172-177; g 4/10 26-28
whether romantic love justifies: g 11/06 28-29
Quotations
exceptional young person has not had premarital intercourse: w89 11/1 11; yp 181
I had sex because I thought everybody was doing it: w89 11/1 11
it sure wasn’t worth it: w86 8/1 16-17
more than one in 10 teenagers gets pregnant each year, and the proportion is rising: yp 184
premarital abstinence most responsive to needs of our citizens and their right to freedom: w90 4/1 14-15