When did it stop being expected that a girl would be a virgin until marriage?

When did it become the norm not to wait until marriage?





Why was it important in the first place? Where did the idea come from?





Why do you think it changed?





What do you think of girls that choose to wait now in modern times?





Is it only a religious thing or do none religious people wait too?When did it stop being expected that a girl would be a virgin until marriage?
You make it sound as if it's a universal concept, but that's not the case. In fact you could ask when did it *start* to be expected. For in many cultures there was no such idea until recently.





Even in Christian Europe, it only became 'normal' when girls started being thought of as the 'property' of their husbands or of marriage as cementing family ties. At which point the idea that the husband should be the 'first' took on.





And with the introduction of contraception, when sex could became an activity engaged in purely for enjoyment and not for procreation, the idea began to fade.





The recent revival of the idea has I believe its roots in religion. Which is not to say that there are not also medical and personal advantages in choosing not to have sex at too early an age. Just that to wait until marriage, rather than just until a stable and deeper emotional relationship exists, is primarily a religious position. At least it is where I live.


.When did it stop being expected that a girl would be a virgin until marriage?
Virginty is important because it can reduce the chances of people from the past catching up and destroying your family. Waiting is the right thing but nobody is perfect. But if you fell in love with a non-virgin and not acknowledge that feeling you would be lying to yourself and probably deny yourself of the possibility of true love. It hurts to find out she's not a virgin and it hurts not to be with her at the same time and it hurts to see that people from her past could eventually catch up and ruin your family's future. But we dont know the future love is really a leap of faith no matter what the future brings you should both be ready to stand firm.
Back in the days of antiquity when the religious were written up there was no contraception, and people often married and had children in their early teens (Mary is often said to be 12 and Mohammad had wives the same age) so there wasn't as much waiting involved. Wives were often treated and described as property.





I'd rather it be as it is now than people stoning a woman to death for no being able to produce evidence of virginity (blooded sheets) as instructed in the Old Testament. Those were rotten times.
1) it has only (relatively) recently been the norm to wait until marriage.... the first humans 60,000 years ago did not wait (not surprising since lifespan could be cut short at any time.)


2)don't know


3)weakening of monogamistic religions


4) good for them, it wouldn't be my choice but i have total respect for those who are prepared to wait,


5) i believe it to be generally a religious thing but i don't see why it needs to be
When religion left and sanity returned





Because it's fun and there is no real reason to wait until marriage





Religion stopped having such an effect





It seems pointless to me, but whatever, they can choose.





That last question confuses me...It is mainly a religious thing...i'm not sure what you mean.
Essay tests always suck.





1. When people's life expectancy rose beyond the mid thirties and people stopped getting married before the onset of puberty.





2. To insure patrilineal heritage. To insure patrilineal heritage.





3. We now live longer and can afford to be choosier about who we marry.





4. They masturbate a lot and then have a $hitty sex life since they didn't learn how to have an orgasm with intercourse.





5. With the advent of HIV and the many STD's, non religious as well.
It is a great idea be be a virgin when you are married. You do not have to deal with sexually transmitted diseases. It is a few in society that is trying to change this. It is choice of the individual of what is good for them. Religion may play a part but it is still a choice.
It has not stopped being the norm in most of the world.





It is still a part of traditional societies regardless of religion.





It changed only in the west.
I think that the 1960's put paid to that myth.

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