Agreement are choices. When people have sex, they choose to agree to do so, hence the importance of consent. I disagree that it is invalid to suggest that thos

Agreement are choices. When people have sex, they choose to agree to do so, hence the importance of consent. I disagree that it is invalid to suggest that those who abstain from having sex due to reasons such as religious traditions lack certain aspects of personal development. For example, there are studies that show a clear correlation between abstinence education and _higher_ rates of teen pregnancy [1] and STI transmission rates [2]. [1] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3194801/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3194801/ [2] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20378905 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20378905