# Loosing Virginity **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 26, 2002, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loosing-virginity/133933 "2002-10-26T01:50:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spanky\_McSpankerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@Spanky\_McSpankerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spanky_McSpankerson)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loosing-virginity/133933/1 "2002-10-26T01:50:44Z")
**I** ’m curious. What are the average ages girls and guys loose their virginity? I’m really quite interesting in how young or old they are these days. Any input would be much appreciated. Thanks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loosing-virginity/133933/2 "2002-10-26T01:55:02Z")
Well, I’m 15 and still a virgin. My friends all are, too. Most people actually keep their virginity until about age 18 or older, as far as I know. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loosing-virginity/133933/3 "2002-10-26T02:08:23Z")
22 year old virgin checking in… ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loosing-virginity/133933/4 "2002-10-26T02:12:20Z")
Anecdotal evidence is always suspect, monica. “Me and my friends” are not a representative random sample. 🙂 But it looks like you’re mostly right … [Here](http://www.agi-usa.org/pubs/fb_teen_sex.html) is a statistical breakdown from a study from a few years back; I doubt things have changed too much since then. > [@](#): > > Most very young teens have not had intercourse: 8 in 10 girls and 7 in 10 boys are sexually inexperienced at age 15. There are more details, as well as charts and graphs, at the linked site. I’m sure someone will turn up some more recent data before long. ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loosing-virginity/133933/5 "2002-10-26T02:12:46Z")
> [@](#): > > A poll of 18,500 people in 28 countries showed that the world was having more sex and starting earlier than ever before, and the United States was leading the field in all departments. > > The survey showed respondents averaging sex 97 times a year, up from 96 last year. > > **Americans starting having sex earlier than anyone else at an average age of 16**. Forty-five percent of Americans said they were younger than 16 when they first had sex. > > Americans also had the highest average number of lifetime partners, at 14. > > One in 10 people said they never had sex, and the global average age of first sex is 18. > > Almost one third of all people said they had been faithful to one partner, while 16% claimed more than 10 partners.(Joyce, Reuters, 11-27-01) [http://www.abstinencedu.com/newsletters/gpa/gpanews-01,24.htm](http://www.abstinencedu.com/newsletters/gpa/gpanews-01,24.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loosing-virginity/133933/6 "2002-10-26T02:19:03Z")
[Here’s another one](http://www.pwnetwork.org/newsletter/99-02/page7.html) > [@](#): > > Americans lose their virginity at an average age of 15.8 years, while Germans lose their virginity at an average of 16.2 years, French at 16.8 years, and Dutch at 17.7 years ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loosing-virginity/133933/7 "2002-10-26T03:11:20Z")
24 year old virgin who’s only been kissed ONCE. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Spanky\_McSpankerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@Spanky\_McSpankerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spanky_McSpankerson)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loosing-virginity/133933/8 "2002-10-26T03:16:50Z")
**T** his is interesting! I’m 17, still a virgin (though not intentionally :(), and mostly all the guys I know at school are virgins. Inversly, it seems like every _girl_ in school has sex on a regular basis. The “funny” thing is that there are like 3 guys having sex with all these girls. If it wasn’t for high school football teams, I’m sure America would become one of the more “preservative” countries. 🙂 I feel for you, Guinastatsia. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loosing-virginity/133933/9 "2002-10-26T03:19:16Z")
If it makes any of you feel better, I only lost my virginity about two months ago and I’m 25. ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loosing-virginity/133933/10 "2002-10-26T03:24:56Z")
21 year old virgin. Funny, I was crying in despair on this subject this very evening. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loosing-virginity/133933/11 "2002-10-26T04:31:03Z")
**Loosing Virginity.** The new family drama on UPN. Yeah. I’m made of funny. I’ll go now and sit down. ---
**Author:** ![Cooper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@Cooper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cooper)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loosing-virginity/133933/12 "2002-10-26T04:58:40Z")
If it makes you feel any better, you’ll still masterbate even after you start having sex 😉 ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loosing-virginity/133933/13 "2002-10-26T05:13:46Z")
I was 22 and on my honeymoon before I lost mine. And I was a teenager in the 80s, so go figure that out 😉 ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loosing-virginity/133933/14 "2002-10-26T05:22:23Z")
Mid twenties here, who cares, it happens when it happens ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loosing-virginity/133933/15 "2002-10-26T05:33:37Z")
“Loosing?” You mean setting it free? “If you love someone, set them loose…” ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loosing-virginity/133933/16 "2002-10-26T06:07:24Z")
I loosed - um, lost - it at age 15. (Actually, I hate that term “lose one’s virginity”. I didn’t _lose_ anything. I like the French expression “se faire déniaiser” - to get yourself detwerpified, basically.) ---
**Author:** ![gouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gouda)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loosing-virginity/133933/17 "2002-10-26T06:38:28Z")
There are more like me out there? 😃 I lost it at 24. And amen, **cooper**!!! ---
**Author:** ![Rossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3e96dc/32.png) [@Rossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rossarian)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loosing-virginity/133933/18 "2002-10-26T08:04:02Z")
Nearly 24, focusing on getting a kiss first before I worry about the other stuff. So… **Guin** …how you doin’? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lou\_E.Thunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Lou\_E.Thunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lou_E.Thunder)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loosing-virginity/133933/19 "2002-10-26T10:47:41Z")
I was 15 (2 months ago…) ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loosing-virginity/133933/20 "2002-10-26T11:45:07Z")
Jesus H! I’m surprised I haven’t found any 80 year old virgins in here yet. Must be _dying_ to get that pesky virginity thing off your hands by now, no? Well if you’re female, forget it. Your hands are much better lovers anyway. Sad, but true. :rolleyes: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loosing-virginity/133933.md?page=2)