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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
Wed Aug 20, 2014, 06:43 PM Aug 2014

After evangelical virgin guys marry, then what?

Adelle M. Banks

(RNS) For decades, evangelical leaders have touted “virginity pledges” as a way for teens and young adults to “save themselves for marriage.”

But what happens after the wedding day?

According to a researcher at the University of Washington, young adult men who took the pledge and had male friends who held them accountable before marriage find themselves suddenly adrift and unable to talk to trusted friends — and sometimes even their new wives — about sex.

http://www.religionnews.com/2014/08/20/evangelical-virgin-guys-marry/

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