# Would you date a 40-year-old virgin?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-a-40-year-old-virgin/701455>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 16, 2014, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-a-40-year-old-virgin/701455 "2014-10-16T00:11:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-a-40-year-old-virgin/701455/121 "2014-12-15T15:27:56Z")

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> [@Siam\_Sam](#):
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> If it’s “well over half,” then it _would_ be “most of them,” wouldn’t it? 😉

There’s a slight difference. I think that’s where the 1.2% are 😉

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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-a-40-year-old-virgin/701455/122 "2014-12-15T15:42:59Z")

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> [@TheBuilding](#):
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> For those of you who are wondering, according to the CDC 1.2% of men aged 40-44 have never had any sexual contact with a female. So while it may be rare it certainly does happen.

Do that have stats for older age ranges? Are they the same or do the go down? The latter would indicate that someone is willing to date 40 yo virgins.

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**Author:** ![TheBuilding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@TheBuilding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBuilding)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-a-40-year-old-virgin/701455/123 "2014-12-15T23:23:04Z")

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> [@Spiderman](#):
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> Do that have stats for older age ranges? Are they the same or do the go down? The latter would indicate that someone is willing to date 40 yo virgins.

Unfortunately no information for people above 45.

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**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-a-40-year-old-virgin/701455/124 "2014-12-15T23:24:30Z")

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> [@Spiderman](#):
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> Do that have stats for older age ranges? Are they the same or do the go down? The latter would indicate that someone is willing to date 40 yo virgins.

Maybe that sort of data is just too sad to gather.

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