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Do you believe in abstinence (voluntarily refraining from any form of sex before marriage)? 

51%
285 deviants said No
34%
190 deviants said Yes
16%
89 deviants said Other

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:iconnamenotrequired:
$namenotrequired Apr 23, 2011  Student Interface Designer
Well, in the sense that I know it exists, I believe in it.

For me personally - I don't even know if I want to marry or not. ^^;
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:iconrachelds:
~RachelDS Apr 23, 2011  Student General Artist
I believe that it exists, but I dont...although if you want to, go right ahead! I have no reason to care whether or no someone else does it...well unless it's my partner lol, then I would't be very happy!
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:iconvanillaheartz:
If you're in love, And you know it, And you know the other person feels the same, Then i think it;s okay to have sex.
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:iconvisceralzen:
~visceralzen Apr 20, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
Always test drive before you buy!!! Don't want to get stuck with a lemon, or worse a prude. hahaha!!!!
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:iconveesmith:
I believe in abstinence for people who want to be abstinent. If they don't, that's their thing.

Personally, I wanted to wait until marriage, but then I ended up changing my mind (or should I say, my boyfriend changed my mind, lol). My boyfriend had already said that he wanted to marry me anyway and we're still planning on getting married in a year or two, so yeah. If I hadn't been sure, I wouldn't have done it. (I still call him my boyfriend because I don't have the ring on my finger because my father told him he wouldn't say yes until my boyfriend had a full-time job so that we would be all set when we got married.
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:iconqu33n0fk1ng5:
I'm not abstinent personally but if it is someones choice to be abstinent then they can do it. Idgaf.
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:iconphantom8clockmaker:
~phantom8clockmaker Apr 20, 2011  Hobbyist Writer
Well.....I do. For the most part. I mean, I don't think that high schoolers should be running out and sleeping with everybody (although such opinion appears to be ignored) but for me, it's not actually legal for me to marry my girlfriend. So we have agreed that it'd be fine once we move in together. But for the most part, I think it just makes more sense to wait until you're married.
Buuut I don't think that people who DON'T wait are bad people either. :)
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~atrophy129 Apr 20, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
I agree with you.
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:iconabakkus:
No. I think one should have sex when they are ready (and over the legal age of consent, of course). It's definitely a personal choice, of course, and not something that should be shoved on to other people. (Like so many people you see preaching about how having sex before marriage makes you a bad person, etc.)
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:iconrestlessecho:
It is one of the hardest things a person can do, but it is definitely worth it. My wedding day was one of the best days of my life because I knew that my husband and I had won the battle against our own instinctive drives. Also, sex tends to only get in the way of a relationship, you focus on physicality rather than the other person. It also tends to make it harder to break up with a person, and the emotional aftermath of the break up is worse as well.
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