# Do you think it's important to have sex with someone before you marry them?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 15, 2009, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-its-important-to-have-sex-with-someone-before-you-marry-them/513888 "2009-10-15T08:58:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-its-important-to-have-sex-with-someone-before-you-marry-them/513888/81 "2009-10-18T13:19:09Z")

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There is also the expectations of culture. For conservative Chinese families, having sex with someone before marriage is frowned upon, and if you got a female pregnant, you have to marry her.

Granted, I have no ideas how modern mainland China is getting, but Taiwan is increasingly more open about the idea of sex before marriage. Ditto for Singapore and HK.

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