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What age should you start having sex?
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The average age for having sex is 16 ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/arti...k7z3/virginity). However, there are many who do it a lot younger! When is the right time?
Is the age not the important part but how long you have been in the relationship and whether there is mutual trust, respect and love?
Is the age not the important part but how long you have been in the relationship and whether there is mutual trust, respect and love?
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i think some do it at 13 even. others until they are at uni at 18 or 19. If not intercourse, I think a lot of people have some kind of sexual contact before 16.
16 is the average age at which people first have sexual intercourse. Most people have had other sociosexual contact before then.
Age is relevant, because adult male virgins are ridiculed outcasts who are treated with contempt. Unfortunately, society judges adult male virgins to be unmasculine, worthless failures.
You're right that the legal age to have sex is 16. The most important thing when thinking about having sex is that you and the person you want to have sex with are both on the same page and both want to have sex. There isn't really a right time to have sex, it's something which people differ in. Some may not feel comfortable until they're in their 20s, others may be perfectly up for it at age 16. There are indeed people who do it before they are 16, however age differences is something that people should be aware of. If someone under 16 has sex with someone over 16, the person over 16 could be charged with sexual assault, even if both parties consent to it. That's why it is always important to make sure you're aware of who you're having sex with and how old they are.
Hope this helped,
Drea
Drea
There are many things they can do to make themselves more sexually appealing, but no-one will give helpful advice about the specifics. There are scammers who falsely pretend to give such advice for a fee, but don't actually give any helpful information.
In regard to casual sex, the problem with getting that is that the number of males who want it massively exceed the number of females who want it, which makes the competition extremely difficult if you're straight, male and not handsome or a 'king of banter'.
I don't think there is an age where we should have sex. The legal age is 16 but that doesn't mean you have to have sex then. I'm 21 and I haven't had sex before. Some people do judge and say I must be weird or something. But I do feel that I want my first experience to be special. This is what broke my first relationship up. I was with him just under a month and he wanted sex but I wasn't ready. But it wasn't just that. He wanted us to move out have children and get married as soon as we could. I was 17 then and really wasn't ready.
People have told me that I should just have a one night stand because it's weird to be 21 and a virgin.
But let's face it
Who needs to know I'm a virgin?
Who does my sex life effect?
How I see it the only person it really effects is me
I did have sexual feelings towards my ex. But just wasn't quite ready due to previous sexual harassment at school. This had made me nervous and I just wasn't quite ready at that time
I was sexually harassed when I was 16 and before that I hadn't even kissed anyone let alone had or wanted sex with anyone.
I'm not expecting my first time to be perfect because like you say no ones first time is. But like I say, when I want it to be special all I mean is with someone I love and trust and I'm loved and trusted by them.
Talking about sex and others sexually experiences really doesn't bother me.
In what way(s) did the dates go badly?
How do the sex conversations go with your friends?
I have wanted to kiss someone before I was 16 but just never did. It was actually a few days before my 16th that I actually kissed someone.
The dates offen go ok st first and then I find they are actually with someone or want sex by the end of the date and don't want to know me when I say no.
I have kissed and made out with my ex but apart from that we never actually had sex. It did get to a point where we thought about it but he didn't want to use a condom and I didn't want to take the risk. That when he started talking about moving out with me and starting a family. Which like I said I wasn't ready for that. That was the reason for our break up.
When it comes to conversations I do tell them the truth. My friends of course are cool with it. Like they say it's my choice.
I do want a sexual relationship but just not with some random person I bearly know
16 may be the average but it doesn't mean it's like a rule either.
That said, I consider what the law says to be a minimum rule myself- ie 16-17, and 18+ partners. And while yes, people do do sex under those ages I would be concerned if anyone has sex under the age of 13 because I personally believe a 12 year old cannot grasp the scale of consequences and benefits of sex.
I suppose the right time depends on the person - but age isn't the deciding factor for sure - i think it more depends on when the person is ready, and that may be 14 it may be 46, it may be 23, it may be 35, I dunno.
With readiness defined as the point which a person has close to full information on sex (ie they know about contraception & STD prevention & can correctly apply that knowledge) to ensure safety + they actually want it and are in the mood for sex and have consented to it. And ones partner should feel ready too with the same definition applied.
How about when you're in a new group?
As I said on the first page of this thread, that's ignoring the elephant in the room - the huge number of people who are 100% definitely extremely ready for sex, but haven't had sex yet.
See "And ones partner should feel ready too".
Doesn't matter if someone else is ready to have sex with me, if i'm not ready for it i'm not gonna do it.
If one can't get sex despite being ready, then the intended partner may not be ready; may not be in the mood, may not want to do it with some people, may not find the setting right (while setting isn't like...a hotel room in paris - i mean, a person may not feel comfortable with the sort of one-night-stand sex some engage in, or they may only feel comfortable doing it in the home of trusted persons) etc.
How am I missing your point? If one person is ready for sex and the other is not, then sex won't (or shouldn't) happen. If both parties are ready (mind that I put desire to have sex in my definiton of "ready") then they will have sex.
"Can't get sex with anyone" is a very wide generalisation, there's always people willing to have sex. Anyone who has trouble dating even will find someone willing eventually, even if it requires a little work on how one comes across to people - people won't consent to having sex with someone who makes them uncomfortable.
I don't find it hard to be accepted because in a new group the conversation of sex rearly gets talked about and if someone is going to judge me because I haven't had sex then I don't want to know them.
I don't feel I'm missing out because I've chosen not to have sex yet. I say I want to wait until it's with someone I love but it really comes down to
"Do I want sex with that person?"
Obviously if I feel comfortable with it then it is a different story. I just mean I don't want sex with a random stranger I don't or barely know.
It used to bother me a little but now I'm just like so what? I'm only 21 and when I'm ready to have sex I can only as long as they are willing to as well
One in a million I think it's great to wait until you're ready and to not feel pressured into doing something.
I would say that hypothetically speaking if this person is in so much distress over a finding a person to have sex with then they need to realise sex isn't everything. There is a whole lot more to life and love than sex and desire.
No-one's saying that sex is everything, but many people are suicidal because they can't get sex. For most people, sex is an important part of their lives. Imagine wanting sex every day for years and not being able to get it.
Thanks for the reply. I would say that sex isnt everything you say that hypothetically from what you have said : 'wanting sex every day for years and not being able to get it'. Sounds tough but again I would say finding an alternative and other sources of enjoyment would help them to recover or feel less down. They might if they focused less on relationships and sex find it easier to get closer to people at which point in some ways relationships may come more naturally.
Sort of like the idea if you focus on one thing and obsess almost over it there is a lot of pressure built up around it. Also it might mean there is less of life to discuss with potential partners e.g. hobbies.. if sex and relationships is just someones focus.
thanks
As I've said repeatedly on this thread, you're refusing to acknowledge that there are a huge number of people who are 100% extremely ready for sex, but can't find anyone who wants to have sex with them. Why are you ignoring that elephant in the room? Saying to have sex when you're ready is worse than useless to them - unless you're going to advise them how to get sex.
This topic was made to discuss what age does everyone think you should start having sex, not what to do if you can't get sex but are ready, which appeared to be the "elephant"