<p>Not according to the research:</p>
<p>[BBC</a> News | HEALTH | Teenagers losing their virginity at 15](<a href=“http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/801872.stm]BBC”>BBC News | HEALTH | Teenagers losing their virginity at 15)</p>
<p>In the UK, 25% lose their virginity before age 16. </p>
<p>[BBC</a> NEWS | Programmes | Panorama | Are we having more sex?](<a href=“http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/panorama/4348052.stm]BBC”>BBC NEWS | Programmes | Panorama | Are we having more sex?)</p>
<p>This article states that the average age in 2000 was 17. </p>
<p>This article, which links to a pdf, also says 17: <a href=“http://www.newstrategist.com/productdetails/Sex.SamplePgs.pdf[/url]”>www.newstrategist.com/productdetails/Sex.SamplePgs.pdf</a> </p>
<p>All of these studies certainly coincide with my experience at a private high school, with a graduating class of around 50, where very few people left as virgins. I had the same experience in my freshman year of college, when I was kicked out of my dorm room by my roommate and a rotation of various girls.</p>
<p>Edit: It is quite natural for teenagers to want to have sex and to actually have sex. To say otherwise is to not only ignore biology, but to ignore the studies done on the subject.</p>