“…Most of the studies on premarital sex are conducted mainly in Western countries. An important part of this study shows that in Western societies, premarital sexuality is more permissive (Cannon and Long, 1971;Roy, 2021;Smith, Resick, and Kilpatrick, 1980;Widmer, Treas, and Newcomb, 1998). In addition, several of these studies emphasized that younger generations are more open to premarital sex (Sprecher, Treger, and Sakaluk, 2013).…”