Okay just saw a bunch of stuff that really pissed me off, so I'm gonna rant about it here as usual.
So I caught wind of a study that was popularized via the Internet a few years back that said that people, especially men, who lose their virginity at a relatively late age are more likely to experience sexual dysfunction/dissatisfaction later in life. Cue a bunch of jackass comments from guys saying "I lost my virginity when I was a preteen and every other guy on Earth should do so too!"
I called bullshit on that finding and did a little digging. And I found out that most of the websites that reported on the study had COMPLETELY left out a whole bunch of information that really puts the study's findings in perspective! Excerpts below:
The researchers, who looked at data from the 1996 National Sexual Health Survey, conducted by the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS) at the University of California, San Francisco, also found that men and women who begin having sex in their early teens had their share of problems...
...sexuality experts not affiliated with the study agree that it is too early to draw a direct causal link about those who have sex later in life...
...For women, she said, the message that "good girls" should not engage in or enjoy sex may cause women to shut down sexually, leading to dysfunction.
"One of the many dysfunctions that arises is that women never develop the ability to ask for what they want, which leaves them open for life-long disappointment, desire disorders, orgasmic dysfunction, and worse -- they're ripe for abuse and violence," she said.
For men, the opposite message -- that "real men score" -- may lead to negative mindsets both among those who lose their virginity early and those who become sexually active only later -- mindsets that impact their ability to perform sexually.
Because of the intimate link between the psyche and sexual performance, some sexuality experts say the results of these conditions most likely bring about sexual dysfunction through their psychological impacts.
It just pisses me off because people used the truncated findings of this study to promote the exact sort of "real men score" mindset that the study argues is harmful to men! I hate the Internet!!!!
