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Which Do You Prioritize: Sex or Love?
This might sound strange to some, but abstinence is actually quite useful in a certain context.
Yes, I am aware that places that teach abstinence tend to yield more teen pregnancies than those who teach safe sex and abstinence. However, in a culture that glorifies sex, there’s a bit of a problem when it comes to relationships.
People don’t know what to prioritize anymore.
At the end of the day, I have to tip my hat to the religious and the conservatives because they deserve it. They figured out what works and while some of their values can be useless or even heinous, some are still useful to this day.
The marriage rate has been sliding but the people who are getting married the most have been the religious. That’s not to say that secular people do not get married, they just get married less. And while I don’t have any data to support the next claim I’m about to make, I think it is something to at least consider.
There are several factors that lead to religious people getting married and having a stronger focus on getting married than non-religious people. However, because religions tend to want their adherents to focus on their deity and leave sex until after marriage, religious folk tend to focus on love when it comes to romance while the secular focus on sex.
