In this article, we examine personal narratives on premarital sex by two generations of Polish men and women—one born in the 1950s 1960s, their parents’ generation, 1920s 1930s coming age during or after World War II—and place these dialogue with discourses surrounding young sexuality state-socialist Poland. Using sociological surveys, popular sexological literature, Catholic marriage preparati...

BACKGROUND Despite cultural and religious prohibitions against premarital heterosexual relationships and intimacy, some recent evidence suggests some rise in premarital heterosexual interactions and relationships among young people. On the other hand, although HIV in Iran is a concentrated epidemic and mainly reported among high risk groups such as injecting drug users (IDUs), but there are evi...

BACKGROUND Consistent with the deinstitutionalization-of-marriage thesis, studies report a decline in support for marital conventions and increased approval of other relationship types. Generalizations are limited by the lack of cross-national research for a broad domain of attitudes on marriage and alternative arrangements, and by the lack of consensus on what counts as evidence. OBJECTIVE A...

BACKGROUND Premarital counseling equips couples with information about all aspects of sexuality and the related health issues. This study was aimed to assess the quality of premarital counseling services in health care centers in Tabriz. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted on 236 randomly selected women from premarital counseling centers in Tabriz was carried out and a self-structur...

Premarital sexual behavior is related to urges with the opposite sex or same that carried out before existence of a legal marriage bond. WHO states in developing countries 21 million adolescent girls aged 15-19 years experience pregnancy each year and 49% pregnancies are unwanted. The IDHS (2017) adolescents 15-24 holding hands: Women 64% Men 75%, Kissing lips: 30% 50%, Hugging: 17% 33%, likes ...

BACKGROUND Youth's sexual behaviors have various consequences such as unwanted pregnancy, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and sexually transmitted infections. Little information is available about the impact of mass media in the development of premarital sexual relationships. This study aimed to explore the role of mass media on premarital sexual relationships among Iranian youth. METHODS ...

OBJECTIVE The US government spends more than $200 million annually on abstinence-promotion programs, including virginity pledges. This study compares the sexual activity of adolescent virginity pledgers with matched nonpledgers by using more robust methods than past research. SUBJECTS AND METHODS The subjects for this study were National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health respondents, a ...