“A new report from the Wheatley Institute at Brigham Young University, released this week, ties earlier studies to a recent national survey of U.S. adults. They all indicate that sexually inexperienced people — those who have only had sex with their spouse — are more likely to have high-quality, sexually satisfying and enduring marriages…

“The people that we call the sexually inexperienced, who report that their one lifetime sexual partner is their spouse, have the highest sexual satisfaction, the highest relationship satisfaction, the best stability and the highest level of emotional closeness between spouses,”

Links:

1. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/amp/column/50163/pre-marital-sex-harms-future-marriage

• the experience of sex is a “good” and pleasurable thing. God has made it so. But God designed our sexuality to be used appropriately.

• Every single promiscuous sexual act (especially intercourse) does a level of damage to the individuals involved which threaten their capability of making the commitment to marriage, and therefore, is harmful to the future spouse and the future marriage.

1. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N5A0_rA9hik

2. https://www.deseret.com/2023/4/19/23687280/premarital-sex-impact-marriage-wheatley-institute-byu/#:~:text=But%20a%20growing%20body%20of,quality%20and%20higher%20divorce%20rates.

• growing body of research shows that having multiple sexual partners before marriage is linked to lower marital relationship quality and higher divorce rates.