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Smarter Teens Have Less Sex
Tech.Luver writes "Gene Expression reports,
"Tyler Cowen quotes from a new study testing the relationship between grades and delayed sexual activity.
Last December I passed a paper along to Razib showing that high-school age adolescents with higher IQs and extremely low IQs were less likely to have had first intercourse than those with average to below average intelligence. (i.e. for males with IQs under 70, 63.3% were still virgins, for those with IQs between 70-90 only 50.2% were virgin, 58.6% were virgins with IQs between 90-110, and 70.3% with IQs over 110 were virgins)
In fact, a more detailed study from 2000 is devoted strictly to this topic, and finds the same thing: Smart Teens Don't Have Sex (or Kiss Much Either). ""
Geeky girls?
Sorry that species does not exist, pure 19th century fabrication. People are often fooled by a creature that mimics geek activities but does so as predatory camouflage only.
crazy dynamite monkey
No (normal) teenager will EVER decline sex because of risk for pregnancy/stds. Of course if they were indoctrinated some crazy religious bullshit by batshit insane parents they might, but if they are somewhat normal, no matter how intelligent, they'll never decline.
And downtown/suburban Dartmouth/Toronto/Vancouver...
Could it have something to do with smart teens actually realizing the CONSEQUENCES of their actions, taking RESPONSIBILITY for their own fate, and perhaps having the WILLPOWER to act like SENTIENT beings instead of animals controlled by urges and instincts?
For my part it's great being 30-something with one smart, healthy, well behaved child, working 10 months a year, owning my own home with no mortgage, spending 75% less for gasoline, auto repairs and insurance as the next guy, having had my own business, a summer house by the ocean and getting plenty of sex with my hot, Asian, PhD wife.
I loved my 10 year high school reunion and I can't wait for my 25th.
Eyes on the prize baby and get the hell outta my way.
I personally think that this is one of the stupidest comments I have ever seen on any forum, and that is saying a lot considering the mouth-breathing retards that crapflood this site.
I believe that God gave me a brain to think with
It wouldn't be the same God who tell you to shut up and read the scriptures then? Because otherwise this is the key point in your post and everything else is just a smoke screen. So anyway, if your God encourages you to think, you will recognize that the same lifestyle doesn't suit everyone. If you had a stronger sex drive, you would spend those 30 years under-confident, depressed and frustrated. When that special person finally came along, you wouldn't have much to share with her, as you have spent your young adulthood needlessly trying to fight your own nature rather than living in harmony with your body.
So, while I am glad it worked out for you, I hope you also tell your two children that God gave them brains to think with and figure out how to live a fulfilling life according to their own nature rather than having to copy Dad every step of the way.
Maybe you should try taking me a little less seriously, you presumptuous troll. For starters, I'm hardly a Republican.