Women more tolerant of premarital sex than men: survey

Women more tolerant of premarital sex than men: survey

By Kim Jong-chan About 63 percent of unmarried men said if their marriage partner previously had sex with someone, they could not tolerate it, according to a survey Wednesday. Fifty-eight percent of single women, on the other hand, said even though their marriage partner had sex with one or two women, they could accept it, said the poll of 253 single men and 253 unmarried women. Twenty-two percent of female respondents said they could not tolerate a marriage partner’s premarital sex, the survey said. The poll was conducted by the marriage agency Bien Aller in collaboration with Feeling You, a marriage information agency, from May 25 through June 2 via email and the Internet. The result of the poll indicates that women are more tolerant of premarital sex than men. Sohn Dong-kyu, a senior official of Bien Aller, said that in recent years, both men and women have become more tolerant towards premarital sex. “But many men remain unchanged in their position that their spouse should keep her virginity until she gets married as she is going to carry a new life inside her,” Sohn said. When asked about the merits of partner’s premarital sex, 42.3 percent of male respondents and 43.1 percent of female interviewees cited more understanding of opposite sex as a merit, while 20.9 percent of males and 23.1 percent of females said it will help them not to burden the other. As for merits of partner having no premarital sex, 27.5 percent of male respondents replied it will help them have no prejudice about sex, whereas 22.7 percent said it will help them trust their partner more, the survey said. As to the same question, 32.2 percent of female interviewees said it will help them share the joy of first love, while 21.5 percent answered it will help them trust their partner more, it said. Jeong Su-jin, an official at Feeling You, said many women do not appear pleased with partner having no sex experience. If their partner had no sex experience, women usually tend to link it to his personality, human relations and physical ability among others.