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Stephanie J. Brinton ’10 and Lindsey M. Parker ’10 are the kind of made-for-each-other couple that inspires equal parts exasperation and admiration from their single peers. A boyfriend and girlfriend matched in height and sunny dispositions, they demonstrate a discreet, natural sort of affection in public—often trading conspiratorial smiles or finishing each other’s sentences...
...there is one thing that this couple have decided not to do together. Brinton and Parker have vowed not to have sex until marriage...
While many of these abstinent students are religious—like Parker and Brinton, who are both Mormon—most of them cite secular reasons for not wanting to have sex. Many mention the possibility that sex could hurt the emotional aspects of a college relationship, and others say they believe that sex is meant to be an expression of a life-long commitment, a commitment they are not ready to make...
While students like Parker and Brinton may be unusual in their conscious commitment to abstinence, they are certainly not the only ones who are not having...
...don’t think it means that it is getting harder to get tenure at Harvard and I don’t think it is representative of any larger trend or event,” Brinton said. “We put his name forward and we don’t do that unless we think the person has a very strong chance, but we know it is not a guaranteed thing...