Sexual Morality

Evangelicals’ Collapsing Sexual Mores

By sifilings Sat, 12/10/2011 - 8:17pm

… even as 80 percent of young unmarried evangelicals are sexually active, 76 percent of evangelicals still believe sex outside of marriage is wrong. Even worse, 65 percent of women who abort their children identify as Catholic or Protestant Christian — that’s 650,000 Christian abortions per year.read more

"[Women] have conspired in their own disempowerment"

By SharperIron Mon, 11/07/2011 - 3:34pm

“They’ve conspired in their own disempowerment not because they love their sexual freedom (though a few may), but because people like Gloria Steinem and Ms. Bolick’s mother convinced them that the old sexual mores, along with marriage and children, were oppressive to women.” read more

Comprehensive sex ed. That always works.

By Aaron Blumer Mon, 09/12/2011 - 12:39pm

“Groups in Mississippi advocating for comprehensive sex education in schools are pointing to a study showing teen births cost the state’s taxpayers an estimated $155 million in 2009.” Teen Births Cost Millions to Miss. Taxpayers, Study Shows

Study links early sex, divorce

By SharperIron Thu, 06/23/2011 - 5:13am

“The study by a University of Iowa researcher, Anthony Paik, was published in the Journal of Marriage and Family (April 2011). It shows that 31 percent of women who had sex for the first time before age 18 divorced within five years and 47 percent divorced within ten. But for women who waited until adulthood to have sex, the divorce rate dropped significantly to 15 percent at five years of marriage and 27 percent at ten.” onenewsnow

Gallup Poll: Gay Marriage Supported by U.S. Majority for First Time

By SharperIron Tue, 05/24/2011 - 5:42am

53% for 45% against
“The Gallup poll found support for legal same-sex marriage to be higher among those who attend church less frequently, among Catholics than among Protestants, and among those who are unmarried.”

Why Do We Let Them Dress Like That?

By SharperIron Wed, 03/23/2011 - 3:11pm

“Why do so many of us not only permit our teenage daughters to dress like this—like prostitutes, if we’re being honest with ourselves—but pay for them to do it with our AmEx cards?” Wall Street Journal