This is one of the results of a longitudinal study of young girls in Grades 7-12 who were then re-interviewed at ages 18-26.

It was found that 29% of these students had engaged in a casual sexual relationship, which they defined as ‘only having sex’ with that person instead of dating them. The researchers found that participants who had thoughts of suicide were much more likely to have had casual sex as young adults. They also found that casual sex was linked to mental health dwindling even further. Apparently, each additional casual sexual relationship increased the odds of suicidal thoughts by 18% – well, that’s specific. While thoughts of suicide increased with casual sex, depressive symptoms did not increase.

Adult society no longer protects the young as it once did. Parents no doubt try to dissuade their daughters from certain activities that the culture lures them into. It now appears that there are good reasons for such parental advice but some things you don’t know are a mistake until that one step too far has already been taken.

From Instapundit.