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  • NO, NOT everybody is doing it. Less than half of teens reported having ever had sex as of 2005.
  • Teens do not think it is embarrassing to say they are virgins. Almost three-quarters of teens don’t think it’s embarrassing to admit their virginity.
  • Most teens who have had sex wish they had waited. Almost 70% of teens regret having had sex as early as they did.
  • Teens are eager for a strong abstinence message. Ninety-four percent of teens say they want a strong message to abstain until at least after high school.
  • Teen males' approval of premarital sex is declining. Guys are less and less accepting of casual sex - the proportion of adolescent males aged 17-19 who approve of premarital sex when a couple does not plan to marry decreased from 80% in 1988 to 71% in 1995.
  • College freshmen are less likely to approve of casual sex. 60% of college freshmen disagree that hooking up with a casual acquaintance is okay.

  • I'm not having sex and I wouldn't want it any other way. I don't need sex to make my life complete - it's just fine without it.
    -Kelly, VA Beach, 17
  • I decided not to have sex again until I get married or I'm with a girl I know I'm going to marry. I'm what you call a 'born-again virgin' and I’m fine with that – I don’t need the pressure of regret or the worry of maybe getting a girl pregnant.
    -Rob, San Francisco, 17
  • Call me a traditionalist, but sex is something special. If a guy went around giving a rose to every girl and then to you, you wouldn't think much of it. But, if that guy had never given a rose to anyone before and then gives one to you, you feel special.
    -Angela, Houston, 16

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The following is a brief list of pro-abstinence web sites which will offer you more detailed information and statistics as well as options for getting involved in the abstinence movement.  The National Campaign neither works with nor necessarily endorses any of the messages or information on this list. 

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