“…However, recent research has shown that Latino parents have become more realistic about expectations for abstinence, particularly because of the postponement of marriage for college during emerging adulthood (Guilamo-Ramos, Jaccard, Dittus, & Collins, 2008). Acculturation is associated with fewer familistic sexual messages communicated to children (Gonzalez-Lopez, 2003) and decreased likelihood that Latino adolescents and young adults maintain their virginity until marriage (Afable-Munsuz & Brindis, 2006;GuilamoRamos, Jaccard, Pena, & Goldberg, 2005). Acculturation is also associated with adolescents' decreased adherence to traditional gender roles (Lorenzo-Blanco, Unger, BaezcondeGarbanati, Ritt-Olson, & Soto, 2012), embodied in cultural ideals of Marianismo and Machismo (Gil & Vazquez, 1996).…”