Young People Ask . . . Is It Normal to Be a Virgin? - Peer Pressure

Particularly influential, though, is the pressure from peers.  A youth who is still a virgin is likely to be the victim of unrelenting teasing and harassment. And if you are one of Jehovah's Witnesses, you may particularly be singled out in this regard.  Your peers may tell you that  you are not a real man or woman unless you have had relations.  They may argue that it is a good idea to get "experience"  before marriage. Or they may try to fill your ears with stories of illicit sexual escapades.

"Sally would go on and on about how great sex was with her boyfriend," said one young woman. "She also made me think that I was missing out on one of life's great pleasures." Failing to realize that "there is a lot of bragging, exaggerating and lying about sexual experience among teens," many youths are swayed by such stories.  (Coping With Teenage Depression, by Kathleen McCoy) one  young woman named Maria who gave up her virginity in immoral sex recalls:"I felt pressured, and I wanted so  much to be accepted. Even though I knew it was wrong.  I wanted to be like everyone else-to have a boyfriend.

Millions of youths have similarly swallowed the world's propaganda and come to believe that virginity is abnormal and that premarital sex is little more than harmless fun.  Virgins have thus almost become an endangered species among youths.

Next time: Young People Ask . . . Is it Normal to Be a Virgine? - Virginity-God's View

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