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Maidenhead revisited

Wednesday 24 August 1994 23:02 BST
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NEW YORK (Reuter) - Two out of three women would want to be a virgin if they were getting married today and half believe neither men nor women should have sex before marriage, a survey released yesterday shows.

The survey, conducted for Redbook magazine, found 64 per cent of the 500 women questioned said they would want to be a virgin. But it also found that 53 per cent believed having sex with the person you are to marry is the same as being a virgin.

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